[yapc] howto conference costs

[Maryjane R. Eldred]

I am also impressed with the low cost.  The hotel was super and with the
meals provided by YAPC, I literally had to pay back my employer!  It was
a great conference!  Thank you Jeff and Kevin and all those fabulous
speakers.

          Maryjane Eldred
        IT Division Manager
         Castle Branch Inc.
           P.O. Box 1699
       Wilmington, NC  28402
        phone: 910-815-3880
         fax: 910-815-3881
     maryjane at castlebranch.com



On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 21:46, Dan MacNeil wrote:
> I'm still amazed at how cheap and useful the conference was.
> 
> Other non profit (social action/peace/justice/housing) conferences are not
> as cheap.
> 
> --$200-$400 seems typical.
> 
> I'm wondering if YAPC::NA is reproducable.
> 
> How was this low cost achieved?
> 
> Some stuff seems obvious.
> 
> 1) Travel to FL in June is less popular.
> 2) No printed handouts.
> 
> Other questions are:
> 
> Were speakers paid?
> 
> Was the bulk of the cost covered by ActiveState or other donor?
> 
> How much was it to rent the college?
> 
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Maryjane R. Eldred <maryjane at castlebranch.com>
Castle Branch Inc.