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Yep. I created a “hackathon” style event at a university for students pre-pandemic. The space was free and given by the university engineering college. For one
by ericmay 5y ago
Yep. I created a “hackathon” style event at a university for students pre-pandemic. The space was free and given by the university engineering college. For one day of 3 meals and t-shirts it was like $5,000. Partly because we had to go through the university catering service. And that was for about 60 students (we planned on I think around 90?). If we needed event space and the university charged us that would have been 3x at least. And this was run with nothing but volunteers. We had lots of corporate sponsors and honestly it was great. They mentored students, they set up career fair style booths and just had fun and shared good info about their companies. Without their partnership, frankly, a lot less would have been achieved. It was a win-win for everyone.
- Plasmoid 5y agoOh god, University catering was the worst. They would happily charge fine dining prices for the most basic of meals, and would take forever to get back to you. I couldn't tell if we were getting the Fuck-Off rate or this was seriously what they charged everyone.
- ericmay 5y agoYea… we got the discount rate and I appreciate the thoughts from the university but it was just way too expensive. Oh and they “couldn’t leave food out” so all of this coffee, breakfast bagels, fruit, etc. that we could have had available all day was gone after meal time because of some rule they had. I’m sure there were good intentions or there was a good reason but universities are far too inflexible when it comes to such things.