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On 03/09/2017 01:06 PM, Dmitry Tantsur wrote:
> On 03/09/2017 06:57 PM, Clint Byrum wrote:
>> Excerpts from Ben Swartzlander's message of 2017-03-09 11:23:31 -0500:
> <snip>
>>
>> Combine that with the lower cost and subsidized travel support program
>> for the PTG, and you should end up with a more complete gathering of
>> developers at PTG, and a better interface with users and operators. That
>> is the theory, and I think it's worth trying to fit one's approach into
>> that, rather than try to keep doing things the old way and expecting
>> this new system to work.
>
> Small correction: it does not seem that the PTG was cheaper for people
> attending it.

It was substantially cheaper for many folks, actually. The venue chosen 
and the city chosen is significantly cheaper than Boston.

Hotel rooms in Boston are *minimum* $350 per night compared with $180 
per night in Atlanta's Sheraton.

Those of us in certain companies were allowed to use Airbnb which cut 
the lodging costs down even further (around $80 per night per person 
compared with $150 average Airbnb prices per person in Boston).

Add to that the lack of expensive vendor parties and nighttime events 
(*somebody* ends up having to pay for those things, after all) and the 
costs for attending (and putting on the PTG) were indeed cheaper in my 
experience.

-jay

 > It's at least not universally true. You can safely assume
> the Forum to require *additional* budget compared to the classic summit.
>
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