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On Feb 15, 2016, at 7:59 AM, Jeremy Stanley <fungi at yuggoth.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 2016-02-15 04:36:25 -0500 (-0500), Eoghan Glynn wrote:
>> [...]
>> Traditionally all ATCs earn a free pass for summit, whereas the
>> other attendees pay $600 or more for entry. I'm wondering if (a)
>> there's some cross-subsidization going on here and (b) if the
>> design summit was cleaved off, would the loss of the income from
>> the non-ATCs sound the death-knell for the traditional ATC free
>> pass?
> [...]
> 
> It was my understanding that we provided 100% discounted admission
> to the conference so that contributors were not charged for design
> summit access, since they happened in the same venue at the same
> time. However, pricing and discount terms are at the discretion of
> the conference organizers so I don't really have more detail.
> Hopefully once Thierry publishes his proposal we'll have a better
> example on which to draw conclusions about related any prices and
> funding challenges.

Fair, and I'll observe as someone who sends literally (small) hundreds of people to the summit that conference fees has never been the significant expense. 

It's airfare and expensive venue hotels every time.

--j