[Foss4g2009] Confused about workshop registration fee

[Tim Schaub]

Hey-

Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Roald de Wit wrote:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I was just about to register for the conference and was confronted 
>> with the question whether or not to pay the registration fee for the 
>> workshops. I will be co-hosting an accepted workshop, by being the 
>> assistant.
>>
>> My questions are:
>> - When you are a co-host of a workshop, do you have to pay to attend 
>> that workshop?
>> - We had an offer from somebody else to help out by providing 
>> assistance during the workshop. What about this person?
>> - When I want to visit 1 or 2 other workshops, do I have to pay the 
>> fee (being a co-host) for another workshop?
>>
>> I'm sure there must be a section on the site that covers this, but I 
>> couldn't find it.
>>
> 
> Hello Roald,
> 
> You should have received an email from Mark Leslie (I've included the 
> email below) explaining workshop registration.
> 

I received the same email, just reviewed it, and am left wondering the 
same.  If someone is co-presenting a workshop, do they need to pay for 
workshop registration?  I would assume not?

My read of the email from Mark is that there is one free *conference* 
registration per workshop (though it says workshop registration).  I 
understand that only one presenter per workshop gets the registration to 
the conference waived.  Roald's (and my) questions are about getting 
co-presenters a pass to the workshop only (not the rest of the conference).

Last year, we had great success with the OpenLayers workshop because 10 
or so developers and power-users volunteered to help out with the 
workshop.  Their assistance (walking around the crowd and answering 
questions) was invaluable.  In addition to a co-presenter, will there be 
any way to get additional volunteers a pass to a specific workshop?

Thanks,
Tim

> -jeff
> 
> 


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