<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/3/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">The Golden Condor !</b> <<a href="mailto:tgcondor@gmail.com">tgcondor@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
>From the benefits link (<a href="http://association.drupal.org/node/104">http://association.drupal.org/node/104</a>)<br><br>"Drupal conferences are attended by only a few (600/150000) so it<br>would not make sense to include free conference fees as part of the
<br>base membership."<br><br>I disagree with the last statement. ACM (<a href="http://www.acm.org">http://www.acm.org</a>) includes<br>discounted registration at conferences for members and many members<br>find that very valuable, even though only a portion of members attend
<br>the conferences.<br><br>And with 54.9% respondents indicating that they would value free<br>attendance at the conferences, I think the association should<br>reconsider the value of free (or discounted) conference registration
<br>for members.</blockquote><div><br>ACM conference fees are dramatically higher than Drupal association membership fees. ACM memberships are very much lower and usually thrown in as part of the high conference fees.<br>
<br><a href="http://www.chi2007.org/attend/regFees.php">http://www.chi2007.org/attend/regFees.php</a><br><br><a href="http://www.acm.org/membership/dues.html">http://www.acm.org/membership/dues.html</a><br><br>In this case registration is around $1000 for SigCHI, the last ACM conference I attended, and they throw in ACM membership, valued at $99, for free.
<br><br>Drupal membership for individuals is going to be $30 US and the Barcelona conference will be around $50. <br><br>If you are a member of ACM you save around %15 of your conference fees. Perhaps a %15 conference discount is in order for Drupal association members.
<br><br>Thanks for your feedback.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Kieran<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Tony A.A.<br><br>On 7/16/07, Cyberswat <
<a href="mailto:cyberswat@gmail.com">cyberswat@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> And what percentage of this is being implemented?<br>><br>><br>> On 7/15/07, Kieran Lal <<a href="mailto:kieran@civicspacelabs.org">
kieran@civicspacelabs.org</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On 7/15/07, Kieran Lal <<a href="mailto:kieran@civicspacelabs.org">kieran@civicspacelabs.org</a>> wrote:<br>> > >
<br>> > > <a href="http://Drupal.org">Drupal.org</a> currently has over 9000 unique visitors a month and over 10<br>> Million page views per month, with 250% growth/year.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > That should have been 22 000 unique authenticated visitors a month.
<br>> Uniques would be much higher.<br>> ><br>> > Kieran<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > > Cheers,<br>> > > Kieran<br>> > > Drupal association board member - fundraising<br>> > >
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