[Board] Fwd: [Foss4g2010] subscriptions

[Paul Ramsey]

Helloooo... this affects you....

P.

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From: Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>
Date: Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 7:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Foss4g2010] subscriptions
To: Lorenzo Becchi <lorenzo at ominiverdi.com>
Cc: foss4g2010 <foss4g2010 at lists.osgeo.org>


OK, nevermind the budget: on what basis are we reducing our pricing by
25%? Because we like a challenge?

P

On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 3:59 AM, Lorenzo Becchi <lorenzo at ominiverdi.com> wrote:
> Paul,  you had the budget available for one year. it's always the same.
> it's the same budget you had in front in Sydney and agreed.
>
> We want this event FOSS4G popular.
> I don't see the risk to have only  400 people here. do you?
> the local foss gis event in Spain goes close to 400. the potential
> attendance in europe is huge, let's try to focus on good and wide promotion.
>
> lorenzo
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 12:52 AM, Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>
> wrote:
>>
>> I'd like to see a complete budget before I said those are the prices
>> we want go with ... just on strict comparison terms:
>>
>> 2007 Early Full Conference + Workshops = $575CAD = 366EUR
>> 2010 Proposed Early Full Conference + Workshops = 350 EUR
>>
>> 2007 Late Full Conference + Workshops = $820CAD =  522EUR
>> 2008 Late Full Conference + Workshops = 5900ZAR = 531EUR
>> 2009 Late Full Conference = $935AUD = 577EUR
>> 2009 Late Workshops = $375AUD = 231EUR
>> 2010 Proposed Late Full Conference + Workshops = 415EUR
>> 2010 Proposed Late Workshops = 190EUR
>>
>> Particularly in the late phase, the proposed prices are leaving a lot
>> on the table, around 25% under previous events. 2009 made a profit in
>> the end in part on a rush of late registration that paid a steep
>> premium for being late.
>>
>> I'd also like to to see a Conference-Only price in the list and have
>> the Full Conference = Workshops + Conference-Only.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Lorenzo Becchi <lorenzo at ominiverdi.com>
>> wrote:
>> > subsidizing?
>> > there are profit margins for every price. we've been checking it with
>> > Grupo
>> > Pacifico.
>> >
>> > lorenzo
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> So is the conference-only price 130E (290E full - 160E workshops
>> >> only)? These look really low. How have they been chosen? The students
>> >> price looks low enough that we're actually subsidizing them: the cost
>> >> of their food + tshirts/bags + other per-person costs would exceed
>> >> their price. The workshops price should reflect the entire cost of the
>> >> workshops day plus a healthy profit -- workshops are greatly in
>> >> demand, price them accordingly.
>> >>
>> >> P.
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 4:52 AM, Lorenzo Becchi
>> >> <lorenzo at ominiverdi.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > here is the plan of prices for FOSS4G2010:
>> >> > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2010_Subscriptions
>> >> >
>> >> > we have  the doubt about the max age for students.
>> >> > we are keen to choose 25, is there any objection?
>> >> >
>> >> > I've choosen to say that we will have a day of workshops and if,
>> >> > later
>> >> > on,
>> >> > we see that we can do half day more I think nobody will complain. am
>> >> > I
>> >> > wrong?
>> >> >
>> >> > lorenzo
>> >> >
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>> >> >
>> >> >
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