Re: DC26 Japan bid: Costs
Hi,
Thank you for your email and question.
We will recalculate the cost based on the budget information for DebConf24.
The Japanese team will also consider whether there are other options.
It may take some time for us to respond.
Best regards,
On Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:18:31 +0000
Stefano Rivera <stefanor@debian.org> wrote:
> The biggest issue I see with the DC26 Japanese bid is total cost.
> https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/26/Bids/Japan#Cost
>
> I don't know if I'm reading this proposed budget correctly, but the
> accommodation cost is far above any previous DebConf budget.
>
> DebConf + DebCamp is typically a 2 week event, booking the hotel at ¥50m
> (€300k) for a week is too much. Our entire event budget is usually under
> €300k.
>
> Can we consider other lower-cost accommodation options? Campsites,
> hostels, etc.
>
> I know that number was calculated with optimistic attendee numbers (500)
> and Debian wouldnt't be providing bursaries for that whole number. Can
> we try to estimate what the cast to Debian would be, based on the number
> of bursaries we have issued in the past?
> e.g. http://debconf24.debconf.org/register/statistics/
>
> Thank you,
>
> Stefano
>
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