Hello,
DebConf attendance is free of charge for everyone, but we have
suggested (and are planning to suggest) to our professional and
corporate attendees to contribute certain amounts towards covering
the conference costs. These are always entirely voluntary
contributions and nothing keeps a corporate attendee from not paying
any contribution. See last paragraph if you disagree with this.
It occurred to some of us that attendees might actually prefer to
receive proper invoices, as these are more natural in the context of
business tax declarations and expense reports. You'll still receive
donation receipts for the contributions, but those may not be as
suitable to your needs.
Therefore, I am proposing to make two changes to the registration
form, and have attached a patch proposal against registration.xhtml:
- to underline the voluntary nature of the contributions,
a free-form field should be added so that people can choose to
contribute any other amount instead of just 200/500. The 200 and
500 are then simply the amounts we suggest to people who
identify themselves as pro/corp.
- to make it easier for people operating out of a business
context, a checkbox should be added with text like "Instead of
a donation receipt, I need a proper invoice. I am aware that
this invoice will then include 19% VAT as per German law."¹)
In the long run, we might want to consider making the conf
registration mandatory for e.g. corporate representatives (who are
probably the only ones that deal with expense reports and
VAT-inclusive invoices), but it's too late for DC15.
¹) this is the worst-case scenario and it's not unlikely that we
will find a way to provide a way to get tax exemption here.
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From 9ed13cdbfd2fc8fbf5d9354b79bc8b92b12db3dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "martin f. krafft" <madduck@madduck.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:50:42 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make donations voluntary, decouble from categories
Signed-off-by: martin f. krafft <madduck@madduck.net>
---
website/registration.xhtml | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/website/registration.xhtml b/website/registration.xhtml
index 8278eab..c02907a 100644
--- a/website/registration.xhtml
+++ b/website/registration.xhtml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ META
<li><strong>Shortcuts</strong></li>
<li><a href="#On-site-housing">On-site accommodation</a></li>
<li><a href="#food">Food</a></li>
- <li><a href="#registration-fee">Registration fees</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#registration">Registration</a></li>
<li><a href="#invoicing">Payments and invoicing</a></li>
<li><a href="#volunteering">Volunteering</a></li>
<li><a href="#sponsoredattendance">Sponsored attendance</a></li>
@@ -106,45 +106,46 @@ META
</div>
-<div id="registration-fee">
- <a name="registration-fee"></a>
- <h3>Registration fees</h3>
+<div id="registration">
+ <a name="registration"></a>
+ <h3>Registration fees, categories and contributions</h3>
<p>
- As always, basic registration for DebConf is free of charge for attendees.
+ DebConf registration is free of charge for all attendees. Room & board
+ will be charged separately for all, as seen above.
</p>
<p>
- If you are attending the conference in a professional capacity, or as a
- representative of your company, we ask that you consider registering in either
- the Professional or Corporate category with a conference contribution of
- 200 € or 500 € respectively, to help cover the
- conference costs.
+ If you are attending the conference in a professional capacity, or as
+ a representative of your company, we would appreciate if you registered in
+ the <q>Professional</q> or <q>Corporate</q> categories respectively, for
+ statistical purposes.
</p>
<p>
- These are the three registration options; none of these include accomodation
- or food:
+ Furthermore, DebConf is organised on a tight budget, and despite the
+ invaluable support from <a href="sponsors.xhtml">our sponsors</a>, we
+ rely on individual contributions too. During registration, you'll be
+ given the chance to opt for a donation in the amount of your choosing.
</p>
+
+ <p>
+ Based on previous years, we allow ourselves to make the following suggestions
+ for your consideration:
+ </p>
+
<ul>
<li>
- <q>Basic</q> registration: no additional cost, see above for
- accomodation and food costs.
- </li>
- <li>
- <q>Professional</q> registration: contribution of <em>200 €</em>.
+ <q>Professional</q> attendees: <em>200 €</em>.
</li>
<li>
- <q>Corporate</q> registration: contribution of <em>500 €</em>.
- this category is intended for those participating in DebConf as
- representatives of companies and helps to subsidize the cost of
- the conference for others.
+ <q>Corporate</q> attendees: <em>500 €</em>.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
- We encourage all attendees to help make DebConf a success by selecting
- the registration category appropriate for their situation.
+ You will also be able to select to receive a proper invoice (incl. tax) instead
+ of making a donation in case that it more suitable to your situation.
</p>
</div>
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