[LRUG] London Rails Conference: Rails Underground '09

[James Adam]

Hi Mark,

Congrats on your venture. It's hard work, so good luck!

On 25 Feb 2009, at 11:42, Mark Coleman wrote:

> I don't want to hang about, so registration is already available.  
> There will be Early Bird tickets, but to get the ball rolling, there  
> are also a few, limited availability Very Early Bird tickets  
> available for £160 (a 1/3 off the regular price). Early Bird tickets  
> will be £180, and available until June (or they sell out).

While cheaper than some conferences (RailsConf*), that's still a  
pretty penny. It looks like you're making around 300 tickets available  
in total, which if you sell out should net you around £60,000. Is that  
really how much is required to put on a two day technical conference?

I'd also encourage you to drop the tiered ticketing, and set a simple,  
fair price with a clear breakdown of where the money is going. As a  
potential conference attendee, I like (or rather, need) to be able to  
clearly justify the value I'm going to get. We are living in the  
crunch, after all :)

Anyway... all the best,

James

*With RailsConf offering the 'free' pass to CabooseConf, I wonder if  
anyone is actually going to pay for their full price fee? I know I  
wouldn't, although be presenting and selling my soul to O'Reilly, I  
get in anyway.
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