[Koha] KohaCon 2017 Online Registration Form

[Paul Poulain]

Hi,
If the reason for adding some fees was to avoid having locals attending, 
there's something going wrong... 80% of attendees are local people. And 
that's why we're moving from countries to countries. In India, IIRC, 
there were "all" students from the local librarian school. And that was 
*great*.
The audience of the KohaCon usually consist in 20-30 "usual attendees", 
that come every year, it (almost) doesn't depend on where it takes 
place, some "close countries" people, that take profit of a "short" 
trip, a few coming from a long distance, and all others are local !
+ : the 1st part of the KohaCon is usually dedicated to "discover what 
Koha can do for you", so it's made for local !

Le 04/11/2016 à 07:53, Mirko Tietgen a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> from the IRC meeting I understand the fee and the registration is
> there to avoid having locals attend the conference. Is that correct?
>
> A very important point of Kohacon as I understand it is to give
> locals a chance to participate in something they could otherwise
> not be part of. Free of charge.
>
> We switch the location every year and have rules to avoid it going
> back and forth between Europe and the USA most of the time. Rules
> that lead to the Philippines winning the bid by default, because a
> European location was automatically ruled out this time.
>
> As I understand, we do that so there is a small chance for people
> to attend a Kohacon even if they can't travel to distant places.
> I'd like people in the Philippines to have that chance next year.
>
> I would like some clarification on this please.
>
> -- Mirko
>
>
> Manny Tamayao schrieb am 03.11.2016
>> Dear Paul and to our fellow Koha Community,
>>
>>
>>
>> Forgive us for the modification.
>>
>> Yes, to your surprise we will have a registration fee ($100)
>> for KohaCon2017. We are doing our best to make it registration
>> free.
>>
>> We are talking to the stakeholders of the venue and looking for
>> other sponsors to help us.
>>
>> Again, we hope that you will understand us and everyone will
>> register online https://goo.gl/forms/BSZz8NT46u4pBqT23.
>>
>>
>>
>> Salamat,
>>
>> Manny
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Ø  Message: 4
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>> Ø  Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 17:30:07 +0100
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>> Ø  From: Paul Poulain <paul.poulain at biblibre.com>
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>> Ø  To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
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>> Ø  Subject: Re: [Koha] KohaCon 2017 Online Registration Form
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>> Ø  Hello Manny,
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>>
>> Ø  I'm a little bit surprised, with the reg fee as
>>
>> Ø  https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/KohaCon17_Proposals
>> says:
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>>
>>
>> Ø  "proposed cost: no registration fee".
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>> Ø  Le 30/10/2016 à 16:20, Manny Tamayao a écrit :
>>
>> Ø  Good day Koha community,
>>
>> Ø  >
>>
>> Ø  Here's the link to our KohaCon 2017 online registration
>> form:
>>
>> Ø  https://goo.gl/forms/BSZz8NT46u4pBqT23. We will waive the
>> registration fee
>>
>> Ø  of the first 100 participants who will register early.
>>
>> Ø  >
>>
>> Ø  Kindly help us to disseminate this information.
>>
>> Ø  >
>>
>> Ø  Salamat,
>>
>> Ø  Manny
>>
>> Ø  >
>>
>> Ø  >
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>> Ø  >
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>> Ø  --
>>
>> Ø  Paul Poulain, Associé-gérant / co-owner
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