[FOSS4G-Oceania] Student discounts - workshops

[Cameron Shorter]

John, if we want to protect against being swamped with student 
registrations, then maybe we should set a cap on the number available 
(which I notice that we have done successfully for other registration 
types). I'll leave it to you to suggest a number for the cap.


On 1/10/2018 4:48 PM, John Bryant wrote:
> Good point, I should comment on the budget impact:
>
>   * at $50 our catering costs are more than covered
>   * could displace some full-price attendees where workshops are at
>     capacity
>   * could cannibalise sales in cases where students would otherwise
>     purchase full-price workshop regos
>
> I don't have a good basis for predicting the number of student regos, 
> but would estimate it to be a small number. Feels like it's unlikely 
> to have any significant impact.
>
> On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 at 16:16, Cameron Shorter 
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     +0 A student discount sounds reasonable if it works within in the
>     budget.
>
>
>     On 1/10/2018 2:41 PM, John Bryant wrote:
>>     Thanks Alex. A $50 student price for a workshop sounds reasonable
>>     to me.
>>
>>     I'd like to move fairly quickly on this - are there any concerns
>>     from anyone?
>>
>>     Thanks
>>     John
>>
>>     On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 at 14:39, Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:alexgleith at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         I think yes to offering student discounts. And I think a $50
>>         discount is ok!
>>
>>         If we can do it with a code it would make implementation simpler.
>>         On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 at 11:12 am, John Bryant
>>         <johnwbryant at gmail.com <mailto:johnwbryant at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>             Hi all, we announced student registrations on Friday, and
>>             we've been asked whether we will have student discounts
>>             on workshops.
>>
>>             We've discussed it in general terms, my impression is
>>             there was general agreement around the principle - but we
>>             haven't put anything specific into place.
>>
>>             So, the questions are (supposing we offer a discount):
>>
>>              1. Do we extend a discount to all students, or just
>>                 students registered for the conference?
>>              2. How much do we charge?
>>
>>             The cost of catering for a workshop attendee is in the
>>             $35-40 range.
>>
>>             Thoughts?
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