# Rails Conf 2007 Registration is open **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 2, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-conf-2007-registration-is-open/84268 "2007-02-02T20:36:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bob)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-conf-2007-registration-is-open/84268/1 "2007-02-02T20:36:35Z")
This was just posted on the ruby mailing list: =============================================== Hey all, The 2007 Rails Conference is now open for registration: > **[Conferences - O'Reilly Media](https://www.oreilly.com/conferences/)** > > Transforming our in-person events to online This sold out VERY quickly last year…just remember that! See you there, Rich ---
**Author:** ![bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bob)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-conf-2007-registration-is-open/84268/2 "2007-02-02T20:52:33Z")
Sweet macaroni, $645.00 early registration is a bit pricey huh. > **[Conferences - O'Reilly Media](https://www.oreilly.com/conferences/)** > > Transforming our in-person events to online Bob wrote: > This was just posted on the ruby mailing list: > > =============================================== > > Hey all, > > The 2007 Rails Conference is now open for registration: > > [Conferences - O'Reilly Media](http://conferences.oreillynet.com/rails/) > > This sold out VERY quickly last year…just remember that! > > See you there, > > Rich ---
**Author:** ![bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bob)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-conf-2007-registration-is-open/84268/3 "2007-02-02T21:54:22Z")
On Feb 2, 2007, at 2:52 PM, Jay Krugn wrote: > Sweet macaroni, $645.00 early registration is a bit pricey huh. > [Conferences - O'Reilly Media](http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/51/pricing.html) That’s a milder way of putting it than first occurred to me. The hefty price increase will probably keep me home this year. Even with a 15% discount as an attendee last year plus a 40% discount as an employee at a non-profit organization, it would cost me 2x as much to attend this year as last! Craig ---
**Author:** ![bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bob)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-conf-2007-registration-is-open/84268/4 "2007-02-02T22:05:23Z")
Craig D. wrote: > Jay Krugn wrote: > > Sweet macaroni, $645.00 early registration is a bit pricey huh. > > [Conferences - O'Reilly Media](http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/51/pricing.html) > That’s a milder way of putting it than first occurred to me. Yeah, it costs about 6 hours of coding in Rails. right? 😉 – Phlip [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand](http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand) ← NOT a blog!! ---
**Author:** ![bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bob)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-conf-2007-registration-is-open/84268/5 "2007-02-02T22:07:24Z")
> On 2/2/07, Craig D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > That’s a milder way of putting it than first occurred to me. The > hefty price increase will probably keep me home this year. Even with > a 15% discount as an attendee last year plus a 40% discount as an > employee at a non-profit organization, it would cost me 2x as much to > attend this year as last! > > Craig I will agree it’s not cheap, but it’s certainly not “hefty”. There are plenty of other tech conferences costing several times more than RailsConf (see MySQL and Web 2.0 conf for starters). Plus, at 55% off your only paying $400. $100 a day - not bad for tech training. At least it’s not in some remote, exotic location that costs $1k just to fly to… Anyways, just my $0.02. – Ed ---
**Author:** ![bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bob)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 10:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-conf-2007-registration-is-open/84268/6 "2007-02-02T22:17:25Z")
On 2 fév, 22:06, “Ed Hickey” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > On 2/2/07, Craig D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > ## At least it’s not in some remote, exotic location that costs $1k just to fly to… > > Ed Hey, I’m in Belgium 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bob)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-conf-2007-registration-is-open/84268/7 "2007-02-02T22:20:26Z")
On Feb 2, 2007, at 4:06 PM, Ed Hickey wrote: > I will agree it’s not cheap, but it’s certainly not “hefty”. There > are plenty of other tech conferences costing several times more than > RailsConf (see MySQL and Web 2.0 conf for starters). Plus, at 55% off > your only paying $400. $100 a day - not bad for tech training. Very true. But the base price increase over last year ($200) is 322.5% (early bird @ $645) or 397.5% (standard @ $795)! Seems very hefty to me. Maybe I’m just cranky, though, because the total price (conf. + travel + hotel) is beyond my budget right now. Craig ---
**Author:** ![bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bob)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-conf-2007-registration-is-open/84268/8 "2007-02-02T22:19:25Z")
On Feb 2, 2007, at 4:06 PM, Ed Hickey wrote: > I will agree it’s not cheap, but it’s certainly not “hefty”. There > Ed > Well, the discounts don’t stack, you can take a 15% or a 40%, but not > both. In any case, the airfare and hotel (and dinners) will come to more than the conference itself. Not a bad deal overall. I don’t know why they even bother having a “Regular” rate – the “Early Birds” are all there are, right? 😉 Strangely, I registered for RailsConf2006 on 2/2/2006 and now RailsConf2007 on 2/2/2007. Is there some Groundhog tie-in to Rails that I’ve missed? -Rob Rob B. [http://agileconsultingllc.com](http://agileconsultingllc.com) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bob)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-conf-2007-registration-is-open/84268/9 "2007-02-02T22:37:27Z")
On Feb 2, 2007, at 4:06 PM, Ed Hickey wrote: > I will agree it’s not cheap, but it’s certainly not “hefty”. There > are plenty of other tech conferences costing several times more than > RailsConf (see MySQL and Web 2.0 conf for starters). Plus, at 55% off > your only paying $400. $100 a day - not bad for tech training. Sorry everyone; looks like I botched my math by using $200 instead of $400 as the base price for RailsConf 2006. The corrected increases are 161.25% (early bird) and 198.75% (standard). Definitely not as hefty as I thought. Craig