On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 8:49 AM, Ned Batchelder <[email protected]> wrote:
> Charging money then refunding it at the event sounds like a huge pain, and > feels kind of unfriendly. I agree with that for a monthly meeting. I've noticed the Software Carpentry folks have a minor charge for their extended workshops, where they have a different problem to solve. http://software-carpentry.org/workshops/operations.html Should the Workshop Be Free to Learners? The host and admin also need to decide whether the workshop is free or not. On the one hand, we want workshops to be as accessible as possible. On the other hand, charging $20-$40 for registration cuts the number of no-shows from 20-25% to 5% or less. Note that: If the host decides to charge for registration and keep the revenue to defray the cost of catering and other expenses, we will still manage registration so that we can see how it's going, release people from the waiting list, access registrant information, etc. Be aware that as soon as you charge anything at all—even a refundable deposit—some venues will charge for use of the space. Refundable deposits are great in theory, but are an administrative nightmare in practice. In general, I prefer not to charge for anything, unless it's an electronics workshop with expensive equipment. -- [email protected] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/private/group-organizers/attachments/20150609/4d17989d/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Group-Organizers mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/group-organizers
