Host for NANOG 14 & modified NANOG Business Model (fwd)
James Rishaw
jamie at dilbert.ais.net
Tue Jun 30 21:16:07 UTC 1998
Speaking for myself, nobody else:
>From: "William B. Norton" <wbn at merit.edu>
>We expect the new registration fee will increase from $150 (which covers
>the percentages of the 3 NANOG staff) to between $250 and $300 which will
>cover all catering and A/V costs. This will reduce the local host's
>financial burden substantially and return the local host role to that of
>providing local logistics support, the terminal room, and Internet
>connectivity.
Uhm.
My aunt runs a catering business. *Good* weddings are $40 a plate.
Two days, $80. Average three snickers bars ($1 each) and 6 cans of
pop ($2) and you have a per-person food cost of $85. Shirt $15,
youre at $100.
This would mean, at 500 participants @ $250, the A/V cost is roughly
$125,000.00 for two days? Is ARIN running the A/V dept now? *hides*
(Kim we love ya)
>We have also been fortunate enough to have companies loan us technology for
>the event. For example, Bay has loaned routers and hubs and Cabletron has
>loaned wireless equipment that folks liked so well. Many others have
>contributed too. The point is, we expect this type of support to continue,
>so the load on the local host will similarly be reduced by these generous
>community contributions.
Registration costs just went from $100 to $150, now they're going to $250?
With a 250% increase in costs over less than a year, I'd like to see where
this money goes.. or even better, costs of previous NANOGs.
Not that I don't believe it, I just wonder.
--
jamie rishaw (dal/efnet:gavroche) American Information Systems, Inc.
Tel:312.425.7140, FAX:312.425.7240
"Could you only justify a Pepsi, but took a Coke anyway?" -->
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