Well, there was no charge to the attendees -- so it was free in that sense. But I can see your point. I don't know what the financial arrangement was, though I do remember some flip video cameras and gorilla tripods being raffled off. -Esme -- Esme Cowles <[log in to unmask]> "But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson On 11/9/2011, at 3:31 PM, Edward M. Corrado wrote: > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Cowles, Esme <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> The CURATEcamp hackfest last year was free (sponsored by DLF): >> >> http://curatecamp.org/node/21 >> >> -Esme > > Not really free if it was sponsored by DLF, no? > > Edward > > >> -- >> Esme Cowles <[log in to unmask]> >> >> "In Lydia's imagination, a visit to Brighton comprised every possibility of >> earthly happiness." -- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice >> >> On 11/9/2011, at 3:16 PM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>> I don't think that we have charged for pre-conferences in previous >>>> years, have we? >>> >>> Yes, we have. We've even had people want to come to the preconference >>> (and pay the preconference charge) but not attend the regular >>> conference. :-) >>> >>>> I am pretty sure that we haven't charged for >>>> hackfests. >>> >>> Have we had hackfests in the past? >>> >>> Kevin >>