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I honestly don't think it's a disaster if registration fee approaches $200 either. (I realize you said $200 in _addition_ to the usual $125, I'm saying $200, heh). I think $200 is about the max that seems okay to me, but $200 does. That's still a good price for the conf, and still fairly affordable, and with inflation from the original $125 like five years ago not totally out of line even. $300 would be really unfortunate though. But $180? We'll live. On 6/14/2011 7:42 PM, Kyle Banerjee wrote: >> The third code4lib conference was hosted in Portland, and the venue was a >> hotel. Costs were **much** higher in Portland, due mainly to the type of >> venue (hotel) and Portland being a larger city. To keep the registration >> fee at $125 (which I think it was, if memory serves me correctly), we >> needed to get $40k worth of sponsorships, which was about 4x the amount of >> either the previous two years. It was hectic and a bit nerve-wracking, but >> we hustled and worked hard and brought in the necessary sponsorships >> without the need to provide any special events - all of the sponsors we >> willing to sponsor us based on the general sponsorship levels that we've >> put out each year. >> > This is exactly what is going on in Seattle. > > If we can attract $40K in sponsorships, the registration fee will be kept > low. But that gives people an idea of what is being dealt with in the > background as that works out to nearly $200 per attendee. Not trivial to do > in today's climate, but you can be sure everyone will try their best. > > kyle >