Re: Work on Call for Participation for EuroPython 2015 has started

I agree completely with Michael, I haven't been able to attend since
the Birmingham conferences either due to the expense involved.

David


On 1 February 2014 11:59, Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> 400?
>
> Christ on a bike, europython used to be affordable. Florence was
> ridiculously expensive (when you factor everything in).
>
> Unless when you say 'all inclusive' you mean 'including accommodation'.
>
> I presume the increased costs are at least in part due to the slow shift
> towards peak holiday season.
>
> (I haven't been since Birmingham due to the massively increase cosy of
> sending. For those who don't remember/know, when Euro python was in the UK I
> organised the recording and transcoding of talks, on a shoe string)
>
> Saying it's 'comparable to other conferences' it's pointless btw, the reason
> (in part at least as I understood it) Euro python existed was to have an
> affordable alternative.
>
> Michael.
>
> On 31 Jan 2014 19:05, "Andreas Jung" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Jacob Hallén wrote:
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>> >
>> > In the Call for Participation that was the basis for the selection of
>> > a new site for Europython, there was a requirement for the cost of
>> > attendance. It turns out that the promised figures from the Berlin
>> > team can't be met and that cost of attendance will take a serious
>> > jump, compared to Florence.
>> >
>> > This is a serious problem for the EPS, because our explicit goal is
>> > to arrange a really affordable conference. We are now looking at
>> > conference fees that are 5 times higher than the ones for Göteborg
>> > and it is starting to hurt. Worries about getting enough participants
>> > and getting a reasonable mix of people has gotten the EPS board more
>> > involved in pricing issues than they would like to be. This is not
>> > only a concern for the conference this year, but for future
>> > conferences. A large number of the attendees have come to EuroPython
>> > for many years. If they are scared off by the price this year, they
>> > are less likely to come back in the future.
>> >
>>
>> With respect but this is FUD.
>>
>> The standard ticket price for EP 2013 were for
>> Student/Individual/Business:
>> 330 ? / 500 ? / 620 ?
>>
>> The standard EP 2014 rates are for Student/Individual/Business:
>>
>> 200 ? / 400 ? / 600 ?
>>
>> Keep in mind that all EP 2014 tickets are all-inclusive (social event,
>> catering during the sprints etc.)
>>
>> Andreas
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