From apachecon-discuss-return-728-apmail-apachecon-discuss-archive=apache.org@apache.org Wed Sep 12 07:49:53 2012 Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-apachecon-discuss-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-apachecon-discuss-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1159FD7E3 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:49:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 80593 invoked by uid 500); 12 Sep 2012 07:49:52 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-apachecon-discuss-archive@apache.org Received: (qmail 80495 invoked by uid 500); 12 Sep 2012 07:49:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact apachecon-discuss-help@apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: apachecon-discuss@apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list apachecon-discuss@apache.org Received: (qmail 80475 invoked by uid 99); 12 Sep 2012 07:49:51 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:49:51 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.2 required=10 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.85.216.43] (HELO mail-qa0-f43.google.com) (209.85.216.43) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:49:47 +0000 Received: by qatk31 with SMTP id k31so2354056qat.2 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:49:26 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=from:mime-version:content-type:subject:date:in-reply-to:to :references:message-id:x-mailer:x-gm-message-state; bh=91UUD6kd8SbNvIo1HBZBz3ZHknp49VfVOftIfyCRSIg=; b=ov1m3jqOKdBNuvtZxXxlT5SWv9a2hWjq7Nk/sXHSzZbE2Cns4qJbmjsAGYtWaqSi6D rXQEpy1ZI1N6j30x/mTrzp6YEeysXq11hmYjgDdWRYCcZlCrt2Mxl/salXVc9UukqAVi YMyL/+fZt002DmRb1Iiv+JDxNuK6KhttH84FJcM6yG+8AY02vjM4ZeA11d9apKwMI4sg Uahyx+8RbRi8lOvM9LdRMpGF58TZnnDMYCH3rZo7rPmXPYS/RPTxU9gCSjkOTXb2fct0 +knWSCE2zdhycf/n01BZTSFDY1UsDyB/kgZhXKorMhyT2l4Z4I+sqnLFlQBdEjUOomch G+aQ== Received: by 10.224.180.132 with SMTP id bu4mr4482674qab.62.1347436166122; Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:49:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.6.128] (ip-64-134-45-150.public.wayport.net. [64.134.45.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id et6sm9182437qab.8.2012.09.12.00.49.24 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:49:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Holden Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-4--238223817 Subject: Re: ACNA pricing [was:apachecon eu speaker subsidies] Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 03:49:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: To: apachecon-discuss@apache.org References: <5016C3BF.4030302@apache.org> <5016C5C4.8010104@apache.org> <73756564-BA14-41AE-8436-7FFCCD6F4E68@holdenweb.com> <42C5D028-1DFA-44A3-ADDB-C606C32222DF@holdenweb.com> <5AD5B1F0-608C-40D4-A376-FD048CE98E15@holdenweb.com> <4CA04DBA-D70C-441C-80A0-DEB0D54DC833@holdenweb.com> <920F2D48-0AA1-495A-BBF3-B6DD6D0C6831@holdenweb.com> Message-Id: <90815632-116C-460A-9DCD-65C1F57795DF@holdenweb.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkmGvTYbVffaVwOURgSojaYljHIUEcZ4pUf/rbRRUQba+mfwRJwhkpM16bZVBBloTmcqfx5 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --Apple-Mail-4--238223817 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 On Sep 12, 2012, at 3:31 AM, N=F3ir=EDn Plunkett wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 12:20 AM, Steve Holden = wrote: >> On Sep 12, 2012, at 2:48 AM, N=F3ir=EDn Plunkett wrote: >>=20 >>>=20 >>> FWIW, I was surprised at the corporate level tickets: especially = when >>> there's an individual level, I would have thought the corporate = could >>> go up a little higher. If a measured increase in that allowed us to >>> have free speaker tickets/sub-$300-committer-tickets, I would be >>> strongly in favour. >>>=20 >> I'm sure you would, but corporations have budgets too, you know. >=20 > And even at a moderate increase over your figures, they'd be coming in > well under-budget based on previous years :-) >=20 > Like I said, we've been burnt before with "experiments" that turned > into unalterable assumptions for every later year, and I'm keen that > we avoid that here. >=20 > ApacheCon must be affordable for non-corporate speakers, IMO, and it > doesn't make sense to start arguing it much before we have real > numbers to look at. I'm listening ... S -- Steve Holden steve@holdenweb.com, Holden Web, LLC http://holdenweb.com/ Python classes (and much more) through the web http://oreillyschool.com/ Conferences and technical event management at http://theopenbastion.com/ Next: DjangoCon US Sep 6-8, Washington DC http://djangocon.us/ --Apple-Mail-4--238223817--