Jim, I think you and Joe are onto something.
I like the earlybird discount for people who think we are charging too much, they now have an out.
I'm sure we could talk to the parking garage manager and work out a payment so that all you need to do is stamp your ticket and Podcamp could square up with them at the end of the day.
As far as food goes, I can see advantages to both going out or staying in. Since going out means less clean up, planning and up-front costs, I am still leaning on having attendees go out for lunch.
Since we have more time, maybe someone could go around and get a discount program going for PodCamp in the restaurants within walking distance.
Jack
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Jim Akin <jim...@gmail.com>Date: Wed, May 9, 2012 at 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: notifying paid PodCampers
To: Jack Nork <
ja...@nork.com>
Alternative: If we think The Grove could accommodate (maybe we can make sure that back-area barn thing is available on the reschedule date?), we could keep the rate the same and look into bringing in lunch (pizza and salad?). I know New Haven is great for restaurants, but it seems to me that keeping everyone together during lunch could increase group cohesion.
I have never used the designated parking lot, but I assume it has human attendants since someone is honoring The Grove's all-day-for $5 pricing arrangement. So maybe we could arrange ahead of time with lot management to have them accept PodCamp tickets (with a stamp from The Grove) as full payment, with the understanding that we'll reimburse (or prepay a flat amount based on PodCamp registration numbers)?
I kind of think making the fee all-inclusive (of parking and food -- but not the after-party) makes sense.
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