Ellie - I was looking at the proposed ticket prices in the 2015 bids :)
On 3/22/2014 4:21 PM, Samuel Klein wrote:
Proposed prices for Wikimania tickets continue to seem artificially low. I'm not sure what the benefit to this is. Could people who have run events in other contexts comment on how you set ticket prices?
In particular, I mean full price tickets. Our most expensive tickets are regularly less than the full cost of participation.
Deryck - I agree, the price community members must pay to attend should not rise. Rupert - yes, subsidizing the cost of helping contributors meet one another is important. But I think we can be more clear about the size of the subsidy: we should know what a "full cost" ticket is, and allow those who can pay it to do so. And perhaps we could also have a "donor" ticket option as Deryck suggests.
Michael Snow writes:
This could be a reasonable approach, but it would need significant effort to ensure awareness of the different options, particularly low-cost tickets for attendees with limited resources.
What about a self-identifying system where anyone can claim a low-cost community ticket? Also noting on the same page the full cost of attending, and offering tickets at that price too.
listing higher ticket prices is a major deterrent to attending.
Worth exploring with data: what inspires or deters attendance. That may be affected by all of: the various prices listed, the difference between the high and low prices listed, presentation of other options, banner text used, &c.
Sam.