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- YES
- YES, but only to certain people/groups (rbowen - free to committers and those they personally invite ) ( sgala - we've always paid t-shirts, beer has been subsidized or should be paid individually too also )
- NO, but it should be cheap (costs for beer and t-shirts) (niclas - I don't mind paying a bit. Euro20 for free flow of beer for two days would be great!) (wrowe agrees, cheap reg cost for stuff - not "space")
- NO, I don't care what it costs
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(niclas - Agree. Amsterdam is great, but there are many great cities in Europe.) (wrowe adds - not only many great cities, but more affordable great cities.)
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Leave Things Alone
ApacheCon works. Why are we trying to change it?
(wrowe notes attendance is much lower than it could be, putting financial pressures on the event and limiting the travel and lodging subsidies available for speakers etc, with better turnout the cost and the number of speakers can be adjusted. Also - it only works "well" because it has been repeatedly tweaked ... why not continue to tweak it?)
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Conference Website Technology - Upcoming
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