we generally don't take the budget and break down each line item by 5000 to allocate each member's costs.
Not that precisely, no, but in a roundabout way, that's what's meant by "$31,000 is too expensive." We kind of do a ballpark thing in our heads. I've also seen people discussing how much $ per member to allocate to con suite, or ribbons.
Kevin's question was "Would you really be happy to see your membership go up by enough to cover the cost of "free" internet service?"
Kevin's question doesn't quite work, because it's too late to raise membership fees for people who've already bought them.
It's a given that no matter what is done (or not done), someone will complain about it. The only question is how many people have to care (and to what extent) before it's something that the convention should provide at the expense of something else that other people want. But of course you know that.
I think $5000 for a small wired lounge sounds like a good idea, but I know nothing about the factors that went into their decision, so I am loath to second guess.
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Not that precisely, no, but in a roundabout way, that's what's meant by "$31,000 is too expensive." We kind of do a ballpark thing in our heads. I've also seen people discussing how much $ per member to allocate to con suite, or ribbons.
Kevin's question was "Would you really be happy to see your membership go up by enough to cover the cost of "free" internet service?"
Kevin's question doesn't quite work, because it's too late to raise membership fees for people who've already bought them.
It's a given that no matter what is done (or not done), someone will complain about it. The only question is how many people have to care (and to what extent) before it's something that the convention should provide at the expense of something else that other people want. But of course you know that.
I think $5000 for a small wired lounge sounds like a good idea, but I know nothing about the factors that went into their decision, so I am loath to second guess.