[Noisebridge-discuss] Unconference about the future of journalism and online media

[Yury Lifshits]

Dear all,

There is another journalism conference that ends just before RemakeCamp.
We decided to collocate our events. Thus, RemakeCamp will be
held at University of San Francisco.

Thanks a lot for considering RemakeCamp to be held in Noisebridge!
I hope that one of my future events will happen in your space.

Best,
Yury



On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 7:10 PM, aestetix aestetix <aestetix at gmail.com> wrote:
> So, before anything else, I want to say that this is a fantastic looking
> event, and I would love to see it happen at Noisebridge.
>
> I do have some questions about the eventbrite page.
>
> 1. Having a "Free" ticket implies that you must pay for a ticket if they run
> out. When I see the "late bird" listed with a price, I feel like I'm looking
> at a ticket for sale, not a donation quantity.
>
> 2. Allowing someone to get a "ticket" online implies that they need a ticket
> to attend the event. I'm sure that's not the case, but it makes me worry
> that some people may decide against attending because they don't have a
> ticket, or feel that because they don't have a ticket nor want to attend
> your event, they need to avoid Noisebridge altogether.
>
> 3. There seems to be a "ticket fee" of $1.61 for the late bird tickets, and
> $6.99 for the sponsor package. Does this mean that someone who wants to
> support Noisebridge will also have to pay money to Eventbrite to process
> their tickets? I'm ok with people donating to Noisebridge, but I'm not ok
> with them being forced to give money to another place as well. It's like
> shareware that makes you install comet cursor on your computer as well as
> the app you want.
>
> 4. In my opinion, Noisebridge should never allow anyone to sponsor us. This
> gets into an entire philosophy I'd rather duke out in person than on the
> mailing list. If you ask someone to sponsor your event which takes places in
> the venue of Noisebridge, people might have certain expectations which
> Noisebridge might not meet, and that could get messy and confusing really
> fast. What does sponsorship of your event entail, and what steps have you
> taken to disambiguate it from Noisebridge?
>
> I bring these issues up because in Leif's email, there were 10 sponsor
> packages available, and now there are 9. Which means someone has gone
> through, purchased a sponsorship package, and also paid money to Eventbrite.
> Things should now be laid out very clearly to avoid any potential
> miscommunication.
>
> All that said, assuming we can figure this stuff out, I really look forward
> to seeing this happen!
>
> aestetix
>
> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Yury Lifshits <yury at yury.name> wrote:
>>
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> RemakeCamp is a totally free event. Late bird tickets are added
>> only to create some pressure for people to register. When free tickets
>> will sell out I add more free tickets to the system.
>>
>> I am ok to run a donation box onsite and give the money to Noisebridge
>> and/or spend it on food.
>>
>> I do not know how many people will register. Maybe, we should do the
>> following:
>>  - delay the official venue announcement till around April 20
>>  - check the projection for total number of registrations
>>  - if it is around 50-70, then announce Noisebridge as a venue
>>  - if it is 100+, then I have to find a different venue
>>
>> Yury
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:33 PM, mark burdett <mfburdett at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Leif Ryge <leif at synthesize.us> wrote:
>> >> This sounds like a fun conference, but charging admission at
>> >> noisebridge
>> >> is not cool.
>> >>
>> >> Your eventbrite page currently says there are 41 free early bird
>> >> tickets
>> >> left, after which there are 50 tickets available for $10, and 10
>> >> "sponsor packages" for $240.
>> >>
>> >> If you expect there to be more people interested than noisebridge can
>> >> accommodate, you should find another venue.
>> >>
>> >> If not, I hope you're OK with voluntary donations.
>> >>
>> >> Also, note that other people will be using the space for other purposes
>> >> during the conference.
>> >
>> > Hi, sounds like a worthwhile event. I'm definitely interested in the
>> > subject matter.
>> >
>> > Ideally eventbrite would allow you to collect a "suggested donation"
>> > rather than "ticket price"?
>> >
>> > The only thing I've heard of at noisebridge resembling paid admission
>> > would be a class where participants were asked to pay for the cost of
>> > materials.
>> >
>> > --mark B.
>> >
>> _______________________________________________
>> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list
>> Noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
>> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss
>
>