On 02/03/16 21:20, "Jeremy Stanley" <fungi@yuggoth.org> wrote:
On 2016-03-03 01:07:15 +1100 (+1100), Tristan Goode wrote: [...]
It would be better to remove ALL the free passes and use the money charged to expand the travel support program. That way the free passes could go to those that apply for them demonstrating in their application that they are a contributor, with no boundary on the definition of contribution.
I feel somewhat similarly. To me the free passes for developers has been primarily because we're using the same venue for the design summit as the conference, and want to make sure we increase the number of developers participating in the design sessions by lowering the cost for them as much as possible. Most of the developers I know don't actually attend the conference talks unless they're speakers/panelists, skip the keynotes because there's more productive things to get done during those times (they're recorded so you can watch them later after all) and view the expo hall as more of a curiosity than anything.
With the proposed event split, it seems like it might be possible to explore other ways of improving/subsidizing our contributor community once its primary gathering is no longer conflated with an industry conference.
This may also bring more emphasis on the people who are sharing experiences at the summit. User group representatives, people with talks approved, ops session moderators, cloud consumers … Tim
-- Jeremy Stanley
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