<p dir="ltr">400?</p>
<p dir="ltr">Christ on a bike, europython used to be affordable. Florence was ridiculously expensive (when you factor everything in).</p>
<p dir="ltr">Unless when you say 'all inclusive' you mean 'including accommodation'.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I presume the increased costs are at least in part due to the slow shift towards peak holiday season.</p>
<p dir="ltr">(I haven't been since Birmingham due to the massively increase cosy of sending. For those who don't remember/know, when Euro python was in the UK I organised the recording and transcoding of talks, on a shoe string)</p>
<p dir="ltr">Saying it's 'comparable to other conferences' it's pointless btw, the reason (in part at least as I understood it) Euro python existed was to have an affordable alternative. <br></p>
<p dir="ltr">Michael.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 31 Jan 2014 19:05, "Andreas Jung" <<a href="mailto:lists@zopyx.com">lists@zopyx.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Jacob Hallén wrote:<br>
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><br>
> In the Call for Participation that was the basis for the selection of<br>
> a new site for Europython, there was a requirement for the cost of<br>
> attendance. It turns out that the promised figures from the Berlin<br>
> team can't be met and that cost of attendance will take a serious<br>
> jump, compared to Florence.<br>
><br>
> This is a serious problem for the EPS, because our explicit goal is<br>
> to arrange a really affordable conference. We are now looking at<br>
> conference fees that are 5 times higher than the ones for Göteborg<br>
> and it is starting to hurt. Worries about getting enough participants<br>
> and getting a reasonable mix of people has gotten the EPS board more<br>
> involved in pricing issues than they would like to be. This is not<br>
> only a concern for the conference this year, but for future<br>
> conferences. A large number of the attendees have come to EuroPython<br>
> for many years. If they are scared off by the price this year, they<br>
> are less likely to come back in the future.<br>
><br>
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With respect but this is FUD.<br>
<br>
The standard ticket price for EP 2013 were for Student/Individual/Business:<br>
330 ? / 500 ? / 620 ?<br>
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The standard EP 2014 rates are for Student/Individual/Business:<br>
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200 ? / 400 ? / 600 ?<br>
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Keep in mind that all EP 2014 tickets are all-inclusive (social event,<br>
catering during the sprints etc.)<br>
<br>
Andreas<br>
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