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> Please note that all our volunteers... are required to buy a ticket. Ouch, full price £95 to work at a bar.. why would anyone want to do this? You would have

by polshaw 14y ago

> Please note that all our volunteers... are required to buy a ticket. Ouch, full price £95 to work at a bar.. why would anyone want to do this? You would have thought at least a discount! They say it is not profit.. where is all the money going? or is it the sort of non-profit where one guy has a big fat salary? Most of the networking stuff seems to be donated, speakers are unpaid (and also have to pay full price).. I don't wish to shit all over this, it's a great thing.. (and i'm sure there are costs that need to be covered) but some more transparency would make me a lot more comfortable with it..

jonty 14y ago
Our budget is entirely public and linked from the wiki, nothing is hidden, and nobody is drawing a salary. We're only just going to break even at this point. It turns out that equipping a barren field with generators, lighting, wiring, power distribution, marquees, seating, toilets, showers, water, cooking equipment, bar equipment, security fencing, safety equipment, first aid equipment, radios, and plant equipment for moving the aforementioned everything, is expensive. Especially when you're doing it on a scale <1000 people. The most interesting thing for me has been the cost of getting water in the field. There's supposedly a standpipe there, but the council are denying all knowledge so we have to get a container brought in. It costs a FORTUNE. You'd think water was some kind of precious metal based on the pricing. Regarding speakers/volunteers, this is an event you're a participant at, not purely a viewer. We have an absurdly high ratio of speakers/attendees - a large number of ticket holders are related to the hackerspace movement where participation is expected. We are offering free day tickets to speakers, but nearly all of them are choosing to pay for a full ticket and spend the whole weekend at the event.
flangey 14y ago
HAR2009 was 150-180EUR CCC Camp 2011 was 140-175EUR

by polshaw 14y ago

jonty 14y ago

Our budget is entirely public and linked from the wiki, nothing is hidden, and nobody is drawing a salary. We're only just going to break even at this point. It turns out that equipping a barren field with generators, lighting, wiring, power distribution, marquees, seating, toilets, showers, water, cooking equipment, bar equipment, security fencing, safety equipment, first aid equipment, radios, and plant equipment for moving the aforementioned everything, is expensive. Especially when you're doing it on a scale <1000 people. The most interesting thing for me has been the cost of getting water in the field. There's supposedly a standpipe there, but the council are denying all knowledge so we have to get a container brought in. It costs a FORTUNE. You'd think water was some kind of precious metal based on the pricing. Regarding speakers/volunteers, this is an event you're a participant at, not purely a viewer. We have an absurdly high ratio of speakers/attendees - a large number of ticket holders are related to the hackerspace movement where participation is expected. We are offering free day tickets to speakers, but nearly all of them are choosing to pay for a full ticket and spend the whole weekend at the event.

flangey 14y ago

HAR2009 was 150-180EUR CCC Camp 2011 was 140-175EUR