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Hello,<br>
<br>
I would like to thank James, Brent, Anthony and everybody involved
on behalf of Linux Australia for running an amazing event. I've
heard nothing but praise for how it went.<br>
<br>
Thanks for sending through this report, it's a great summary which
will hopefully encourage people to attend future WordCamp events.<br>
<br>
To wrap things up I have attached a profit and loss for WordCamp
Melbourne 2011 that covers their entire operating period.<br>
<br>
Warm Regards,<br>
Josh<br>
<br>
On 17/05/11 20:53, WordCamp Melbourne wrote:
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type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">
<div>Hi all,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Please find below a summary of WordCamp Melbourne 2011,
which was run in February of this year.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>2011 saw Melbourne's second ever WordCamp - a conference
specifically for the growing community of WordPress users,
themers and developers. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The two day event was held at the North Melbourne Town
Hall, and attracted more than 175 attendees and speakers [1]
from more than 5 countries (and most states across Australia)!</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The event had the support [2] of seven local and one
international sponsor. This allowed us to price tickets at an
affordable $50 each (and $35 for students).</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Overall we were able to run the event with a 15% profit
margin, and we hope to use this money to help make the 2012
event even better.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The event gained extensive coverage online, not only via
photos [3], presentation videos [4,5] and slides [6], but by
third parties such as WordCast.com [7] and various blogs and
Twitter users [8].</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Although all of these outcomes indicate that the event was
a success, there are two other reasons why we feel the event
was successful (and make us feel positive about its future).</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Firstly, in our feedback survey [9] we received great
feedback. Most attendees rated the venue, speakers and other
indicators of the event very positively. Tweets and comments
floated around saying the ticket price was the best conference
money they had ever spent.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Secondly, planning for next year's event is already
underway, with the organising committee growing from 3 for
2011's event to 7 for 2012's event.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>We would like to thank everyone who made the event
possible, including attendees, sponsors, speakers, volunteers
and supporters. In particular we would like to thank Linux
Australia for their support.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Sincerely,</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The WordCamp Melbourne 2011 Organisers (James Collins,
Brent Shepherd and Anthony Cole)</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>[1] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://melbourne.wordcamp.org.au/schedule/"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">http://melbourne.wordcamp.org.au/schedule/</a></div>
<div>[2] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://melbourne.wordcamp.org.au/sponsors/"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">http://melbourne.wordcamp.org.au/sponsors/</a></div>
<div>[3] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://melbourne.wordcamp.org.au/photo-gallery/"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">http://melbourne.wordcamp.org.au/photo-gallery/</a></div>
<div>[4] <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://wcmelb.blip.tv/"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">http://wcmelb.blip.tv/</a></div>
<div>[5] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wordpress.tv/event/wordcamp-melbourne-2011/"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">http://wordpress.tv/event/wordcamp-melbourne-2011/</a></div>
<div>[6] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.slideshare.net/tag/wcmelb" target="_blank"
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">http://www.slideshare.net/tag/wcmelb</a></div>
<div>[7] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wordcastnet.com/2011/wordcamp-melbourne-2011-the-good-bad-and-ugly/"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">http://wordcastnet.com/2011/wordcamp-melbourne-2011-the-good-bad-and-ugly/</a></div>
<div>[8] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.slideshare.net/johnhaining/tweetstream-transcript-for-wcmelb"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">http://www.slideshare.net/johnhaining/tweetstream-transcript-for-wcmelb</a></div>
<div>
[9] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://melbourne.wordcamp.org.au/2011/04/08/wordcamp-melbourne-2011-feedback-survey-results/"
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">http://melbourne.wordcamp.org.au/2011/04/08/wordcamp-melbourne-2011-feedback-survey-results/</a></div>
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