[cfe-dev] 2017 US LLVM Developers' Meeting - Registration Opening!

[James Y Knight via cfe-dev]

Sure! As long as everyone is okay with pre-registering three years in
advance, yeah, that'd work great!

Another alternative is that you could donate so much money to run the
conference that a venue which is much larger than feasibly needed can be
purchased, and then nobody has to pre-register at all.

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 1:56 PM, C Bergström via cfe-dev <
cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> I'm not really suggesting this, but I wonder -
> What if there was like a pre-registration (that maybe even required a
> deposit) and based off that the venue was selected.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 1:06 AM, Tanya Lattner <tanyalattner at llvm.org>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jun 16, 2017, at 1:36 AM, C Bergström <cbergstrom at pathscale.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I realize the popularity of this event may bring additional costs, but I
>> think it really stinks that there's a fee and that it's limited in the
>> number of people.
>>
>> What's next corporate sponsors with banners and booth babes walking
>> around?
>>
>>
>>
>> While I welcome all comments and questions, I find your approach not very
>> constructive.
>>
>> The ticket price is heavily subsidized by sponsorship and donations.
>> While we want to give company recognition for their generous contribution,
>> we also want to keep this event educational and focused on the technology.
>> We do display company sponsorship in a few places, but do not have booths.
>>
>> The remainder of the sponsorship funds go to our other programs such as
>> travel grants for students, sponsoring other conferences or LLVM events,
>> and women in compilers and tools. All of these programs are in various
>> stages and we hope to expand them over time.
>>
>> We have actually had free developer meetings in the past. Unfortunately,
>> we sold out every time and then had a significant no-show rate. At one
>> point it was up to 35% which was why we switched to charging a small fee.
>> As we increased the fee to cover more of the costs, we have always given
>> discounted tickets to those in need (we had several for the last developer
>> meeting) and for students.
>>
>> As the event has grown, we have difficulty finding venues large enough to
>> host us. With these venues and the size, comes increased costs as well. In
>> addition, we still need to cap the registration to a specific number so we
>> have enough chairs for people to sit and enough food. There are also
>> logistics issues such as medics that are required for events of this size.
>> Food is a bit easier to increase on the fly, but we can’t make a room
>> bigger. I cap the registration to ensure attendees have a great experience.
>> Each year, we have tried to increase it to allow for as many developers to
>> attend as possible.
>>
>> As a nonprofit, all of our financial records/tax returns and detailed
>> budgets are available online for public viewing.
>>
>> Please let me know if you have any additional questions and I am happy to
>> answer them. I hope you can attend our event.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tanya
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Tanya Lattner via cfe-dev <
>> cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Your are invited to attend the 2017 LLVM Developers’ Meeting
>>> <http://llvm.org/devmtg/2017-10/> on October 18-19 in San Jose, CA. New
>>> this year will be a Women in Compilers & Tools pre-conference event on
>>> October 17th (details to come).
>>>
>>> *Registration will open today, June 16, at 10:00AM PDT.*
>>>
>>> You may register here:
>>> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-llvm-developers-meeting-ba
>>> y-area-tickets-35155516095
>>>
>>> Registration fees are $300 for the 2-day event and reception (October
>>> 18). A conference only registration is $250. Tickets will be capped at 500
>>> attendees and the last day to register is October 6.
>>>
>>> If you are a full-time student, please contact the organizer
>>> <tanyalattner at llvm.org> for a student rate ($50/event, $25/reception).
>>> You must send us your student ID. Student travel sponsorship details will
>>> be announced when available.
>>>
>>> We would like this event to be accessible to all LLVM developers. If
>>> attending the meeting is cost prohibitive for any reason (i.e.. you do not
>>> have an employer who refunds tickets fees, financial hardship, etc), please
>>> contact the organizer <tanyalattner at llvm.org> to discuss a discounted
>>> ticket.
>>> Thank you,
>>> Tanya Lattner
>>> President, LLVM Foundation
>>>
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