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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Joining in a bit late, but given the
conversation which happened down thread I want to make a point of
saying this.<br>
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Tanya, thank you for all of the work you put into LLVM dev each
year. I have greatly enjoyed the conference year after year and
get a lot out of attending. It is currently the only tech
conference which I attend as a routine matter of course. For an
event of it's size, the conference usually goes exceedingly
smoothly. <br>
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I want to explicitly call out the work which has gone in to
keeping the conference accessible to all. A $300 price is well
within budget for most of attendees, and the foundation has made
sure to offer reduced student and need based rates. The focus on
doing that later bit says good things about the organization and
the folks involved in running it. I know for that for me, the
benefits I receive by attending far outweigh the cost. <br>
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It is unfortunate that attendance has to be capped. It seems like
demand has increased a lot the last couple of years. However, I
do want to call out the efforts which have gone into making most
of the content of the technical tracks available to a much wider
audience. All of the effort to post recording of talks is
subsidized by the local attendees and the organizers have ensured
the content is available not too long after the conference. That
is itself a huge investment in making the event accessible to
those who can't attend in person. <br>
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Tanya, one thing which might help prevent concerns like those
raised would be to have an open discussion of where the funds are
going. Is there a publicly available budget document for last
years conference you can point to? <br>
<br>
Philip<br>
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On 06/16/2017 01:05 AM, Tanya Lattner via cfe-dev wrote:<br>
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<div class="">Your are invited to attend the <a
href="http://llvm.org/devmtg/2017-10/" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">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>
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<b class="">Registration will open today, June 16, at 10:00AM PDT.</b>
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<div class="">You may register here:</div>
<div class=""><a
href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-llvm-developers-meeting-bay-area-tickets-35155516095"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-llvm-developers-meeting-bay-area-tickets-35155516095</a></div>
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<div class="">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>
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<p class="">If you are a full-time student, please contact the <a
href="mailto:tanyalattner@llvm.org" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">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 class="">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" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">organizer</a> to discuss a discounted
ticket.</p>
<div class="">Thank you,</div>
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<div class="">Tanya Lattner</div>
<div class="">President, LLVM Foundation</div>
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