I'm totally willing to sponsor a keg of Pacific Northwest Ale to the event, so that the developers don't get parched, OR go broke at the bar. ;)<div>--<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Paul Ramsey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pramsey@opengeo.org">pramsey@opengeo.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">It would be nice indeed, but perhaps not something we want to hang<br>
this event over :) Our last events all ended up costing hotel and<br>
travel for developers, and some incidental meal costs. The budget<br>
Michael has provided is comparable (or better), with the cash bar<br>
being the only wrinkle. I guess the hotel would look askance if we<br>
brought in our own supplies of alcohol.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
P.<br>
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On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Steve Lehr <<a href="mailto:steve@qpublic.net">steve@qpublic.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> I agree 100% with Daniel - we should try to get the cost for the developers<br>
> to be $0.00<br>
><br>
><br>
> Steve Lehr<br>
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> [mailto:<a href="mailto:tosprint-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">tosprint-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] On Behalf Of Daniel Morissette<br>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 7:54 AM<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:tosprint@lists.osgeo.org">tosprint@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [TOSprint] IslandWood sprint -- money talks...<br>
><br>
> Hi Michael,<br>
><br>
> What happens with the budget if we get less than 30 people? Also, are the<br>
> costs all fixed, is there some room in the budget?<br>
><br>
> There are chances that people from Europe, and even some from Eastern<br>
> Canadad/US may not be able to make it to Seattle due to distance and costs.<br>
> Hopefully that will be compensated by new attendees from Western US/Canada<br>
> but we're not sure yet, that's why I'm asking.<br>
><br>
> BTW, One comment I got last year was that we should aim to bring the cost<br>
> near zero for attendees since they (or their employer) already provide their<br>
> time for free. Can we try to raise more sponsorship before setting the final<br>
> price for attendees and asking them to pay? Maybe have multiple sponsorship<br>
> levels since qpublic already offered more than the base 750$ sponsorship and<br>
> that should be acknowledged somehow?<br>
><br>
> I have to admit that the cash bar is not ideal (unless it's really cheap).<br>
> Anything we can do about this to at least offer a couple of drinks to<br>
> sprinters for the social part of the day?<br>
><br>
> Daniel<br>
><br>
><br>
> On 11-07-09 09:09 PM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:<br>
>> After talking over rates with the folks at IslandWood, our sprint<br>
>> would need to raise approximately $25000. This cost covers:<br>
>><br>
>> - 30 people<br>
>> - arrival evening of Feb 5th, departure afternoon of Feb 9th<br>
>> - single occupancy rooms<br>
>> - 3 square meals a day, plus coffee and snacks<br>
>> - 1 good conference room<br>
>> - 1 "social / team-building" event<br>
>><br>
>> The only thing this does not include is alcohol. (cash bar service is<br>
>> available for extra charge)<br>
>><br>
>> If each attendee pays $525, and we get ten $750 sponsors, and we use<br>
>> the $2000 left over from previous years, then we would break even.<br>
>> (In the past, people have really only needed to pay their lodging<br>
>> costs, so asking for $525 "registration fee" is like a $131/night room<br>
>> rate.) If we get more sponsorships or something, the $525 rate will be<br>
> reduced accordingly.<br>
>><br>
>> We would need to raise $12,500 right now in order to reserve the space.<br>
>><br>
>> So, if we want to make this happen:<br>
>><br>
>> ** Who is willing to pay $525 registration right now, and who is<br>
>> willing to pay $750 (or more!) sponsorship right now? **<br>
>><br>
>> -mpg<br>
>><br>
>> [PS- I have the full price breakdowns in a spreadsheet, ask me if you<br>
>> want a copy. In fact, might be nice for someone to check my math.]<br>
>><br>
>><br>
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