[Python-Belgium] Python Dinner @ FOSDEM

[Hugo Herter]

Thanks Nicolas for your feedback !

Did you find ti.to to work well with Bancontact as well ?

Best,

*H**ugo **H**ERTER*
hugoherter.com <http://www.hugoherter.com/>

On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 6:02 PM, Nicolas Évrard <nicolas.evrard at b2ck.com>
wrote:

> * Hugo Herter  [2018-01-16 16:44 +0100]:
>
>> Hello Belgian Pythonistas,
>>
>
> Hello Hugo,
>
> As discussed with Ludovic, I am working on organizing a Python Dinner
>> on Saturday evening (Feb. 3rd aka during FOSDEM).
>>
>> I got an offer from Chez Léon, where we already had a Python dinner,
>> as they can host 40 people with ease.
>>
>> They have two options for the menu: either we pick in advance one of
>> their menus for everyone (limited options but interesting prices) or
>> everyone is à-la-carte.
>>
>
> When we organized the Tryton Unconference in Liège I was in charge of
> the suppers. We were around 35 people three nights in a row so just
> like you I selected the places mainly on their capacity to handle a
> large number of people.
>
> We were lucky because they usually gave us 5 dishes to choose from in
> the menu (4 traditional dishes, 1 with fish, no vegan (but it was not
> an issue)). If you can, propose more than 1 dish because there will
> always be people that don't eat pork or beef or whatever.
>
> I would like to offer an option to book the dinner in advance, with a
>> chosen menu and a platform such as Eventbrite to book the dinner.  I
>> have never done this before, does it look like a smart move ?
>> Eventbrite or an alternative ?
>>
>
> For the unconference we used http://ti.to after having used eventbrite
> for the previous conferences. We were pretty happy about it because it
> integrated smoothly in our website, also eventbrite was linked to
> lanyrd but it was a PITA because lanyrd was discontinued and nobody
> reacted to our requests.
>
> Moreover, ti.to provides receipts for the people that wish to have
> one. And it was also a process that we had to do afterwards so having
> ti.to handling it was a very nice feature.
>
> And ti.to is Free for charity events and take only a fee of 1% for
> Community/Non-profit events. You might want to check if it suits your
> need.
>
> My 2¢,
>
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> Nicolas Évrard - B2CK SPRL
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