[OSList] Fees for OS conferences?

[Harrison Owen]

Chuni, I might add – that in talking with the client I find that the
following questions can be helpful. 

1) How much is it worth to you to achieve the goal you have indicated
(whatever that might have been)? 

2) How much would it cost to achieve that goal using any other approach you
can think of (just to create perspective)? 

 

Of course if they don’t think it is worth anything there might be some
question as to Why bother? Or if they can think of a more economical way to
achieve their intentions – Go for it!

 

ho 

 

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Chuni – I think it depends totally on the client and the situation. When I
do something like an OSONOS I simply attempt to cover costs. Most recently
with the OSONOS by the Sea (well not that recently as that was 3 years ago)
the fee was $25. That paid for space and coffee/donuts. A local church
provided the space, and all meals and accommodations were handled by the
individual participants. Actually we ran a considerable surplus. So with the
surplus, I doubled the Church’s fee, as it was ridiculously low, and then
sent $500 to the Access Queen. However if we were talking about a major
corporation holding a serious working conference (2 ½ days) on a critical
issue the money can and (I think) should be equally serious. Of course it is
all coming out of a common corporate pot, but in a recent case I think it
probably came out to $1500-2000 per participant. For whatever it is worth,
I’ve never had an argument with anybody in terms of the value received. For
the corporation the tab was probably close to $450,000, but considering what
they achieved, and compared to how much it could have cost had they done it
any other way (traditional committees over a year or two) – that price was
bargain basement LOW. 

 

Any help?

 

ho

 

Harrison Owen

7808 River Falls Dr.

Potomac, MD 20854

USA

 

189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer)

Camden, Maine 20854

 

Phone 301-365-2093

(summer)  207-763-3261

 

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www.ho-image.com (Personal Website)

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Subject: [OSList] Fees for OS conferences?

 

Hello All,

 

I'd like to find out if anyone has charged the attendees for coming to the
OS convening.

If so, how do you do it? On what basis do you determine the fees?

 

Thank you.

 

Chuni Li

New Jersey

732-306-4002

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