On 17 Mar, 02:39, "BJörn Lindqvist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I haven't been to EuroPython even when it has been fairly nearby > because the entrance fee was to high. But how do you help change > something like that?
You could join in and make your case. There was a more protracted discussion than usual last year about fees because some people pointed out the discrepancy between salary and price levels in different parts of Europe and the need to make the conference more affordable: what may be relatively inexpensive for some might be relatively expensive for others, and the organisers felt that it would be foolish to exclude the latter group, particularly when they may be more likely to travel to the conference in its present location. It's hard to say whether the conference is reaching everyone it should, given the composition of attendees: http://www.europython.org/community/Planning/Projections But without anyone to pursue a particular cause, and with decisions needing to be made within certain timeframes (which is often a struggle, anyway), things often get preserved as they are rather than being improved. I live in a European country which is either number one or two on the price scale (depending on whether you include alcohol prices or not), and I can't say what the right fee level should be (other than "possibly lower than it is") - it's up to others to weigh in and give their opinion, I think. Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
