Re: [Debconf-team] A better budget analysis
Richard Darst dijo [Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 03:24:23AM -0500]:
> > This mail is an example of what I *DON'T* want DebConf to become. "As
> > they are the ones paying, these people should be listened to very
> > closely"... NO. Not at all. If you are a paying professional, we will
>
> I interpreted this as "since we are trying to milk professional
> attendees this year as a source of DebConf funding, we should see how
> to make 'register as professional' attractive to more people".
> Everyone would rather not make DebConf targeted at professionals
> exclusively, it's just been brought up this year much more than some
> recent years, which to me is the real DC13 difference.
Precisely - We need to set professional costs in a way that
meaningfully covers the person's expenses - And that cannot be truly
calculated, as it is not only their lodging and food, but also their
share of paying the rent of common places (so that's the reiterated
overprice). If professionals pay 1.7x or 2.1x their lodging+food
value, it can be sen as paying this general rent, or as subsidizing
somebody else.
Of course, setting a price truthfully representing their share of
common spaces when we don't know how many professional and sponsored
attendees we will have is impossible. So just presenting a number that
we estimate will achieve that (that's what we always do) helps us.
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