On Thu, 2017-06-22 at 16:57 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote:
Many speakers (~20) did not register for Flock when submitting
their
proposals. They didn't want to register because they weren't going
to
come unless their proposal was accepted.
Problem is, we then don't have their funding request info. If
decisions
about who is going to be funded are made regardless of whether or
not
they proposed a talk or not - if someone is essential, we should
consider their funding, but if they dont register we dont know how
much
funding they are asking for.
We should probably separate registration ("Yes, I'm coming") from
funding request ("I'd like to come, can you help fund me?")
Another issue is that there were folks that didn't want to register
until they knew they were accepted because they didn't want to lose
the
registration fee. Even though I think we explain we'd refund it.
Maybe
we should have some mechanism where you're only asked to pay it once
your funding request is accepted.
~m
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Many of the other conferences I have attended automatically cover the
registration fee for any accepted speakers. Also, if the speaker needs
funding they included that in the application...
I think the only issue there is people who would like to attend, but do
not have a session approved -- how do we handle that scenario?
If we are funding someone why would we not include the registration fee
in that funding?
Charles