[ajug-members] Sold out!

James Taylor james at ann-michelle.com
Mon Mar 9 17:42:02 EDT 2009


Welp, registered and now can't attend.

I wonder if it is OK to resell my seat?

Anyone interested?

James

On Mar 5, 2009, at 2:17 PM, Burr Sutter wrote:

> DevNexus is FULL!
>
> Our contractual obligations require us to provide final numbers to  
> the Galleria three business days in advance of the event so they can  
> finalize their ordering and prepare to receive us.  Because we  
> operate the event with zero profit (our sponsors keep the event on  
> budget) there is no margin for error therefore we do not over  
> purchase in anticipation of last minute attendees.   If 10 people  
> register on time then we only purchase 10 meals, snacks, chairs,  
> etc, plus we have make a "bet" many months in advanced on the number  
> of attendees.
>
> Due to all the turmoil in the local & global economy we scaled back  
> the event accordingly, to insure the financial viability of the  
> Atlanta Java Users Group for years to come.  There are real risks  
> associated with this sort of event.  This event (details still  
> coming in) will cost us approximately $35,000 which is a major  
> financial risk to the AJUG if we don't monitoring things very closely.
>
> For those of you who did register early, thank you very much as it  
> helps with our planning!
>
> Please encourage your colleagues to subscribe to the ajug-announce  
> email list so they can be better prepared in the future.  We are  
> very interested in being as inclusive and open as possible but  
> detailed plans are required for something like DevNexus therefore  
> advanced registration is a requirement.
>
> Burr
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