On 20/11/12 18:39, Richard Darst wrote: > Given 100 kCHF sponsorship (hug and I consider this to be a lot but > somewhat safe for now), we can afford: > > 40 debcamp attendees > 155 debconf attendees > 15 kCHF travel sponsorship > 6 debcamp days > 7 debconf days > Unsponsored day trip (budget includes only food we'd pay otherwise) > No special budget conference dinner > > ( Note: this would mean le camp would only earn about 100 kCHF from us, > would this be an issue?) > > The number of professionals is a bit high relative to what was agreed > before, but I am assuming a stronger push for this (since it's the > only way to make this work). If this doesn't work out, reduce the > numbers even more. >
It would may be better to assume 30 professionals and 0 corporate, and also include a 10k CHF buffer for currency exchange rate volatility. If more people decide to pay, or if exchange rates go in our favour, that will be a surplus for Debian. Making it more conservative would mean the total amount of cash to sponsor people would fall by 30k CHF, or the fundraising target goes up to 130k CHF Given the enthusiasm demonstrated right now, maybe 130k CHF can be raised, so maybe it is better to defer the contract until that figure is tested > ~~~~~ > > So, what does this mean? If you want something to "approve", you can > use this. This is a *small* conference, but if one wants to continue > on the current course, it is what we have for now. > > People aren't going to like this budget. The options are: > - wait and see if the sponsorship basket continues to go like it is. > We should know a lot more in only a month, and then hug and I will > revise the number of attendees upward. > > - Propose specific plans for getting more income from attendees, and > see what people think. > > - Cut even more things (but there really isn't much room for that...) > > - What else? > > > Thanks, > > - Richard > _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
