<blockquote type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px;margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;"><span><div>I think we are mixing two issues here:</div><div>* 0 fees for developers - as I pointed out, this is not a cost for the</div><div>conference, but rather an advantage (participants are more likely to</div><div>come if the know most top developers are present); my suggestion is</div><div>that this should become a requirement from OSGeo</div></span></blockquote><div>I am unlikely to attend foss4g this year either way.</div><div><br></div><div>Many of the developers I know can only attend conferences when their fees are covered (as a speaker or by giving a workshop). So while I am not automatically in favour of 0 fees for developers - it would have a large impact on enabling developers to attend.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Jody</div>