[OSGeo-Conf] question from non-member of the conference-committee

[Jachym Cepicky]

Thank you Andrew,

yes, I noticed in your proposal, that student discounts are taken into
account. Thank you also for this clarification.

Jachym

Dne 4.7.2013 21:17, Andrew Ross napsal(a):
> Hi Jachym,
> 
> You may have noticed that the Washington D.C. proposal has a student
> discount built in.
> 
> We often recruit people who cannot afford the conference to participate
> for free in exchange for being part of the video recording team. The
> software user interface and hardware set up was designed to be very
> simple... typically <10 minutes of training are required.
> 
> Like Darrell & Percy, a few of our committee teach at Universities
> including myself so it's comfortable for us to agree with much of what
> he wrote.
> 
> Interestingly, we reached out to a number of different programs that
> teach programming to students and asked them if they might be interested
> to participate as part of a larger co-located code sprint. I've been
> involved with a few of these for a while.
> 
> We have set the student price at $300 for now in our budget. Should
> sponsorship exceed expectations, we will strive to lower that.
> 
> Many of the companies from our letters of support
> <https://drive.google.com/#folders/0BzSORaRRhk6SbHctZWZBS19YMkE> are
> hiring. HR/Recruiting is yet another good reason for students &
> companies to come.
> 
> We've discussed videos quite a bit... one more comment: people can
> review the material at their own pace, repeatedly, or on-demand as a
> reference. They are great for outreach and especially to students who
> can't make the conference.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Andrew
> 
> On 07/03/2013 05:42 PM, Jachym Cepicky wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just had again a look at both proposals, and I might miss some
>> information about discount for students in the Portland proposal
>> (please, correct me, if I'm wrong).
>>
>> I hope, we all agree, that students are important part of FOSS4G
>> conference for various reasons and it is in general good, to have them
>> here.
>>
>> Could you both bidders summarize in short, what are the benefits for
>> students, so we would attract them to come to the conference?
>>
>> Thanks a lot
>>
>> Jachym
>>
> 
> 
> 
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