> I was there:

So did I. It seems you missed my report...

> Nobody paid for my expenses, i was there spending my own money.

The same here. My expenses were 250 euros. May I ask about yours?

> And here we talk about the difference between typical visitors of the
> Froscon compared to typical visitors of the firebird conference.

Could you also show count of visitors on FB Conferences, year-by-year?

> The froscon attracts only one area of programmers and it is for sure not the typical Firebird developer.

Sure, typical Firebird developers won't attend conference where no
Firebird-related sessions are held. It is exactly what I'm talking
about: we must invade wherever possible.

> And most of us remember some highlights, for example helen asking
> at the receiption desk for a power supply and standing next to
> somebody she knew since years from emails and newsroups but never
> personally. Or the battle between nikolay and jim ... You can read
> a lot of the stories in the newsgroups.

And can you tell a single reason why such events can happen on FBCon
only? Letting alone the fact that these people so far visited FBCon only.

> The 69 Euro entrance fee is only valid for the saturday, so we called
> this the private ticket. Even if your employer will not pay for your
> conference fee, you might be able to come to munich and pay on your own.
> Firebird knowledge might sometimes help you a lot to find a new

better paid job.

Few questions:
1) Can I buy "private ticket" at place, without pre-registration?
2) Can it be cheaper without IBE voucher?
3) If you know anybody with Firebird-related job offers, can you ask
them to post it into firebird-job list?

> the more people we can attract for the conference, the more visibility
> the firebird project will have.

And this is exactly the reason why we must aggressively invade to
other conferences. Your basic introduction to Firebird was good, but far
not enough.

SY, SD.