[EuroPython] Work on Call for Participation for EuroPython 2015 has started

[Jacob Hallén]

I'd actually rather cap the number of attendees than raise prices.

I think the most interesting people to meet at the conferences in general have 
a limited budget. The come to the conference on their own tab to tell the 
world about the cool things they are doing in their spare time.

We used to be able to pay travel for speakers coming from South America  and 
the Far East. I see this as far more important than having as many attendees 
as possible.

Jacob

lördagen den 1 februari 2014 17.10.35 skrev  Andreas Jung:
> David Gillies wrote:
> > I agree completely with Michael, I haven't been able to attend since
> > the Birmingham conferences either due to the expense involved.
> 
> I think it is the common process of conferences become more expensive as
> soon as they become larger and more popular. You need a complete
> different approach to logistics when you deal with up to a thousand
> people or deal only with small crowd of perhaps 100 to 150 people.
> I am not in charge for the EP 2014 financial part but it is obvious that
> you can not organize a conference for the same costs per persons
> if you deal with 100 attendees or 1000 attendees. More people, more
> different aspects to be considered, higher costs...I think there is no
> real way out of there  - expect all 1000 attendees in a huge barn and
> tell them to bring their own beer and burgers..well, perhaps an option :-)
> 
> Andreas