<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Just how much are "professional conferences"? It is a little hard to compare but here are some examples I found.<div><br><div>JavaOne: <a href="http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/registration.jsp">http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/registration.jsp</a> about $<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">2,490.00 to $1,695.00.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">OSCON: <a href="https://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/register">https://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/register</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; ">$1345.00 to $1990.00.</span></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">SEPG 2006:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20060206175652/www.sei.cmu.edu/sepg/register.html">http://web.archive.org/web/20060206175652/www.sei.cmu.edu/sepg/register.html</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; ">$1,245</span></span></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">This year YAPC was $100.00 and if you took classes it was an additional $200.00 so YAPC is about $300.00.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">I am tried to find prices that would be comparable to each other. I am providing links for you to make your own judgments but my take away from this is that the perception of a Professional Conference is over $1000.00. This means we would need to add $700.00 to the YAPC price to make it "Professional". I am very concerned about that.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">But maybe someone has a better analysis.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">I don't mean to sound negative about this at all. I am looking for a good solution to help everyone come to YAPC.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Thanks</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">Robert</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="'Lucida Grande'" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><br></span></font></div></body></html>