[FOSS4G2016] Attendance fee and transparency report

[till.adams at fossgis.de]

Daniel,

sorry, but that's simply wrong:

1. It's clearly said on the website:
http://2016.foss4g.org/attending.html#registration
2. We published press releases and twittered, that conditions for 
registering are on the webpage.
3. Our prices are published for at least more than 6 weeks now (I guess 
even longer).

If somebody really now says, that he does not know, what the conference 
costs, this is definitely not our problem.


Last words to this: It is *not* our first goal to make any surplus, but 
it is at least *my* goal to cover our costs. Don't know whether you ever 
thought about what such a conference costs.
I do.
Every day.
Regarding past prices of FOSS4G conferences let you at least get a 
clue, that speakers of course have to pay, that the conference costs 
some money and how much is quite easy, even if actual prices are not 
there: Just look on past FOSS4G-conference websites.

I stop engaging in this discussion for now, because this does not lead 
us to any results. If someone feels he/she needs to help us in setting 
up the webpage, do PR&M or whatever, feel free.


Our problem is, that we have to figure out ASAP, which speakers won't 
show up because of fees and how we react.


Till




Am 2016-05-09 09:33, schrieb Daniel Kastl:
>> Those people were rather local. And I agree that 600 EUR is a lot
>> (even
>> if you total travel + accommodation are lets say 1000 EUR). Please
>> also
>> remember that the information about the costs was out way after the
>> call.
>
> Just let me add, that the ticket prices are very hidden in a news
> article, which I just found after reading this comment.
> I looked for the prices last week, and there is no menu item or
> something similar to quickly learn about the costs. 
> Instead you need to start the signup, creating an account, to learn
> about the actual prices for conference, workshops, etc..
>
> Best regards,
> Daniel
>
>