[Board] Fwd: [Foss4g2010] subscriptions [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Bruce Bannerman]

For Sydney, we were originally aiming for at least 600 attendees.

Unfortunately, best laid plans can be affected by external events (the GFC).

External factors may influence here too. 

IMO, It would be better to have a bit of contingency.


Lorenzo, I'll try to keep out of this debate now. Your team will need to make the decision in the end (with Board approval of the Budget).



Bruce


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From: foss4g2010-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [foss4g2010-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Paul Ramsey [pramsey at cleverelephant.ca]
Sent: Saturday, 28 November 2009 7:26 AM
To: Lorenzo Becchi
Cc: arnulf; foss4g2010 at lists.osgeo.org; OSGeo-Board
Subject: Re: [Board] Fwd: [Foss4g2010] subscriptions

Incidentally, reducing registration revenue by 15% on the 600-attendee
budget submitted with the bid turns the result from a $30K profit to a
$15K loss. And that's assuming a $100K sponsorship docket, which is
$20K higher (rough rough roughly) than Sydney pulled.

P.

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Lorenzo Becchi <lorenzo at ominiverdi.com> wrote:
>> I don't know why there is all this interest now about prices when you have
>> been approving this budget with same prices one year ago. I've heard no
>> comments at that time.
>
> And further, going back to the original bid budget, I find the
> proposed values don't match the ones in the wiki.
>
> Bid early full registration: $415 + $195 = $610 / 1.5 = 406EUR
> Bid late full registration: $493 + $234 = $727 / 1.5 = 485EUR
>
> Wiki early full registration: 350EUR, 14% reduction
> Wiki late full registration: 415EUR, 14% reduction
>
> At the time of the bid (Dec 2008) the exchange rate was 1.25 so the
> differences were even larger.
>
> Clearly something has changed since the bid, and I don't think it's
> unreasonable to ask to see a budget in Euros in a spreadsheet form
> where it can be easily reviewed and scenarios checked before putting
> out prices publicly, which are difficult to alter after-the-fact.
>
> P.
>
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