Phoenix Forum - You going ?

[Hell Puppy]

Problem is the show in the format everyone loves wont scale. You already have the main sponsors like ccbill pumping tens of thousands into this show so everyone can have a good time and keep it all inclusive for nothing or close to it. Are they even charging ANYTHING?

Expanding it would mean a greater outlay with no real increase on returns. You basically would accomodate more freeloaders.

Keep the venue, charge $300, see what happens.

I like a reasonable registration fee simply because it weeds the guys who are only there to party. Consider that MOST "mainstream" industry conferences cost $1600 and up. Let's say you're at a conference for database administrators, it would never cross your mind whether the guy drinking at the open bar is an actually active participant in the industry. You know he's making his living doing databases or he'd have no business there.

In our business, hard to tell whether the guy sitting across from you is capable of sending you a couple of dozen signups a day or whether he just hangs out on GFY, submits 4-5 galleries a day, and is playing hookie from college (or mom's basement or both) for a couple of days to come drink and look at naked chicks.