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In article <1992Aug28.184628.3849@news.arc.nasa.gov>, mcmahon@tgv.com (John 'Fast-Eddie/FuzzFace' McMahon) writes:
>
>In article <1992Aug17.185327.534@decuac.dec.com>, avolio@dco.DEC.COM (Frederick M. Avolio) writes:
>=
>=As for $550.00.... I don't know... There's an awful lot of information
>=packed in there.  I like DECUS.  I'm not sure $550 -- which includes
>=continental breakfast and a full dinner-size, pig-out lunch -- is such
>=a bad deal.
>
>DECUS is not cheap!  In addition to the cost of the Symposium,
>you have to pay "downtown" hotel prices ($60-$120 a night) and
>cover travel to the Symposium.  A estimate of $1500 to $2000 is
>what I usually use.  That's a tough nut to swallow if it's coming
>out of your own pocket.
>

From your figures (which do not include lost income for the self-emplyed, at
least $2,000 at $50/hr), which I think are a little low, the $550 is 28-37%
reducing the fee to $500 would cut the cost by only about 2-3%.  As for the
hotel, all of the cities we are using have lower cost rooms (~$25/night) in the
suburbs, all you have to do is drive or take public transportation.

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