[kwlug-disc] Starcon could use more sponsors

[L.D. Paniak]

Yes, I'm in.

Apparently my wingeing about getting a ticket is moot.
I just registered with 7 slots remaining now.
I'm happy to help support the next 8 slots.

-Lori

On 12/13/2017 11:22 PM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> Yes, that is correct. I am happy for Lori to have a ticket. It would
> be nice if people were able to contribute for the sake of contributing
> as well. Is anybody else in? (Lori: are you in?)
>
>
> - Paul
>
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 06:16:32PM -0500, Daniel Allen wrote:
>> I can add the data-point that I got myself onto the waiting-list after
>> registration had been open a few weeks, and then they added me as an
>> attendee just this weekend, so they have worked through some of their
>> waiting-list.
>>
>> And also the data-point that the pledges from Paul, me, and Lori add up to
>> $500 and so logically map to 1 ticket, leaving aside wait-list movements.
>>
>> Of course I don't know if there are other people (such as I) who pledged to
>> Paul and not the list; nor how many of these people might also be on a
>> waiting-list already.
>>
>> Logistics is hard.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 1:29 PM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <
>> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Their threshold for giving a ticket for a sponsor is $500. If you were
>>> the only member of the giving group who wanted a ticket out of it I
>>> would be happy for you to have it, but I am not sure that is the case.
>>> (I am agnostic as to whether I attend or not.)
>>>
>>> If you are on the waitlist already then if we put together $500 your
>>> chances of getting a ticket would be better. But I think there is no
>>> guarantee.
>>>
>>> If we got together $1000 then we could have three tickets.
>>>
>>> Here are the sponsorship details for those who are interested:
>>> https://starcon.io/prospectus/
>>>
>>> If you are still willing to be in on this then let me know.
>>>
>>> - Paul
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 01:12:22PM -0500, L.D. Paniak wrote:
>>>> I would be willing to kick in $200 here if it gets me a ticket...
>>>>
>>>> -Lori
>>>>
>>>> On 12/12/2017 11:17 AM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
>>>>> I have just heard back from Starcon. They say that for every $500 in
>>>>> sponsorship they could increase attendance by about 20 people. But
>>>>> they are also wanting an answer about what we would be willing to give
>>>>> by Friday (which makes me a little grumbly given that I contacted them
>>>>> two weeks ago, but whatever).
>>>>>
>>>>> So the question: do we have enthusiasm for making some contributions
>>>>> to the conference? I would be willing to put $200 towards them if I
>>>>> believed $500+ was feasible. Anybody else?
>>>>>
>>>>> If you don't want others to know that you are as ostentatiously
>>>>> wealthy as me you could send me an email off-list.
>>>>>
>>>>> (And yes, I think it is worth supporting KW Linuxfest if they need it
>>>>> as well. There is a bigger conversation around financial support
>>>>> within KWLUG we should be having too. But let's treat those
>>>>> independently from Starcon.)
>>>>>
>>>>> - Paul
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 06:50:19AM -0500, Raymond Chen wrote:
>>>>>> What a coincidence. I just read Julia's tweet of Kubernetes components
>>>>>> diagram a few hours ago,
>>>>>> https://twitter.com/b0rk/status/872822361199972352?s=09. The drawing
>>> is
>>>>>> cool.  Didn't realize she was in our community. Just remembered the
>>> Twitter
>>>>>> interesting handle
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Raymond
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Nov 27, 2017 23:24, "Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc" <
>>> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here is another ad! I went to the KW-CyberSecurity meetup this
>>> evening
>>>>>>> and one of the organizers of StarCon (starcon.io) was present. She
>>>>>>> said that they would like to have more attendees, but they don't have
>>>>>>> the money to increase venues, catering, etc. She said that Starcon is
>>>>>>> looking for sponsors.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Would you or your company be interested in sponsoring the conference?
>>>>>>> Apparently packages start at $500. I do not know how much money they
>>>>>>> want before they will open up registration to more people, though.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was not so sure about this conference when I first heard about it,
>>>>>>> but it looks as if it is going to be pretty great. Julia Evans is
>>>>>>> going to be one of the keynotes! She is b0rk on Twitter and has an
>>>>>>> amazing tech blog at jvns.ca , which I highly recommend even if you
>>>>>>> don't care about StarCon. It looks like a bunch of the other talks
>>> are
>>>>>>> good too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I figured that there are some people on this list who are either
>>>>>>> wealthy or work for wealthy companies that might be interested in
>>>>>>> sponsorships, so I am throwing this out there. (I guess KW Linux Fest
>>>>>>> might be another worthy recipient of sponsorships too, but I hear
>>>>>>> rumours that due to labour relations this may be delayed.)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - Paul
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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