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+1 - Paul hits 100% my opinion.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 06.02.2017 um 18:15 schrieb Paul
Ramsey:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Regular reminder:
<div>No doubt a $100 drop on registration would be determinative
for a few, but it will not do much to change the equation for
even a backpacking overseas traveller, who will pay (from
Vancouver) $1000 to get there and $600+ in accommodation and
meals, depending on how long they stay (doing workshops? doing
code sprint?)</div>
<div>Using second-city sites (Victoria instead of Vancouver,
Lausanne instead of Geneva) can shave registration dollars at
the margins, but they'll get eaten up instead in travel
costs. </div>
<div>Local regional conferences (Foss4g.nl) should probably aim
to go low and hyper-accessible, since they draw from a
population that can economize on all aspects of the conference
experience (stay at home, get up at 4am and walk to the venue
from Haarlem, bring a bag lunch). Foss4g international is...
international, there's going to be a minimum spend to get
there and do it, no matter how few coffees are served, how
spare the venue, or how much volunteers are used and abused.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 7:54 AM, Steven
Feldman <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">Reposting this from the
board list as it may interest the CC.
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<div>The current target in RfP is $650 including social
activities but excluding workshops. The costs of travel
and accommodation have equalled or, for out of region
delegates, exceed the registration costs.</div>
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<div>To my knowledge no proposal has been received for the
last 5 years that was able to support 800+ delegates at
ca $500</div>
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<div>2019 will be a ‘European’ year, I am sure that the CC
would welcome a $500 proposal from the Netherlands
community</div>
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Steven<br>
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<div>Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 09:38:47 +0000<br>
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Subject: [Board] Open open source, reduce registration
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Dear board,<br>
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Where is the cap on registration fees for FOSS4G? You
have closed open source to me with these steep
registration fees. You have to change this. A few
years ago I could hardly convince my departmental
management to pay for registration. Now it is
impossible! Please open up the conference again. Open
open source! Those who cannot organize a conference
below $500 should not be allowed to organize. Scale
down. No fancy stuff. Back to the basics! Back to the
core!<br>
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With kind regards,<br>
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Luc Boerboom<br>
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Dr. Ir. Luc Boerboom<br>
Assist. Prof Spatial Planning and Decision Support
Systems and Infrastructures<br>
Department of Urban and Regional Planning and
Geo-information Management<br>
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