[Foss4g2009] Discounts

[Dave Patton]

On 2008/10/30 2:38 AM, Bruce Bannerman wrote:
> Cameron,
> 
> We'll want to look at this and find some middle ground to reward the
> hard work of volunteers who put in a lot of effort over a sustained
> period of time as opposed to those who put in a short sweet hello for a
> freebie.

I agree. How about we(the OC) develop(on the private list?) a
"list of suggested categories", and the limit on how many in each
category, of 'free passes', and then forward our suggested list
to the OSGeo Conference Committee for ratification. If necessary,
they can refer it to the OSGeo board. We can still proceed to do
the budget(based on our recommendations), and if needed, adjust
the budget later.

I think we probably can come to agreement fairly easily on
"discounts"(vs 'free pass'), and that doesn't need to be
referred to the OSGeo Conference Committee.

> On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 09:24 +1100, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> My suggestion is that we don't have any freebies for the conference. I 
>> want to ensure we are covering costs.
>>
>> Incentives that we offer will be that people can go at cost price. Ie, 
>> the cost of variable expenses for one person.
>>
>> Workshops will be free to presenters due to the material they need to 
>> prepare, and these will be paid for by workshop attendees.
>>
>> Committee members will be let in at cost, a token of the effort they 
>> have contributed.
>>
>> Sponsors will include a free pass.
>>
>> Media sponsors (Position Magazine) will include a free pass. (A free 
>> pass is swapped for advertising).
>>
>> Dave Patton wrote:
>>> In a budget meeting yesterday, the subject of "discounts"
>>> came up. As a reminder, here's the email I sent about
>>> this subject a couple of weeks ago:
>>>
>>> On 2008/10/10 11:45 PM, Dave Patton wrote:
>>>> As it says on the FOSS4G 2007 Lessons Learned page:
>>>> "Everyone wants a discount, and everyone feels they
>>>> have a right to a discount. As with your policy for
>>>> travel support, figure out your discount policy well
>>>> in advance."
>>>>
>>>> I've created a Discounts page for 2009:
>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Discounts
>>>> For now, all I've done is to copy the 2007 page,
>>>> and made some edits to remove some links and to
>>>> remove the details for Volunteers.
>>>>
>>>> We should get the discounts sorted out fairly soon,
>>>> and then stick with whatever we decide. The 2008
>>>> page has a few additional items, but because it hasn't
>>>> been edited since May, I don't know what their actual
>>>> discount schedule was:
>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2008_Discounts

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