Joomla Day USA West 2010 Update
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Ron Severdia
Oct 31, 2010, 2:11:30 PM10/31/10
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Hi,
It's been a few weeks now that Joomla Day West has wrapped up and
we've had some time to reconcile the budget and reimburse everyone. I
wanted to provide some stats/update on the event, so here are the
overall figures:
Total expenses: $23,619.00
Total income: $24,633.00
======================
Total profit: $1,014.00
Total registered attendees: 180 (40 VIP level, plus walk-ins,
volunteers, etc.)
Expenses fell into the following categories: flights, hotels, attendee
schwag, food, entertainment, summit costs (room, catering, etc.). eBay
covered the costs for the space, catering, janitorial, security, AV,
etc. Income came from sponsorships and ticket sales.
So we actually ended up making a small profit on the largest Joomla
Day in the US. This is all WITHOUT the $7,500 summit budget that was
offered to the PLT from OSM.
Allen "Gunner" Gunn of Aspiration was the event facilitator and it
wouldn't have been such a success without him. Gunner also facilitated
the PLT Summit and he's such a Joomla fan that he refused to be paid
for his time and efforts. The intention from the start was to donate
any leftover monies from the event to OSM, but I'm going to donate the
small profit to Aspiration for their support this and many other
Joomla events, all free of charge. The events wouldn't be nearly as
great without him and it's a small way to show our appreciation.
Thanks to the team members who made it out to the Bay Area, especially
those who came from far away. Your support also made this a great
event. eBay and Microsoft have asked us back next year so we might
take them up on that. :)
Ron
It's been a few weeks now that Joomla Day West has wrapped up and
we've had some time to reconcile the budget and reimburse everyone. I
wanted to provide some stats/update on the event, so here are the
overall figures:
Total expenses: $23,619.00
Total income: $24,633.00
======================
Total profit: $1,014.00
Total registered attendees: 180 (40 VIP level, plus walk-ins,
volunteers, etc.)
Expenses fell into the following categories: flights, hotels, attendee
schwag, food, entertainment, summit costs (room, catering, etc.). eBay
covered the costs for the space, catering, janitorial, security, AV,
etc. Income came from sponsorships and ticket sales.
So we actually ended up making a small profit on the largest Joomla
Day in the US. This is all WITHOUT the $7,500 summit budget that was
offered to the PLT from OSM.
Allen "Gunner" Gunn of Aspiration was the event facilitator and it
wouldn't have been such a success without him. Gunner also facilitated
the PLT Summit and he's such a Joomla fan that he refused to be paid
for his time and efforts. The intention from the start was to donate
any leftover monies from the event to OSM, but I'm going to donate the
small profit to Aspiration for their support this and many other
Joomla events, all free of charge. The events wouldn't be nearly as
great without him and it's a small way to show our appreciation.
Thanks to the team members who made it out to the Bay Area, especially
those who came from far away. Your support also made this a great
event. eBay and Microsoft have asked us back next year so we might
take them up on that. :)
Ron
Brad Baker
Oct 31, 2010, 10:08:34 PM10/31/10
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Nice report Ron, thanks.
On this subject, Robert.. is there any chance some of this can be
digested and used to help other events in the financial area.
What kind of feedback do event organizers often give? Do they feel
it's possible to run an event that is self-funded? Could more of this
feedback be fed back into public, or at least in a way that can help
other event organizers in the future?
On this subject, Robert.. is there any chance some of this can be
digested and used to help other events in the financial area.
What kind of feedback do event organizers often give? Do they feel
it's possible to run an event that is self-funded? Could more of this
feedback be fed back into public, or at least in a way that can help
other event organizers in the future?
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