[jaredsohn]

Conferences often offer "student tickets" at a much lower rate and I think these "girl tickets" should be thought about and handled in a similar fashion. Certain groups are allowed to attend conferences at a lower rate because they might not otherwise and it is advantageous to the conference or industry that they do.

Instead of calling them "girl tickets" they should perhaps be called "women in tech" tickets or the conference should partner with one or more women in tech groups and name the tickets after them (i.e. PyCon could offer PyLadies tickets.) Conferences could even use membership in the women in tech groups as a way of certifying that people deserve the discounts similar to how a student ticket might require proving that one attends a university.

(These are just some ideas; one problem may be that some women in tech groups may also allow males to join, although it could be enough of a hurdle to prevent abuse.)

[geddski]

I like the idea of naming the ticket after one of the organizations, maybe even having them be a sponsor. I'm taking notes, thanks for great ideas like this!