<div dir="ltr">Sure! As long as everyone is okay with pre-registering three years in advance, yeah, that'd work great!<div><br></div><div>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.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 1:56 PM, C Bergström via cfe-dev <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cfe-dev@lists.llvm.org" target="_blank">cfe-dev@lists.llvm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>I'm not really suggesting this, but I wonder - <br></div>What if there was like a pre-registration (that maybe even required a deposit) and based off that the venue was selected.<br><br></div><br></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 1:06 AM, Tanya Lattner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tanyalattner@llvm.org" target="_blank">tanyalattner@llvm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><br><div><span><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jun 16, 2017, at 1:36 AM, C Bergström <<a href="mailto:cbergstrom@pathscale.com" target="_blank">cbergstrom@pathscale.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_-7213023937241982418m_-6476214143259086237Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>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.<br><br></div>What's next corporate sponsors with banners and booth babes walking around?<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div></span><div>While I welcome all comments and questions, I find your approach not very constructive. </div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>As a nonprofit, all of our financial records/tax returns and detailed budgets are available online for public viewing.</div><div><br></div><div>Please let me know if you have any additional questions and I am happy to answer them. I hope you can attend our event.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Tanya</div><span><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Tanya Lattner via cfe-dev <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cfe-dev@lists.llvm.org" target="_blank">cfe-dev@lists.llvm.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>Your are invited to attend the <a href="http://llvm.org/devmtg/2017-10/" target="_blank">2017 LLVM Developers’ Meeting</a> 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).</div><div><br></div><b>Registration will open today, June 16, at 10:00AM PDT.</b><div><br></div><div>You may register here:</div><div><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-llvm-developers-meeting-bay-area-tickets-35155516095" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2<wbr>017-llvm-developers-meeting-ba<wbr>y-area-tickets-35155516095</a></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><p>If you are a full-time student, please contact the <a href="mailto:tanyalattner@llvm.org" target="_blank">organizer</a> for a student rate ($50/event, $25/reception). You must send us your student ID. Student travel sponsorship details will be announced when available. </p><p>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 <a href="mailto:tanyalattner@llvm.org" target="_blank">organizer</a> to discuss a discounted ticket.</p><div>Thank you,</div></div><div>Tanya Lattner</div><div>President, LLVM Foundation</div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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