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- From: gwlester@cpu.com (Gerald W. Lester)
- Subject: Re: Danger Will Robinson! New Registration format for Symp
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- References: <5710@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> <1992Aug17.185327.534@decuac.dec.com>,<1992Aug28.184628.3849@news.arc.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: Computerized Processes Unlimited, Metairie, LA, (504)-889-2784
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 16:59:33 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.165933.1760@cpu.com>
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- In article <1992Aug28.184628.3849@news.arc.nasa.gov>, mcmahon@tgv.com (John 'Fast-Eddie/FuzzFace' McMahon) writes:
- >
- >In article <1992Aug17.185327.534@decuac.dec.com>, avolio@dco.DEC.COM (Frederick M. Avolio) writes:
- >=
- >=As for $550.00.... I don't know... There's an awful lot of information
- >=packed in there. I like DECUS. I'm not sure $550 -- which includes
- >=continental breakfast and a full dinner-size, pig-out lunch -- is such
- >=a bad deal.
- >
- >DECUS is not cheap! In addition to the cost of the Symposium,
- >you have to pay "downtown" hotel prices ($60-$120 a night) and
- >cover travel to the Symposium. A estimate of $1500 to $2000 is
- >what I usually use. That's a tough nut to swallow if it's coming
- >out of your own pocket.
- >
-
- From your figures (which do not include lost income for the self-emplyed, at
- least $2,000 at $50/hr), which I think are a little low, the $550 is 28-37%
- reducing the fee to $500 would cut the cost by only about 2-3%. As for the
- hotel, all of the cities we are using have lower cost rooms (~$25/night) in the
- suburbs, all you have to do is drive or take public transportation.
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