On 29/03/15 10:55, James Farrar wrote:
It is troubling to read that overspend on an event was not known about until four months after the event finished.
It would appear so. But what of the value?
Many people have suggested that the annual conference should regain some of the spirit and scale of Frankfurt, the first Wikimania (which I attended). My second Wikimania was in London: I enjoyed both!
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Conference costs are huge, and ticket prices are often nowhere near the true per-attendee cost, even for a non-profit conference.
Fancy venues, transportation, hotels and food are really nice perks to have, but…
If you hold a conference in a squat… the speakers advance their travel expenses… tell people to bring some food… and the wifi will be dodgy for sure…
You'll have a zero-cost conference made with love, but a little rougher around the edges.
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Dodgy wifi? Never happens, does it?
Gordo