[FOSS4G2016] Single day pass for speakers

[till.adams at fossgis.de]

Hi,

sorry guys.

1.)
It is not, that we do not want to be transparent, but we can't just 
give everybody a look at the budget plannings and then have an open 
discussion where to invest the potential income. It is simply not that 
simple. For all this we have the financial team and also Steven keeping 
an eye on that from OSGeo side. This is not the place, where 
transparency helps, it will just open the door for endless and senseless 
discussions.
What I can tell you, is that we definitely need 660 paying attendees in 
order to cover our approximated costs, 50% early Bird, 50% regular plus 
75% of the workshops sold.
And we have 20% of the workshops and ~ 300 paying people on Early Bird 
of which ~30 are only 1 day tickets.
Conclusion:
**We are far away from allocating gifts to anybody**

2.)
The crunchpoint is quite easy: We can't just say "okay, we allow you, 
you and you to get a reduced/free ticket" and "you, you and you have to 
pay full price".
I am convinced, that all of our rules have to be equal to everybody and 
that's the only way to handle these issues in an open and transparent 
way. Also there are already people that registered under the announced 
conditions. So it is not fair reducing fees to anybody afterwards.

Not acting like this means acting arbitrary and with that, we make 
mistakes and also ourselves (justifiaybly) attackable.


We will open the financial plannings to everybody who is willing to 
have an insight **after** the conference.
Also  I am totally +1 with Volker to have such a report.


Till




Am 2016-05-09 11:38, schrieb Marc Vloemans:
> At Volker  Till
>
> I appreciate Till's frugalness but also feel we could accommodate
> speakers a bit more (not all are reimbursed by their employers and
> actually shell out personal money).
> But I have no reference here in budget terms.
>
> Perhaps if Torsten sends out a intermediate summary of income and
> costs (actually comfirmed versus budgeted) then we all may be able to
> understand Till's reasoning. And be able to assess whether
> reimbursements, rebates, day passes etc are  yes/no to be considered.
> Transparency helps in these matters.
>
> Torsten/Till ???
>
> Vriendelijke groet,
> Marc Vloemans
>
>
>
>
> Vriendelijke groet,
> Marc Vloemans
>
>> Op 9 mei 2016 om 11:26 heeft Volker Mische <volker.mische at gmail.com> 
>> het volgende geschreven:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> it's a similar thread to a previous one that got slightly out of
>> control, hence I start a new one.
>>
>> I've the request of speaker who is asking if he could get a single 
>> day
>> pass for the conference. The schedule is not final (and might change
>> later on), so he can't really get one for the day he is talking at 
>> the
>> moment.
>>
>> Hence my proposition: He should get a day pass for any day, and he 
>> can
>> then exchange the pass on site for the day his talk is. Does this 
>> sound
>> like a plan?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Volker
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