[Yapc-na-organizers] Attendance Numbers for past YAPC::NA

[Bob Clancy]

Typo:
   At the end of my messages, I meant to say "non-flying" attendees.

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Bob

On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Bob Clancy <bob.clancy at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>     Those graphs look much flatter than I would have thought they would
> have been.  (I only glanced quickly at them.)  I was expecting a very big
> tail at the end.  I've volunteered locally for http://www.agilebazaar.orgin producing and hosting two recent two day weekend seminars.  We open
> registration 10 weeks prior to the event with periodic price step increases
> every two weeks.  That helps to get more earlier registrations which helps
> to predict demand so we can adjust mid marketing/registration window if
> needed.  In the recent economy, we found that less people were attending,
> but I think the low-priced seminar/conference market (hosted at
> colleges/institutions) is going better than privately run
> conferences/seminars at hotels.  The biggest cost for a YAPC attendee is
> probably airfare and time off from work.  Increasing the publicity channels
> also helps as well as local merketing near the end to your "non-flting"
> potential attendees.
>
> --
> Bob
>
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Jim Brandt <cbrandt at buffalo.edu> wrote:
>
>> Here are some crude graphs I made up years ago when I wanted to see how
>> much I should panic when registrations were low in May:
>>
>> http://yapc.org/America/previous-years/2004/yapc_reg_2002.html
>> http://yapc.org/America/previous-years/2004/yapc_reg_2003.html
>>
>> I believe 2004 was 241.
>>
>> Note that there is some variance in counting rules (counting people who
>> registered but didn't come, etc.) over the years and different systems were
>> used before ACT, so these numbers are a bit slippery.
>>
>> The last 2 years should be in ACT.
>>
>>
>>
>> Robert Blackwell wrote:
>>
>>> I am wondering of we have official attendance counts for past YAPC::NA.
>>>
>>> I am exploring doing a graph to show at YAPC|10.
>>>
>>> 2009
>>> 2008
>>> 2007
>>> 2006
>>> 2005
>>> 2004
>>> 2003
>>> 2002
>>> 2001
>>> 19100
>>> 1999
>>>
>>> If someone is the keeper of the official numbers please let me know.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you much
>>> Robert Blackwell
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>>
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>> Jim Brandt
>> The Perl Foundation
>> email: cbrandt at perlfoundation.org
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>
>
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> Bob Clancy
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