[wsfii-discuss] a nominal registration 'nuisance fee'/local currency investment for WSFII?

Mon Aug 22 16:23:44 UTC 2005

Great idea with some irc interaction.

i'll start lurking around on #wsfii in the expectation that someone will 
join me there :-)

cheers

/tomas

Jo Walsh wrote:

>This is from #wirelesslondon on irc.oftc.net where Saul and i get
>talking about WSFII from time to time. Perhaps we could start a #wsfii
>channel there?
>
>What do list members think of levying a token registration fee, in the
>order of ten pounds, which can be 'sold' for local currency that we
>hope to persuade local shops to accept, and also act as proof of faith
>for registrees...
>
>12:53 < saul> zool: what do you think about charging for entry?
>12:53 < zool> i think a ten quid nuisance fee would be fine 
>12:53 < zool> perhaps we should rais it on the discuss list?
>12:53 < saul> cool
>12:53 < saul> I think it's worth raising on list, for sure
>12:55 < saul> maybe just have a 'noone will be excluded for cost
>reasons' concession
>12:55 < saul> so you can pay what you can if you can't make the £10
>12:55 < zool> nod
>13:01 < saul> mary also suggested an event currency
>13:01 < saul> as a pump primer for the lime
>13:02 < saul> this could work as your entry ticket, and feed you in
>local shops (or you might have to convert more)
>13:03 < saul> then we could do a deal with local shops - we convert
>from £ to limes, then they get re-imbursed for 80% of the cost of
>food bought
>13:03 < zool> yeah
>13:03 < saul> another way to generate income for wsfii 2006 + costs 
>
>
>-jo
>
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