[FOSS4G-Oceania] Student discounts - workshops

[John Bryant]

Good idea, Alex mentioned using a discount code so we'll just set a cap on
how many times it can be used, and if it runs out we can consider whether
we should add to it.

On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 at 16:54, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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>
> 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> 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>
>>> 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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