[EuroPython] EuroPython 2018: Talk voting is open

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 31.05.2018 12:09, Adam Hopkins wrote:
> Thank you very much for the explanation. I am very excited that I was able
> to purchase a ticket, and am looking forward to attending. I have not seen
> any information about when the training passes will be available. Did I
> miss something?

No, we have not yet set them up in the system. We'll do another
blog post and announcement as soon as we have them.

Thanks.

> On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 1:40 AM M.-A. Lemburg <mal at europython.eu> wrote:
> 
>> On 25.05.2018 15:25, Adam Hopkins wrote:
>>> I would like to vote,but it tells me to buy a ticket first. When I click
>> the link it says none are available? Please let me know when tickers will
>> be available. Before the voting ends?
>>
>> We're sorry, but as mentioned on the registration page, we
>> are still waiting for the UK tax office to issue us a VAT ID.
>> Without this we cannot issue invoices for the tickets.
>>
>> We are now investigating whether we can start sales without
>> issuing invoices, but this won't happen before the end of the
>> talk voting on Sunday.
>>
>> That's why we have documented the current status quo in the
>> announcement and on the talk voting page:
>>
>>>> To be eligible to vote for talks, you need to be a submitter of talks
>>>> and everyone who attended one of the previous year’s EuroPython
>>>> conferences.
>>
>> Next, we'll know better and start this whole "find an accountant
>> and start the tax registration" process much earlier. We'd never
>> have thought this to take more than 5 months - we started the
>> quest in January.
>>
>> Sorry again.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> Marc-Andre Lemburg
>> EuroPython Society Chair
>> http://www.europython-society.org/
>> http://www.malemburg.com/
>>
> 

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Marc-Andre Lemburg
EuroPython Society Chair
http://www.europython-society.org/
http://www.malemburg.com/