Am 03.06.2015 um 14:51 schrieb Robert Schweikert:
Yes, travel expenses need to be taken into consideration. However, the TSP is there to help. While I do not have the hard numbers handy, my gut feel tells me that we do not get overwhelmed by TSP applications and in the end we have money left over.
I'm in the comfortable position that my boss would pay for the Conference, but for me, Time on Weekends is valuable. Last openSUSE Conferences I attended were * Nürnberg * Prague Prague is even nearer than Nürnberg (a 2h train ride) for me. I could not be bothered to go to Dubrovnik, Athens or The Hague, because it is just too much hassle. Somehow the date just never fits for me so that I could throw in an additional week of holiday with my family (which would be horribly bored at the conference). And for example this year it would have meant leaving work early on Thursday, flying to The Hague, 4 Days of conference, coming back home Monday evening very late just so that I can go back to work on tuesday morning. I'm too old for that :-) I personally like the professional conferences much better that start on Tuesday and end on Thursday or Friday -- I am off work for a week and back home at the weekend :-) Yes, I know, for most contributors this is not an option, and not everyone is in the lucky position I am. It is just *one* explanation why many people might not attend the conferences.
Fair enough, that of course raises the question if we should continue with oSC. Considering that it is a lot of effort for volunteers to pull the conference together.
I was actually thinking about this, too, and I most likely would have gone to The Hague, but we had a family event on May 1st and that decided the issue for me. Best regards, Stefan -- Stefan Seyfried "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." -- Richard Feynman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org