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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http://squatconf.eu/
Dodgy wifi? Never happens, does it?
Gordo