[asterisk-users] Astricon

[Jeff LaCoursiere]

On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Darrick Hartman wrote:

> John Todd wrote:
>> On Oct 17, 2009, at 7:47 PM, Michael Graves wrote:
>>
>>> I'm told that they will show up on the event site in about three
>>> weeks.
>>>
>>> On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:29:48 +0000 (UTC), Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wish I could have made it :(  Is there a possibility of a
>>>> collection of
>>>> the talks/slides/handouts/videos/presentations for download?  Even
>>>> pay
>>>> for?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> j
>>
>>
>> The presentations will be available "real soon now" but the videos may
>> take a bit longer.
>>
>> Indeed, there will be a cross-section of videos available soon.  We're
>> working on the schedule for these, but it takes some time to post-
>> process the videos and then we're probably not going to put them up
>> all at once, nor will all of them appear.  Three of the four tracks
>> were taped, and we'll pick some highlights (I'm taking suggestions -
>> email me with your ideas if you liked a particular talk or want to see
>> something specific.)
>>
>> We have to balance a few things - if we put all the talks up, there is
>> a fear (not universally held, I might add) that it will effect
>> attendance next year.  Even a few percentage points would make the
>> conference go from what is essentially a break-even to "in the red"
>> and that's something we're trying very, VERY hard to avoid.  However,
>> posting the best talks will also excite people about attending next
>> year, so that's a positive for the conference.
>
> John,
>
> It would be great if you could make more of the talks available to those
> that attended the conference.  I know there were a few times where two
> interesting talks happened at the same time.
>
> Darrick
>

Or charge for full access!  Leave a few teasers, and charge some amount to 
see them all.  I would pay - even close to attendance price... could only 
help you get past break even ;)

j