I’m curious how many people are accepted for general admission but are then unable to attend because there isn’t enough travel funding, and to what extent the amount other attendees paying for tickets affects this?
This year, 216 people cancelled their ticket (~30% of cancellations) because they couldn’t afford to attend, though this might have meant ticket costs rather than travel support. There were 360 people from BA and London (sorry, I don’t have Boston data to hand) who had travel support rejected who didn’t attend, though they might not have attended for other reasons. So, I’d guess in the hundreds.
If more attendees opted to buy a higher-priced ticket, we could spend more on the event beyond what we fundraise. We don’t directly allocate marginal revenue to a specific line item though travel support is something we would likely consider spending more on if we had more funding available. Note though that ticket revenue makes up a small % of our budget (~16% in 2024).
Seconding Guy Raveh on transparency, thank you!
I’m curious how many people are accepted for general admission but are then unable to attend because there isn’t enough travel funding, and to what extent the amount other attendees paying for tickets affects this?
This year, 216 people cancelled their ticket (~30% of cancellations) because they couldn’t afford to attend, though this might have meant ticket costs rather than travel support. There were 360 people from BA and London (sorry, I don’t have Boston data to hand) who had travel support rejected who didn’t attend, though they might not have attended for other reasons. So, I’d guess in the hundreds.
If more attendees opted to buy a higher-priced ticket, we could spend more on the event beyond what we fundraise. We don’t directly allocate marginal revenue to a specific line item though travel support is something we would likely consider spending more on if we had more funding available. Note though that ticket revenue makes up a small % of our budget (~16% in 2024).