[OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2011 Attendance Projections

[Tyler Erickson]

Are there stats available on abstract submissions for the prior
conferences?  Seems like that might be a strong predictor of attendance
(although the attendee/abstract ratio may likely be higher for locations
that are easier to reach).

- Tyler

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Lorenzo Becchi <lorenzo at ominiverdi.com>wrote:

> Sorry guys, I've lost this,
>
> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Cameron Shorter <
> cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  Lorenzo, did you see this query?
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G 2011
>> Attendance Projections  Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 12:26:15 -0600  From: Eric
>> Wolf <ebwolf at gmail.com> <ebwolf at gmail.com>  To: conference
>> <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org> <conference_dev at lists.osgeo.org>
>>
>> I am starting to work on the attendance projections for 2011. Sorry I
>> haven't gotten to it sooner. I've been wrapped up in other things over the
>> long weekend.
>>
>>  I'm going to start with Cameron's spreadsheet. I'm also going to start
>> brainstorming on the Wiki.
>>
>>  But first, do we have preliminary registration data for Barcelona? If we
>> just have raw data, I'd be happy to crunch the numbers in the spreadsheet.
>>
>
>
> to date we have 130 inscription.
> as we all know, looking at the great metrics Cameron created most of the
> subscription happens in the last 2 months. We are still 90 days before our
> conference.
>
> Our very early bird (Jan 15) has been good to see the first money move and
> to check the registration platform. Very early deadlines help the group of
> the LOC to start to be effective.
>
> We have some very good sign from the abstract submission (more then 360)
> and the sponsorships (70% of the expected budget already covered).
> It is supposed to be the worst year for the crisis but lots of companies
> are investing in the sponsorship and more are coming soon. It's an index of
> the growing interest in FOSS4G, IMO.
> There's still a lot to do. We still expect more then 1000 attendees but at
> the moment we are only 130 and the volunteers :)
>
> if you need more stats I can get the raw data of the subscribers but I
> cannot see great stats for 130 pax.
>
> lorenzo
>
>
>
>
>>
>>  -Eric
>>
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