<p dir="ltr">I think it's worth considering for sure. We'd probably want to put together some kind of guide. Not a whole lot of options right there at OCC.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 13, 2014 3:43 PM, "Darrell Fuhriman" <<a href="mailto:darrell@garnix.org">darrell@garnix.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I was updating the budget spreadsheet and it got me wondering.<br>
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Our single biggest expense – some 50-60% of the planned budget — is catering. On a per attendee basis, it eats up 60% of the full-price registration fee.<br>
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There would have to be *some* catering, such as for the gala and the exhibit hall event, and on-your-own options are somewhat limited in the convention center area, but…<br>
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…. is it worth polling likely attendees and asking what they prefer – lower fees or higher convenience (i.e. catering)?<br>
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If we dropped 50% of our catering bill, we could potentially drop registration fees by as much as $200. There a different ways we could do this, such as only have coffee & tea and no snacks during breaks (or none of the above), or by having lunches “on-your-own”, all of the above...<br>
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Thoughts?<br>
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Darrell<br>_______________________________________________<br>
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