[safnog-oc] SAFNOG 4 / EANOG | What is the status now?

Tue Sep 4 07:57:33 UTC 2018

Hey Folks,

Here is an update on the registrations  We now have 9 registered with 20
days to the event.  See below

I know we have some discussion online on how to push for registrations.  Is
it going to bear fruits soon?

We really do NOT want a situation where overseas participants have booked
air tickets and hotel and have to cancel them at a cost.
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regards,
Molly

On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 9:01 PM Noah Maina <noah.maina at seacom.mu> wrote:

> Hi Team
>
>
> We are working as local organizing committee to push for more registration
> and we will be meeting next week Tuesday to iron most of the urgent issues
> at hand.
>
>
> In terms of registration in general like i indicated earlier, paying using
> VISA/Mastercard is not common in Tanzania as Mobile Money option is widely
> used hence the importance of emphasizing onsite registration.
>
>
> PS: At the bottom of the eventbrite page for registration, this option of
> onsite registration is not that visible and its easier for someone not to
> figure it our as the font is to tiny.
>
>
> Meanwhile, we will get back to the OC on the issue of tzNOG students
> participation who we believe should be given either free pass or find a way
> to fund their participation.
>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> *Noah Maina*
> AS37100 Peering Team
> http://as37100.net/?peering
>
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Miss Portia <portia.rabonda at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 30, 2018 1:09 PM
> *To:* Molly Cheam
> *Cc:* safnog-oc at safnog.org
> *Subject:* Re: [safnog-oc] SAFNOG 4 / EANOG | Rego Status | Urgent
> attention required
>
> Hello All,
>
> I’m for the free promo codes for students with valid student cards/
> confirmation of enrollment at a registered institution.
>
> Regards,
> Portia
>
> On Thu, 30 Aug 2018 at 11:25, Molly Cheam <molly at apricot.net> wrote:
>
>> I have no objection but I doubt if the students will be willing to pay
>> USD20.
>>
>> regards,
>> Molly
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 7:21 PM Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:
>>
>>> I'd be fine with that if the rest of the OC are.
>>>
>>> Mark.
>>>
>>> On 30/Aug/18 11:11, Jessica Magagane (jmagagan) wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Mark,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is it possible to have a $20.00 rate for students, if they can produce a
>>> student card & confirmation that they are current students)?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jessica.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From: *Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> <mark.tinka at seacom.mu>
>>> *Date: *Thursday, 30 August 2018 at 11:00
>>> *To: *Nishal Goburdhan <nishal at controlfreak.co.za>
>>> <nishal at controlfreak.co.za>, "safnog-oc at safnog.org"
>>> <safnog-oc at safnog.org> <safnog-oc at safnog.org> <safnog-oc at safnog.org>
>>> *Subject: *Re: [safnog-oc] SAFNOG 4 / EANOG | Rego Status | Urgent
>>> attention required
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 29/Aug/18 23:00, Nishal Goburdhan wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> one of my ex-students (who is a student) reached out to me about this
>>> and asked if i could help her with this.  $50 is more than she could
>>> afford.  i told her to register and that i’d pay for her “at the door”.
>>> so, i think that the money payment is definitely keeping folks away, but,
>>> i’d really prefer not to remove that, since it does help keep our numbers
>>> manageable  (this from a “free” afpif last week, where we had 700
>>> registrants *confirm* attendance, and then 413 arrive)
>>>
>>>
>>> We have always had room for free participants. In the past, the delivery
>>> mode was OC members got 10 complimentary codes and would issue those to
>>> their network to rego for free. Do we feel this is something that would
>>> help? If so, we can get those codes quickly issued and we can all
>>> distribute them to those we feel should come but can't afford to.
>>>
>>> More than likely, it will be local folk, as anyone spending money to fly
>>> into DAR can afford US$50.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> i think worthy questions are:
>>> # is $50 too high for the local (non-student) attendees?  noah, or
>>> someone else from the area?
>>>
>>>
>>> Valid question. If we feel it's too high, I'm certain we can consider
>>> lowering it, or having a lower fee for students.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> # are we reaching out to local industry sufficiently, to help with
>>> registrants?
>>>
>>>
>>> I think we need to do more of this. By my count, I expect the majority
>>> of participants will come from Tanzania.
>>>
>>> Mark.
>>>
>>>
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