[Inpycon] Everybody Pays Policy

[Gautam]

I agree with the everyone pays policy. This works really well because
the cost of a ticket is quite nominal at 1k.
I think most students can come up with that. Offering student
discounts is an option though.

On 23 September 2013 16:01, Navin Pai <lifeofnavin at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:09:02 +0530
>> From: Anand Chitipothu <anandology at gmail.com>
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>> Subject: Re: [Inpycon] Everybody Pays Policy
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>> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Noufal Ibrahim
>> <noufal at nibrahim.net.in>wrote:
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>> > Anand B Pillai <anandpillai at letterboxes.org> writes:
>> >
>> >
>> > [...]
>> >
>> > > This article was written a while ago but was highlighted recently when
>> > > there were a few tweets about it. Also we don't officially follow PSF
>> > > policy blindly and make our own policies.
>> > >
>> > > I think as we were not clear and forthright on this as PSF was, there
>> > > was a thinking that speakers need not pay. We have had some
>> > > discussions in the past on such lines, so to me it is not surprising
>> > > that there was such a feeling.
>> > >
>> > > Please note that PSSI is an independent organization with its own
>> > > policies - we definitely use PSF policies as guidelines and references
>> > > but don't automatically subscribe to them. I hope this is very clear.
>> >
>> > Agreed.
>> >
>> > I do, however, like the "everyone pays" policy. It keeps the management
>> > simple and the whole affair clear and transparent.
>> >
>>
>> I too think "everyone pays" is a nice policy. It really brings out the
>> community sprit, everyone is equal at the conference. organizers, speakers
>> and volunteers are not privileged.
>>
>> Anand
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>
> +1 to that Anand. But somewhere, I understand the sentiment of not having
> speakers pay. Especially when we have student speakers, for whom money is
> tight. I remember a couple conferences which gave speakers free entry, which
> enabled me, then in my UG years to speak and learn at conferences which I
> doubt I'd have been able to even attend, given the costs, otherwise.
>
> Then again, as the article mentions, that's more suitable for corporate
> oriented confs. There is probably a better way, such as student discounts,
> to tackle the issue better.
>
> Would love to have more thoughts on this...
>
> Thanks
> Navin "M at dMAx" Pai
>
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