[foss4g2014] Setting Conference Pricing

[Angie Rudolph]

It looks like there is pretty decent public transit options from the
convention center, but not being a local I may not have a feel if it's a
viable option.  What if we cut the break food/drink service and tell people
up front to byos (bring your own snacks).  I think people would be
receptive to the idea if it cut $200 off their registration fees.  As
someone previously mentioned perhaps a survey is in order.  We certainly
wouldn't want to offend or alienate any attendees.  Just my two cents...

Angie


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On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Darrell Fuhriman <darrell at garnix.org>wrote:

> Yah, I was mentioning in private, we'd probably need at least 15 food
> carts to serve 800 people in a reasonable amount of time and I doubt there
> are that many genuinely mobile carts available.
>
> It's a pretty big kink in an otherwise great idea....
>
> d.
>
>
> On Feb 19, 2014, at 13:17, Beth Stewart <bstewart at vtmgroup.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> In speaking with the Oregon Convention Center, to bring in food carts a
> buyout is required (meaning FOSS4G has to pay the OCC's exclusive in-house
> caterer money to account for their lost revenue), which does not provide
> additional cost savings to FOSS4G.  In OCC's experience in planning their
> own events, it has been difficult to get food cart vendors to agree to come
> to the venue since only a nominal amount of carts within the city are
> portable.
>
> OCC's in-house caterer does have a few food carts of their own, however
> the cost for the carts and the food would be at FOSS4G's expense, not the
> attendees.
>
> Regards,
> Beth
>
>
>
>
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