[OSGeo-Conf] Do we want to cap size?

[Lorenzo Becchi]

Eric, the venue is the most expensive voice we have. We've bet to have the
best venue as possible. We have space to 1450 in the plenary room. It would
be a dream to close subscription before September :)

I still think we can reach at least 1000 in Barcelona and if you start your
promotion in time ,after that barcelona closes ;) , you can probably do even
better.
the FOSS4G market is expanding, we are no more just a crew a geeks

lorenzo




On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 1:15 AM, Eric Wolf <ebwolf at gmail.com> wrote:

> The folks at GITA pointed out that the larger venues cost more per person.
> What this means is if we need capacity for 2000 people, we basically have
> just two choices of venues in Denver that are both more expensive than if we
> cap attendance and use a smaller venue.
>
> Do we want to consider capping the number of attendees for FOSS4G 2011?
> This can potentially save a great deal of money if attendance isn't at the
> projected levels. If we cap attendance at 1200 people, it opens up three
> more potential venues.
>
> Unfortunately, this is a decision that needs to be made before FOSS4G 2010
> in Barcelona.
>
> -Eric
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