[nycbug-talk] Student Discounts

[Ray Lai]

On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 03:20:00PM -0400, Jonathan Vanasco wrote:
> On Oct 9, 2006, at 2:39 PM, Tim Allender wrote:
> > I suggest we reverse ourselves on this and give all New York City
> > students $50 admission at the door.
> 
> +1 that
> +2 all students in general
> 
> even the overpriced tech and design conferences have drastically  
> reduced prices for students
> 
> when you're worried about living on loans, accumulating debt, and  
> working $6hr jobs on campus , the full price is just too much
> even $50 for a student is high- its an acceptable high- but its still  
> a pricepoint where someone would REALLY want to go in order to check  
> it out.  maybe a $25 day rate would be better for students?
> 
> i wouldn't be eligible for it either-- i just remember living on  
> those budgets vividly.

We should be paid to go.  The cost of living, the commute, and the
sacrificed weekend adds up to too much.  I am sure there are places
that will pay us to hold the conference there.

-Ray-