[Foss4g2009] Confused about workshop registration fee

[Thierry Badard]

Tim Schaub a écrit :
> 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
>>
>>
> 
> 

Hi,

Some replies seem to be available at:

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Discounts#Workshop_Instructors

Cheers,

Th.

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