[Foss4g2010] subscriptions [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Bruce Bannerman]

Lorenzo,


Just some thoughts, which you have probably already taken into account:

Start with the expected budget (including the expected minor surplus for 2011) and then divide by the number of anticipated attendees (which can be hard enough to determine in itself) to get your base subscription rate.

i.e. subscription = budget / nAttendees


(where the budget has had other expected sources of income taken into account, e.g. sponsors etc. We should be building up a reasonable history by now to make assumptions on.)


For event marketing, you may need to enter into special deals with associations, e.g. professional associations who could use their mailing lists to promote FOSS4G-2010 on our behalf. 


These associations will typically request a discount off the base rate (e.g. 5% to 10%) of the conference subscription fees for their members as part of the deal for their promoting FOSS4G.


I'd set the discounted rate to be equal to your calculated subscription rate and then add 10% for the normal subscription rates. This will give you a bit of contingency which you may find handy later on. (This is the bit that we didn't do).


I hope that's not too confusing.

...And apologies if you've already been through this process.


Bruce







 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: foss4g2010-bounces at lists.osgeo.org 
> [mailto:foss4g2010-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of 
> Lorenzo Becchi
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 November 2009 11:53 PM
> To: foss4g2010
> Subject: [Foss4g2010] subscriptions
> 
> here is the plan of prices for FOSS4G2010:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2010_Subscriptions
> 
> we have  the doubt about the max age for students.
> we are keen to choose 25, is there any objection?
> 
> I've choosen to say that we will have a day of workshops and 
> if, later on, we see that we can do half day more I think 
> nobody will complain. am I wrong?
> 
> lorenzo
> 
>