[kwlug-disc] Starcon could use more sponsors

[Paul Nijjar]

Yes, that is correct. I am happy for Lori to have a ticket. It would
be nice if people were able to contribute for the sake of contributing
as well. Is anybody else in? (Lori: are you in?)


- Paul

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 06:16:32PM -0500, Daniel Allen wrote:
> I can add the data-point that I got myself onto the waiting-list after
> registration had been open a few weeks, and then they added me as an
> attendee just this weekend, so they have worked through some of their
> waiting-list.
> 
> And also the data-point that the pledges from Paul, me, and Lori add up to
> $500 and so logically map to 1 ticket, leaving aside wait-list movements.
> 
> Of course I don't know if there are other people (such as I) who pledged to
> Paul and not the list; nor how many of these people might also be on a
> waiting-list already.
> 
> Logistics is hard.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 1:29 PM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Their threshold for giving a ticket for a sponsor is $500. If you were
> > the only member of the giving group who wanted a ticket out of it I
> > would be happy for you to have it, but I am not sure that is the case.
> > (I am agnostic as to whether I attend or not.)
> >
> > If you are on the waitlist already then if we put together $500 your
> > chances of getting a ticket would be better. But I think there is no
> > guarantee.
> >
> > If we got together $1000 then we could have three tickets.
> >
> > Here are the sponsorship details for those who are interested:
> > https://starcon.io/prospectus/
> >
> > If you are still willing to be in on this then let me know.
> >
> > - Paul
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 01:12:22PM -0500, L.D. Paniak wrote:
> > > I would be willing to kick in $200 here if it gets me a ticket...
> > >
> > > -Lori
> > >
> > > On 12/12/2017 11:17 AM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> > > > I have just heard back from Starcon. They say that for every $500 in
> > > > sponsorship they could increase attendance by about 20 people. But
> > > > they are also wanting an answer about what we would be willing to give
> > > > by Friday (which makes me a little grumbly given that I contacted them
> > > > two weeks ago, but whatever).
> > > >
> > > > So the question: do we have enthusiasm for making some contributions
> > > > to the conference? I would be willing to put $200 towards them if I
> > > > believed $500+ was feasible. Anybody else?
> > > >
> > > > If you don't want others to know that you are as ostentatiously
> > > > wealthy as me you could send me an email off-list.
> > > >
> > > > (And yes, I think it is worth supporting KW Linuxfest if they need it
> > > > as well. There is a bigger conversation around financial support
> > > > within KWLUG we should be having too. But let's treat those
> > > > independently from Starcon.)
> > > >
> > > > - Paul
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 06:50:19AM -0500, Raymond Chen wrote:
> > > >> What a coincidence. I just read Julia's tweet of Kubernetes components
> > > >> diagram a few hours ago,
> > > >> https://twitter.com/b0rk/status/872822361199972352?s=09. The drawing
> > is
> > > >> cool.  Didn't realize she was in our community. Just remembered the
> > Twitter
> > > >> interesting handle
> > > >>
> > > >> Raymond
> > > >>
> > > >> On Nov 27, 2017 23:24, "Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc" <
> > kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> Here is another ad! I went to the KW-CyberSecurity meetup this
> > evening
> > > >>> and one of the organizers of StarCon (starcon.io) was present. She
> > > >>> said that they would like to have more attendees, but they don't have
> > > >>> the money to increase venues, catering, etc. She said that Starcon is
> > > >>> looking for sponsors.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Would you or your company be interested in sponsoring the conference?
> > > >>> Apparently packages start at $500. I do not know how much money they
> > > >>> want before they will open up registration to more people, though.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I was not so sure about this conference when I first heard about it,
> > > >>> but it looks as if it is going to be pretty great. Julia Evans is
> > > >>> going to be one of the keynotes! She is b0rk on Twitter and has an
> > > >>> amazing tech blog at jvns.ca , which I highly recommend even if you
> > > >>> don't care about StarCon. It looks like a bunch of the other talks
> > are
> > > >>> good too.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I figured that there are some people on this list who are either
> > > >>> wealthy or work for wealthy companies that might be interested in
> > > >>> sponsorships, so I am throwing this out there. (I guess KW Linux Fest
> > > >>> might be another worthy recipient of sponsorships too, but I hear
> > > >>> rumours that due to labour relations this may be delayed.)
> > > >>>
> > > >>> - Paul
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
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