Budget

Expenses

This is obviously a quick draft outline, to start the conversation. -ZB

Attendee Perks and Services

1. Name badge laminates

• Branding:
  • NoLang
  • sponsor?

1. Neck Lanyards

• Branding:
  • NoLang
  • sponsor?

1. T-shirt

• American Apparel t-shirt stock
• Screenprinting
  • Campus Customs?
  • Other
• Branding
  • NoLang
  • sponsor?

1. Lunch

• food trucks
  • coupon included w/ registration

1. Dinner / After Party

• food
  • pay-your-own?
  • sponsored buffet?
• drinks
  • 2 drink tickets sponsored?
    • beer and wine only?
  • pay-your-own rest of evening?

1. Speakers

• stipend
• travel / lodging / food

Revenue

Attendee Registration

• Ticket Types (relax, just examples!)
  • Attendee - Student: $40
  • Attendee - Early Bird: $60 (ends 5/31)
  • Attendee - Regular: $80 (ends 8/31)
  • Attendee - Walk-up: $100 (9/6 only)
  • Speaker: FREE (invite only)

Sponsorship

1. Sponsor Tiers

• Gold, Silver, Bronze
  • Save Platinum for a late-arriving super-angel w/ $10,000?
• Other nerdy/local reference?
  • Pepe's, Sally's, Modern? (nevermind, that's a fight)
  • Nutmegs, Blades, Nighthawks, Beast (historic hockey teams)

1. Target Companies

• Local/Startup
  • e.g. Continuity Control, SeeClickFix, Prometheus, Digital Surgeons, Pit Rho, Core Informatics
• Enterprise
  • e.g. Sikorsky, ESPN, General Electric
• State
  • e.g. CTC, CI

1. Examples:

• Nordic Ruby Conf: sponsor list | one-sheet (PDF)
• Los Angeles Ruby Conf: sponsor list | one-sheet (PDF)
• GothamJS: sponsor list & one-sheet