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On Thu 21 Jun 2018, 7:01 PM Jeremy Stanley, <fungi at yuggoth.org> wrote:

> On 2018-06-21 13:39:28 -0400 (-0400), Zane Bitter wrote:
> > > 1. Meet together Sunday only
> >
> > I'm not a fan of this, because it effectively excludes non TC
> > members (e.g. folks who are thinking about running at the next
> > election; PTLs who might want to raise issues), unless they can
> > convince their employers to spring for an extra night's hotel
> > (spoiler: they can't).
>
> Agreed, I think it's suboptimal but I would at least encourage
> anyone who's interested in coming to attend even if they're not on
> the TC. The last thing I want is any sort of "closed" meeting.
> However, why wouldn't they be able to expense the hotel stay? It's
> not "extra" if it's part of everything else we've got going on.
> Refer to it as a "boring business meeting" instead of a conference.
>

Because employers work from limited travel budgets, especially when sending
a large delegation to the PTG. If we add a day to the conference duration,
costs go up, so the number of people who can be funded from a fixed budget
goes down.

Cheers,
Eoghan

My main concern is venue availability. I know the PTG budget is
> tight and every penny of the registration fees are already going
> toward the existing booking.
> --
> Jeremy Stanley
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