Show HN: Transparency report for Makerland conference

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Post by kubindurion » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 11:33 AM UTC

Show HN: Transparency report for Makerland conference
makerland.org

Re: Show HN: Transparency report for Makerland conference

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Post by lpelszyn » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 11:42 AM UTC

Interesting that it's not for profit, that's cool!

Re: Show HN: Transparency report for Makerland conference

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Post by krzrak » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 11:53 AM UTC

In my opinion, the report should be more detailed, to be considered as "transparency report". I.e. what exactly was 760 EUR / speaker spent on? What is "misc"? Who were the sponsors? Anyway, move in the right direction :)

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Post by haxoza » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 11:54 AM UTC

lpelszyn wrote: post #2

Interesting that it's not for profit, that's cool!

Thanks! That was kind of "people first" conference.

Re: Show HN: Transparency report for Makerland conference

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Post by olasitarska » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 12:01 PM UTC

krzrak wrote: post #3

In my opinion, the report should be more detailed, to be considered as "transparency report". I.e. what exactly was 760 EUR / speaker spent on? What is "misc"? Who were the sponsors? Anyway, move in the right direction :)

Sponsors are listed on the website: http://2014.makerland.org/

Speakers costs includes flights or hotels for speakers who wouldn't be able to attend otherwise.

Misc (Miscellaneous) are all other small costs like payment fees, or accounting, or hosting - small & boring costs like that.

I think there has to be a good balance and if we will go for all details, it'd be just boring for most of the people.

Re: Show HN: Transparency report for Makerland conference

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Post by kubindurion » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 12:02 PM UTC

krzrak wrote: post #3

In my opinion, the report should be more detailed, to be considered as "transparency report". I.e. what exactly was 760 EUR / speaker spent on? What is "misc"? Who were the sponsors? Anyway, move in the right direction :)

thanks for the feedback!

Re: Show HN: Transparency report for Makerland conference

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Post by sudapl » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 12:06 PM UTC

This is probably the best conference goodie bag I've seen.

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Post by aeonflux » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 12:12 PM UTC

It would be nice if there would be an option to purchase swag bag after the conference by non-attendees. It looks pretty awsome and oustanding. btw: Are there any videos somwhere, I can't seem to find anything on the site.

Re: Show HN: Transparency report for Makerland conference

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Post by olasitarska » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 12:15 PM UTC

aeonflux wrote: post #8

It would be nice if there would be an option to purchase swag bag after the conference by non-attendees. It looks pretty awsome and oustanding. btw: Are there any videos somwhere, I can't seem to find anything on the site.

Videos are here: https://vimeo.com/makerland/videos

Thanks for the idea of option to purchase swag bag, we will think about it! Right now we only sell MAKE THINGS hoodies: http://store.makerland.org/

Re: Show HN: Transparency report for Makerland conference

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Post by krzrak » Wed, Apr 16, 2014, 1:16 PM UTC

olasitarska wrote: post #5

krzrak wrote: post #3

In my opinion, the report should be more detailed, to be considered as "transparency report". I.e. what exactly was 760 EUR / speaker spent on? What is "misc"? Who were the sponsors? Anyway, move in the right direction :)

Sponsors are listed on the website: http://2014.makerland.org/ Speakers costs includes flights or hotels for speakers who wouldn't be able to attend otherwise. Misc (Miscellaneous) are all other small costs like payment fees, or accounting, or hosting - small & boring costs like that. I think there has to be a good balance and if we will go for all details, it'd be just boring for most of the people.

Thanks for the clarification. I was, however, not interested in this specific information, rather giving my opinion about the "transparency" of the report. Some data might be boring, but still important in the matter of transparency.