Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-discuss] Travel sponsorship BoF: minutes
On 2010-08-23 12:45:37 (+0200), Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> (I totally agree this is about finding new ways / solutions...)
>
> On Sonntag, 22. August 2010, Wookey wrote:
> > I'm not sure exactly how this info will/should affect the process. I
> > guess the main thing is that people should at least know they will get
> > the money 3 months in advance. If it's only 2 months then expect the
> > costs to almost double.
>
> the problem is, or rather was in previous years, that we never knew 3 months
> in advance, how much money we would have. This year, IIRC, we didnt know
> whether we had enough money to run the conference until two weeks in advance
> or such.
>
> We always knew that buying tickets in advance is cheaper and would have liked
> to give money to sponsored people ASAP, but basically always this simply
> wasnt possible.
>
That's not always true. Flight pricing works in very strange ways. Booking as
early as possible doesn't guarantee you the lowest price unfortunately...
Cheers,
Peter.
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