[FOSS4G-Oceania] Student discounts - workshops

[Daniel Silk]

+1 $50 workshops for students


> On 1/10/2018, at 7:48 PM, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Good point, I should comment on the budget impact:
> at $50 our catering costs are more than covered
> could displace some full-price attendees where workshops are at capacity
> could cannibalise sales in cases where students would otherwise purchase full-price workshop regos
> I don't have a good basis for predicting the number of student regos, but would estimate it to be a small number. Feels like it's unlikely to have any significant impact.
> 
>> On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 at 16:16, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>> +0 A student discount sounds reasonable if it works within in the budget.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 1/10/2018 2:41 PM, John Bryant wrote:
>>> Thanks Alex. A $50 student price for a workshop sounds reasonable to me.
>>> 
>>> I'd like to move fairly quickly on this - are there any concerns from anyone?
>>> 
>>> Thanks
>>> John
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 at 14:39, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I think yes to offering student discounts. And I think a $50 discount is ok!
>>>> 
>>>> If we can do it with a code it would make implementation simpler.
>>>>> On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 at 11:12 am, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi all, we announced student registrations on Friday, and we've been asked whether we will have student discounts on workshops.
>>>>> 
>>>>> We've discussed it in general terms, my impression is there was general agreement around the principle - but we haven't put anything specific into place.
>>>>> 
>>>>> So, the questions are (supposing we offer a discount): 
>>>>> Do we extend a discount to all students, or just students registered for the conference?
>>>>> How much do we charge?
>>>>> The cost of catering for a workshop attendee is in the $35-40 range.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thoughts?
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