[EuroPython] Can I get some answers about the following?

[Jacob Hallen]

torsdag 28 april 2005 12.59 skrev Michael Hudson:
> Dario Lopez-Kästen <dario at ita.chalmers.se> writes:
> > Hello all, sorry to be a bother but I need some answers to the stuff
> > below, and it seems as communications are being somewhat slow at the
> > moment. Unfortunatley ther is not much time left, so I need to get
> > these answered or at least get an opinion on this asap. Silence is not
> > an option.
> >
> > 1) will we advertise in any way that we give 20% discount to 5 or more
> >    people from the same company (regular attendees only, not speakers,
> >    students, etc).
>
> I thought we'd agreed on this one.

I think we publicly announce it in our next newsflash and add info on the 
website. I will add the corporate rate as an alternative for the individual 
registrations. 
>
> > If yes, in what form? Website? to sponsors only? Upon registering?
>
> Hum, I don't know.  Maybe a mention on the website would make the most
> sense.
>
> > 2 A) I want to change the requirement for exhibitors to have their
> > booths manned at all times (almost). I think it is up to the exhibitor
> > to arrange for proper manning of their table. It is not like we have
> > huge amounts of unmanned exhibition booths.
>
> I have no opinion on this issue.

The idea from last year was to make sure there is a slot of time when all 
booths are manned and up and running. It is not reasonable to ask the 
exhibitors to keep their booths going throughout the conference. Europython 
is not a large enough event for this. At ACCU UK, which is a larger and much 
more expensive conference, the exhibitors are there for 2 of the 4 days.
>
> > 2 B) I want this because it I would like to have at least 3-4
> > exhibitng sponsors. If we do, we can afford to rent an adjacent space
> > in the conference that is perfect for trade show space and socialising
> > area.
>
> This sounds great!
>
> > I need to know if 2 A and B are acceptable.
> >
> > 3) Batch registrations. How do we go about batch registrations? We
> >    have a sponsor that wnat sto register their customers as part of a
> >    conference package they are preparing. How to do that?

Here are instructions for how to handle people in batch:

They need to fill in one web page per person. Each person should have their 
own personal details filled in and each person _must_ have a unique email 
address. You may fake the email address, in which case you won't get official 
communications from the Europython conference.

If you want to pay using a credit card:

After you have filled in the personal details and submitted them, you select 
the "Defer" option. On the invoice page, you then note down the payment code.

When you have entered all the attendees you want to pay for, you proceed to 
the "Pay multiple invoices" link on the registration page that can be reached 
from the Europython main webpage. On the page you reach, you enter all the 
payment codes. You will be redirected to the Worldpay website. After you have 
paid, you will be returned to the registration site, where you can select and 
print each of the invoices in the paid batch. Like almost all conference 
registration software, we generate one invoice per attendee and do not have 
an alternative with a singe invoice for multiple attendees.

If you want to pay by SWIFT/IBAN or directly into the Swedish bank account of 
the Europython Society:

After you have filled in the personal details and submitted them, you select 
the "Pay by SWIFT/IBAN" option. When reaching the invoice page, print the 
invoice. When paying, please attach all the payment codes with the payment. 
If there isn't room enough in the message field, send an email to 
jacob at strakt.com with the details of your payment and all the payment codes 
that the payment covers.

If someone wants to bring a really large number of people - say 15 or more - I 
can write a script that takes a list of personal data. However, this would 
eat some of my time, which is a resource which is currently in short supply.

Jacob