<div dir="ltr">We are experimenting with a $10 charge option to reduce no show registrations (so we order the right amount of food).<div><br></div><div>We have a free lottery option which only kicks in if we go over capacity. We also have scholarship and volunteer options to guarantee a ticket now.</div>
<div><br></div><div>See: <a href="http://citycampmn.org">http://citycampmn.org</a></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>Steven Clift - <a href="http://stevenclift.com" target="_blank">http://stevenclift.com</a><br>
  Executive Director - <a href="http://E-Democracy.org" target="_blank">http://E-Democracy.org</a> <br>  Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/democracy" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/democracy</a><br>  Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072</div>

<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 9:34 AM, Daniel Mezick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dan@newtechusa.net" target="_blank">dan@newtechusa.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

  
    
  
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    I'm sure this is very true. In theory, speakers are not compensated
    for travel, lodging and so on. In theory this reduces costs.<br>
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    I have had some people discuss with me this exact dynamic.<div><div class="h5"><br>
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    <div>On 10/29/13 9:44 PM, Jean Richardson
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Someone asked me a very interesting
          question tonight about unconferences, and I thought I’d best
          bring it to this forum.  The question was are the staging of
          unconferences ever motivated by the desire to make money.  I’m
          not sure I’ve ever attended one that was—at least not a lot of
          money as in a profit-making model.  <u></u><u></u></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">What is the general experience of folks on
          this list?<u></u><u></u></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">--- Jean<u></u><u></u></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"">Jean
                      Richardson</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";font-variant:small-caps">Azure
                    Gate Consulting<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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                    </span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";letter-spacing:.25pt">Repatterning
                      the Human Experience of Work</span></i><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.0pt;margin-left:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif";letter-spacing:.8pt">AzureGate.net</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Garamond","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>

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