[Linux-aus] Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia leader) tours AU

[Janet Hawtin]

On 3/17/07, Pascal Klein <4pascal at tpg.com.au> wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 11:34 +1100, Nathan Bailey wrote:
> > At $300 a head though...
>
> I *really* want to go to the one in Sydney but that price totally puts
> me off especially ontop of transportation costs. I can't see why they
> want to charge 300 dollars per head. This price tag instantly excludes
> all students who ultimately are the ones that are a central part of the
> education system and should, in my opinion, be one of the target
> audiences.
>
> I feel like emailing these guys and asking why it's so expensive or at
> least requesting that students get a bit of a discount. Am I being
> stupid here or..?

No its understandable.
but Wikipedia is free.
Jimmy Wales is not.
I believe it will be recorded.

Janet