IRC log of #europython for Friday, 2009-12-04

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zethHi all18:49
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_dboddieHello!18:59
_dboddieIs there a meeting I should know about? ;-)18:59
zethHi19:13
zethNo19:13
zethI just turned my IRC client on and went through the channels seeing who was about19:13
zethWe did chat a little about EuroPython at the last Python West Midlands19:14
zethbut nothing particular19:14
zeththe new website is up though19:14
zethtalk submissions are not up yet19:14
zethbut I will do that at some point19:15
_dboddieGot to get started again for next year... :-)19:27
zethyup20:24
zethshould be fairly easy though, we have now some rough idea of what we are doing20:24
zethAs talked about in the AGM at EuroPython 2009, we need to price and cost the conference to work without any sponsorship20:25
zethIf we get sponsorship then that is great, but it needs to work fien without it20:26
zethfine20:26
zethSome other conferences have seen their sponsorship collapse in the current panicky climatr20:26
zethclimate20:26
zethhowever, if we get a similar number of delegates as last year, or more, then good management of our resources should mean we have enough20:27
_dboddieProbably the best strategy.20:27
zethlast year we got pretty close to breaking even with very little sponsorship20:28
zethwe may be a few quid up or down20:28
zethwe agreed at that AGM to raise the price a little20:28
zethso that will make a big difference20:28
_dboddieI imagine that the current climate is actually a good thing for companies that _do_ decide to sponsor.20:30
_dboddieMore bang for the buck.20:30
zethCould be, I know nothing about this kind of thing20:34
zethI have not got involved much in sponsorship in the past20:34
zethIf I had a company, I would sponsor EuroPython, it is quite cheap and your brand is then quite prominent20:35
_dboddieI think one of the problems is getting companies to spend "small" sums of money on events.20:40
_dboddiejacob22_ knows more about this kind of thing... :-)20:40
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zethYeah I leave it to him and quentin20:45
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