[Conference-europe] Registration fee

Fri Dec 12 01:57:04 PST 2014

Hi,

On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 8:51 AM, Bart van den Eijnden <bartvde at osgis.nl>
wrote:
>
> I think Johan pointed out, and I agree with his assessment, that
> government organisations normally cannot sponsor events. They can however
> pay higher fees for their employees to enter a conference.
>

I don't think this is always the case. For this reason I appreciate Maria's
effort to keep the fee low. If regular sponsor program is a problem, then
we could think other ways to give gov org the possibility to contribute.

My 2c based on personal experience.

cheers,
Madi

>
> Best regards,
> Bart
>
> On 10 Dec 2014, at 08:19, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brovelli at polimi.it>
> wrote:
>
> Dear Johan
> excellent point. But let me think a bit more how to exploit your
> suggestion: besides the "normal" registration we have also the sponsorship
> package (http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/#sponsors) . Probably this should
> be better highlighted  also in the registration paragraph. And sponsors
> attendees  should have also a special badge, with special color,
> corresponding to their generous offer. Does it make sense?
> Thanks a lot!
> Maria
>
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> *Da:* Johan Van de Wauw <johan.vandewauw at gmail.com>
> *Inviato:* martedì 9 dicembre 2014 20.23
> *A:* Maria Antonia Brovelli
> *Cc:* foss4g-europe; conference-europe-private at lists.osgeo.org; Jeff
> McKenna; Stefano Campus
> *Oggetto:* Re: [Conference-europe] Registration fee
>
> Maria,
>
> Thanks for keeping the costs down - it helps to be an inclusive community!
>
> On the other hand, conferences like this are perhaps one of the few ways
> commercial and governement entities can sponsor Osgeo easily. They often
> don't mind paying a fee for a conference and workshops whereas sponsoring
> is going through entirely different departments. I guess it is too late
> now, but for the future we could perhaps consider having two prices: a
> standard price and a 'starving hacker' price (better name suggestions
> welcome). The latter could be for students, charter members and others who
> apply.
>
> Anyway, looking forward to the conference!
> Johan
>
> On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Polimi <maria.brovelli at polimi.it> wrote:
>
>> Dear All
>> Marco and I have made some simulations about possible registration fees.
>> The idea is to keep them as lower as possible. We will provide the basic
>> facilities ( rooms, staff for registration, technical staff for the
>> computer rooms, ...) and then considering how many people will register
>> and/or how many sponsors we'll have we will add the extras (t-shirts,
>> coffee breaks, ice-breaker party, lunches, and so on). USB keys will kindly
>> offered by GFOSS, the Italian association of Free and Open Source GIS
>> (thanks!).
>>
>> Here the fees we need at least to start the conference:
>>
>> 100 euro for normal registration and 50 euro for students before 30th
>> April 2015 (Early Bird)
>>
>> 200 euro for normal registration and 100 for students after 30th April
>> 2015
>>
>> 300 euro on site registration.
>>
>> Workshops:
>>
>> 20 euro for each workshop
>>
>> It seems me reasonable costs. I hope to have many people to be able to
>> offer more and more.
>>
>> In few days Nick will prepare also this page and then, at least, the
>> first step is done!
>> Thanks to everybody!
>>
>> Maria
>>
>>
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>> Vice Rector for Como Campus and GIS Professor
>> Politecnico di Milano
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