[foss4g2014] Setting Conference Pricing

[David William Bitner]

I would bet there would be a sharp divide in folks paying for themselves
and folks who would be coming on business travel expense from their
organization. For folks who are coming on fixed-no-receipt per diems it
isn't that uncommon to count on breakfast/lunch (and even dinner with
receptions and the like) and pocket the per diem (or use for evening
booze). Having everything on site also helps lubricate the "hallway track",
not to mention the time that folks spend in and around the vendor exhibits
(for FOSS4GNA, our exhibitors commented that they really appreciated having
the snacks served in the exhibitor area to draw folks to their displays).


On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Angie Rudolph <angie at greenwoodmap.com>wrote:

> 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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> Angie Rudolph
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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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