[foss4g2014] Setting Conference Pricing

[Wm Leler]

I believe Brad Smith has brought in food carts during the Webvisions conference at the OCC.
You can ask him about their experiences.
I've copied him on this email.

--wm

On 17 Feb 2014, at 12:51 PM, Darrell Fuhriman <darrell at garnix.org> wrote:

> That’s a great idea – and close enough we could easily convince people to attend — assuming we could round up enough actually mobile carts.
> 
> Molly and Beth are working on actual catering estimates, so let’s wait until they come back with something, but this seems pretty promising as an alternative.
> 
> Similarly, I’d like to wait for the numbers so we can do some estimating of how much we could lower the cost so we can be specific in our poll, which I think is worthwhile to do…
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> d.
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> 
> On Feb 13, 2014, at 17:12, TC Haddad <tchaddad at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Actually it looks like in 2014 there will only be one farmers market (on Tuesdays)
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>> The location that hosts those farmers markets is owned by a private entity and they might be amenable to a cart fest. They currently already host:
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>> Tuesday: Farmers market
>> Wednesday: music in the park
>> Thursday: nothing - maybe we can schedule a cart fest?
>> Friday: nothing - maybe we can schedule a cart fest?
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>> you can see more about the venue here:
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>> http://www.langleyinvestmentproperties.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/013113-Oregon-Square-Fact-Sheet-Langley.pdf
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>> it is 3 blocks (or one max station) away form OCC.
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>> Tanya
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>> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Matt Sayler <matt.sayler at gmail.com> wrote:
>> OCC I can pretty much guarantee would have a problem with that. Washington CC had a problem with people selling cookies for charity at PAX (The Cookie Brigade). Actually, weren't even selling them technically. Taking donations.
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>> On Feb 13, 2014 4:41 PM, "Darrell Fuhriman" <darrell at garnix.org> wrote:
>> Now that’s an interesting idea.
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>> But being owned by the OCC, I wonder if they’d let us get away with that…
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>> I like the idea, and it is very Portland.
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>> d.
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>> On Feb 13, 2014, at 16:30, Justin R. Miller <justin at mapbox.com> wrote:
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>> > Something OpenSourceBridge and (I think) other conferences have had luck with is bringing in food carts to the plaza by the MLK statue during lunch for the benefit of the attendees. It was heavily promoted by the conference to try to ensure a good turnout and making it worth the owner's time. The cart I remember in particular was Koi Fusion.
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