Re: GUADEC registration fee

[Alan Cox <alan lxorguk ukuu org uk>]

On Llu, 2004-04-19 at 19:15, Mark McLoughlin wrote:
>   3) It sounds like the real problem here is that there is not enough 
>      corporate sponsorship of the conference. Is the best solution 
>      really to use attendees as cannon fodder in this struggle?

It seems the standard approach - sponsorship by those who go as opposed
to by those who don't. Also common is "sponsors get 'n' free entrants,
which is sort of a mix and match.

>   4) Is the money being used to "make it a better conference" or "bring 
>      more people to the conference"? I think the former has to be the 
>      prime goal (at least, "more relevant people"). If the large
>      registration fee is ear-marked to make the conference better and is
>      meanwhile causing less people to be able to attend ...

Or is it to break even 8)