[EuroPython] EP 2004 decision rather quickly?

[Stephan Richter]

On Friday 04 July 2003 07:57, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> Magnus Lyck=E5 wrote:
> > At 11:09 2003-07-04 +0200, Tom Deprez wrote:
> >> Do people really think we earn money on organising it?
> >
> > No, and I don't think it's really reasonable. I hope that
> > it has given you experience and contacts that will be
> > useful for you in the future though.
> >
> > I was trying to understand what Marc-Andre meant.
>
> I meant that Tom and Denis should add proper compensation for
> their invested time to the conference budget, just like a
> professional organizer would.
>
> You as consultant should know that good work needs good pay and
> I can't really understand your position in suggesting that Tom
> and Denis should continue to do their job for free.

Huh? Organizing a conference is a community contribution like I contribute=
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time to develop Zope 3 or organize writing a community book (I have done tw=
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of them so far).=20

And I think Tom and Denis agree with this. While most of us are consultants=
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there is an intrinsic interest for all of us to see Python grow, so the tim=
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investment is like advertisement costs.

> Talking at a conference is one thing, organizing a track
> another, but making the whole event happen is on a completely
> different scale. Even more if you take on huge financial
> risks.

=46inancial risk can be spread by finding sponsors and/or financial trustee=
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The Linux Tag, e.V. is a very good example for this.

Regards,
Stephan
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Stephan Richter
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