{"id":7589,"date":"2024-12-18T15:11:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T04:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sydney.wordcamp.org\/2024\/?p=7589"},"modified":"2024-12-18T15:11:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T04:11:39","slug":"budget-and-survey-feedback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sydney.wordcamp.org\/2024\/budget-and-survey-feedback\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget and Survey Feedback"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With a focus on transparency and open-source, here is a budget breakdown for the conference, showing where the money came from and what it was spent on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The image below is the budget overview showing the top-level income and expenses. We used this sheet to ensure we were on track for the three cost scenarios (low, medium and high). We worked within a contingency of 10% of overall expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Budget Line Items<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The image below shows the actual line items for income and expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Budget Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Total Income = $77,555
Total Expenses = $71,830.71
Profit = $5,724.29

All profit goes back to Linux Australia<\/a> to be distributed amongst other open-source events and conferences within Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WordCamp Sydney 2024 Attendee Survey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We received 83 responses from the post-event attendee survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1\u2b50 to 5 \u2b50
Average rating (4.55)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Average rating (4.29)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Average rating (4.36)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Average rating (4.07)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Average rating (4.20)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Average rating (4.31)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Average rating (4.25)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Average rating (4.41)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Average rating (4.07)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Average rating (3.81)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Average rating (4.45)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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What was your favourite part of WordCamp Sydney?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Due to one unkind response, I’ll summarise the top five responses rather than post them all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Networking face-to-face with new and old friends<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The speaker talks and stories<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Catching up post-pandemic<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. The friendly community<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Q&A during sessions<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    What could we have done better?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Summary of responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n