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digitalmars.D.announce - DConf 2019 Submissions and Early-Bird Discount

reply Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:
The DConf 2019 submission deadline has passed. There's still time 
to send something in if you missed it. We won't be reviewing 
submissions until this coming weekend, so anything that comes in 
before then won't be turned away.

https://dconf.org/2019/index.html

That also means the early-bird discount is ending soon. If you're 
planning to attend, you'll save 15% on the registration fee if 
you register by Sunday. From Monday, the regular fee goes into 
effect.

https://dconf.org/2019/registration.html

For those of you have already registered, we've still got slots 
available for the tours on May 6 & 7. Email me at 
aldacron gmail.com if you want to participate.
Mar 11 2019
next sibling parent =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= <acehreli yahoo.com> writes:
I've just registered! (Reminder: Just two more days for the early bird 
registration deadline.)

I'm a little embarrassed to say that I'm more interested in free beer 
that Mike mentioned in the recent blog. :o)

   https://dlang.org/blog/2019/03/03/dmd-2-085-0-and-dconf-2019-news/

Can't wait,
Ali

On 03/11/2019 08:04 AM, Mike Parker wrote:

 The DConf 2019 submission deadline has passed. There's still time to 
 send something in if you missed it. We won't be reviewing submissions 
 until this coming weekend, so anything that comes in before then won't 
 be turned away.
 
 https://dconf.org/2019/index.html
 
 That also means the early-bird discount is ending soon. If you're 
 planning to attend, you'll save 15% on the registration fee if you 
 register by Sunday. From Monday, the regular fee goes into effect.
 
 https://dconf.org/2019/registration.html
 
 For those of you have already registered, we've still got slots 
 available for the tours on May 6 & 7. Email me at aldacron gmail.com if 
 you want to participate.
Mar 15 2019
prev sibling parent reply Bastiaan Veelo <Bastiaan Veelo.net> writes:
On Monday, 11 March 2019 at 15:04:54 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 https://dconf.org/2019/registration.html


I clicked through the Flipcause payment procedure because I know 
that is the preferred channel, and ticked the box for "I'd like 
to cover the processing fee so 100% of my contribution goes to D 
Language Foundation." This adds $20.29 to the bill; is that 
expected? Is it still cheaper than PayPall?
Mar 16 2019
parent reply Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:
On Saturday, 16 March 2019 at 14:29:57 UTC, Bastiaan Veelo wrote:

 On Monday, 11 March 2019 at 15:04:54 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 https://dconf.org/2019/registration.html


 I clicked through the Flipcause payment procedure because I 
 know that is the preferred channel, and ticked the box for "I'd 
 like to cover the processing fee so 100% of my contribution 
 goes to D Language Foundation." This adds $20.29 to the bill; 
 is that expected? Is it still cheaper than PayPall?


If you pay your $408 registration fee through PayPal, the 
foundation pays a processing fee of $18.25, so we only keep 
$389.75. If this was a donation, that's the end of it. But it's 
not a donation. We still need the full $408 as every dime will go 
to paying expenses and covering the VAT -- there's no profit to 
be had here -- so we end up paying a total of $36.50 for every 
early-bird registration that goes through PayPal. That total will 
increase when we start charging the normal registration fee. 
That's cheaper for registrants, more expensive for us.

So the Flipcause processing fee isn't much higher than PayPal's. 
Now, if you choose not to cover the fee, then we will have to 
cover it and will still end up doubling it to make use of the 
full amount. However, in this case, Flipcause guarantees us a 
minimum 1.5% processing fee since we're already paying a pretty 
hefty annual fee (which will be totally worth it for the services 
they offer, IMO, once we start making full use of them). We'll 
have to pay the full amount at the time you submit your form, but 
once a quarter they will reimburse us for anything we paid over 
1.5%. But that's just for the processing fee. The extra $20.29 to 
replace the deduction is still gone.

Essentially, if you're donating money through Flipcause, the more 
people who cover the processing fee the better, but it won't hurt 
us as bad as the PayPal fees people don't do so. But when 
registering for DConf, it's a big help when you cover the 
processing fee.
Mar 16 2019
parent Bastiaan Veelo <Bastiaan Veelo.net> writes:
On Saturday, 16 March 2019 at 16:02:41 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 Essentially, if you're donating money through Flipcause, the 
 more people who cover the processing fee the better, but it 
 won't hurt us as bad as the PayPal fees people don't do so. But 
 when registering for DConf, it's a big help when you cover the 
 processing fee.


Thanks for the clarification. I'm looking forward to see you 
again soon, and all you other great people!

Bastiaan.
Mar 16 2019