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- Newsgroups: comp.org.decus
- Path: sparky!uunet!milo!esther
- From: esther@verdix.com (Esther Lumsdon)
- Subject: Re: Danger Will Robinson! New Registration format for Symp
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.211910.15045@verdix.com>
- Organization: Verdix Corp.
- References: <5710@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> <1992Aug17.185327.534@decuac.dec.com>,<1992Aug28.184628.3849@news.arc.nasa.gov> <1992Aug31.165933.1760@cpu.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 21:19:10 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- gwlester@cpu.com (Gerald W. Lester) writes:
-
- >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.
-
- I quibble with your figures. I've stayed in the outer suburbs of Atlanta
- for ~ $40 per night, and paid ~ $10 per day to park near the Georgia
- World Congress Center. in 1987. I suspect it's more expensive now.
-
- Heck, I haven't seen a Motel 6 that was under $34 for several years!
- --
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