Re: [Debconf-team] dc13 draft budget, 2012-11-20

[Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>]

Hi,

On Donnerstag, 22. November 2012, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
> I very much disagree with the assumption that we only have space for ~40
> professional attendees. The least we can say about this is that there is
> absolutely no consensus about what standard of accomodation the
> professional fee should include. My opinion is that we should not
> promise anything and that at least all the double rooms, all the rooms
> with "literie nordique" <= 4 beds are good enough (= 92 beds). After all
> these people just pay their costs (including general conference costs) and
> don't pay much "extra".

I fully agree with this paragraph.
 
> While the 47€ may seem a lot from the outside or compared to the last
> conferences this is actually quite a good deal for Switzerland. I very
> much doubt that even with a lot of effort we can go more than 10%
> cheaper. Very likely the price of an other venue will stay the same or
> be even higher.
> 
> Also the 600 CHF for a week is actually cheap. If you exclude those that
> are willing to sleep in their car and eat only cold sandwiches, you
> won't get anything cheaper if you book it yourself (if you want a bed to
> sleep and something warm to eat).
> 
> And just another data point to put these costs into perspective: For
> DC12 for most attendees food and accomodation was sponsored but flights
> from Europe. Considering this, the total costs of non travel sponsored
> Europeans will be less for DC13 than for DC12 even if they pay the
> professional fee.

And these three are also quite right, IMNSHO.


cheers,
	Holger