[foss4g2014] Setting Conference Pricing

[David Percy]

yeah, the on your own options are pretty grimm there by the OCC.

but it's definitely a good, creative thought!

posting a surveymonkey (or whatever) poll to osgeo-discuss would get us
PLENTY of feedback!
:-)


On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Matt Sayler <matt.sayler at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think it's worth considering for sure. We'd probably want to put
> together some kind of guide. Not a whole lot of options right there at OCC.
> On Feb 13, 2014 3:43 PM, "Darrell Fuhriman" <darrell at garnix.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> I was updating the budget spreadsheet and it got me wondering.
>>
>> Our single biggest expense - some 50-60% of the planned budget -- is
>> catering. On a per attendee basis, it eats up 60% of the full-price
>> registration fee.
>>
>> There would have to be *some* catering, such as for the gala and the
>> exhibit hall event, and on-your-own options are somewhat limited in the
>> convention center area, but...
>>
>> .... is it worth polling likely attendees and asking what they prefer -
>> lower fees or higher convenience (i.e. catering)?
>>
>> If we dropped 50% of our catering bill, we could potentially drop
>> registration fees by as much as $200. There a different ways we could do
>> this, such as only have coffee & tea and no snacks during breaks (or none
>> of the above), or by having lunches "on-your-own", all of the above...
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Darrell
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