Just a further clarification: is this a VAT-inclusive budget or an ex-VAT budget?
If it is ex-VAT, then the professional fee to pay is actually 600 CHF + VAT (so about 650 CHF). On 20/11/12 19:04, Daniel Pocock wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
