>
> The economics of having a set of regional conferences changes most
> pointedly in that there is no longer the need to raise *nearly* as
> much money to cover travel expenses. If you're not spending $3000 USD
> on travel, that leaves a lot of money left over on the part of
> attendees to possibly even pay a bit more up front for a conference
> fee.
>
> It would be interesting to know what the aggregate travel budget for
> the Anniversary conference was (that is, what was spent by everyone on
> travel); I rather suspect that this amount exceeded the corporate
> sponsorships by a pretty hefty margin.
Well it is my understanding that the travel sponsorships made up about
50% of the entire conference budget and I know those travel sponsorships
would not have covered 100% of travel expenses except for may US based
people.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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