[Penguicon-Concom] Set up appropriate to Technical conferences

[john guest]

It's not that we're strapped, but that we need to be frugal.  We are
still awaiting a full accounting on how we did this last year.  My
understanding is that we made money, but we're only talking a few
thousand more than we had before.  So, when considering another GoH,
we have to look at the full cost -- transportation, meals, room --
which is potentially $1000 per GoH.  $150 for 1,000 gimme pens is not
an unbearable expense.  Now if we do that 10 times, it's a different
story.

--John

On 7/6/06, Anne KG Murphy <akgmurphy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Tracy,
>
> > If that means it is now my job, what is the minimum number we want, and
> > what's the rough budget we want to give to this?  They'd also make good
> > giveaways for events like Ohio Linuxfest and the like.  FWIW, I would *not*
> > be buying the absolute cheapest option - that gets you pens where one in ten
> > don't write properly to start with.  But I would do my best to be cost
> > effective.
> yeah.
>
> perhaps if you could get a baseline estimate, with per item cost
> reduction thresholds if relevant, that would help us evaluate whether
> this is the type of costpoint we would want to have for marketing
> giveaways or for bonuses for our attendees.
>
> I'm willing to spend more on our attendees than on walk-away items for
> parties.  Given that I've heard feedback on GoH suggestions that imply
> we're strapped for cash, I think we'd want to really evaluate how many
> additional members we think this kind of giveaway would get us at cons
> and therefore how that works out, budget-wise.
>
> Given that there usually *are* thresholds for mass production where
> the per-item cost goes significantly down, I'd definitely suggest the
> design for pens be generic as to year so we can use them in future
> years as well in case we have bunches left over.
>
> I would think to start off we would want at least 200, possibly as
> many as a thousand if there's a price break there, but probably not
> more than that.
>
> that's just my guess.
>
> --Anne
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