[Debconf-team] Regarding the professional fee
Hi!
Back when the initial registration mail was sent, it was decided to
charge € 300 for the "Professional" category. At that moment, we
didn't really know how much things would cost, so that number was just
an estimation that came out of thin air.
Currently, we do know that a shared room with breakfast at FdS costs €
24 the night, which means € 192 for 8 days. This means € 108 not used
for accommodation which (in my opinion) should be used for food, and
gives us € 13,5 per day for lunch+dinner, which is a very close number
to what we were given (we were told € 15 for breakfast+lunch+dinner).
Given all this, it seems pretty clear to me that the Professional fee
does indeed include food. If it didn't, we would be ripping people
off, since the professional fee is supposed to be there only to cover
the costs, not to get more money for DebConf
However, due to -I think- some misinformation, it has been said that
it doesn't. Mainly -again, I think- because there's a webpage which
is not clear: http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf9/Sponsorship
We will discuss this tomorrow in the IRC meeting, but I'd like to know
if there's any other reason I'm not taking into account, not to
include food in what's covered by the Professional fee.
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Besos,
Marga
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