also sprach Giacomo Catenazzi <cate@debian.org> [2015-05-07 14:46 +0200]:
> The Chairs, after listening the opinions of the team and after
> a lot of discussion, recommend the DPL to increase the DebConf
> budget by 4000 EUR for the conference dinner.
Thank you! I was able to schedule a call for tomorrow and will try
my best to half this number (no promises…). ;)
> Saying that, until better numbers (reconfirmation period or new
> commitment from sponsors) we cannot release further funds to
> Daytrip, transportation for conference dinner, or any other
> expense which was not already allocated in the approved budget.
I have two further questions:
1. Let's assume I manage to substantially drive down the price for
the conference dinner, can I safely assume that I can re-allocate
a portion of those freed funds to conference dinner
transportation?
2. Could you please elaborate a bit on what "better numbers" you are
waiting for, what effects these would have on the budget and how
much more money from sponsors we would need?
> We still think the conference dinner is very expensive,
Please allow me to offer a different perspective. I've made this
point before in direct mails to the chairs but would like to share
it with the rest of the team too:
- DC13 conf dinner was 53 CHF pp. (50.95 €)
incl. 1 btl. water/table and coffee&tea, but no drinks
transport was "included" due to day trip
- DC14 conf dinner was 39 USD pp. (34.50 €)
incl. some games but no drinks
no transport was provided
So with a target of 35 € pp. incl. *all* drinks (5 € pp.
contribution required to consume alcohol) and no transport included,
the DC15 standard is in line with the two previous years.
Thank you,
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