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	Show HN: Transparency report for Makerland conference (makerland.org)
	22 points by kubindurion 4442 days ago

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krzrak 4442 days ago

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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olasitarska 4442 days ago

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.

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krzrak 4442 days ago

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.

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kubindurion 4442 days ago

thanks for the feedback!

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aeonflux 4442 days ago

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.

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olasitarska 4442 days ago

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/

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sudapl 4442 days ago

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

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lpelszyn 4442 days ago

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

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haxoza 4442 days ago

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

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