[Board] Fwd: [Foss4g2010] subscriptions

[Paul Ramsey]

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.
>