I would love to go, but it would be difficult for me to afford, and I'll be busy Aug 3-9 and 11-16. So alas, all I can say is that if you set up a financial aid fund and the event was outside those date ranges, I would apply :-)
Thanks, there's most likely to be some kind of concession price if I can make the numbers add up.
On the principle of organising events that I want to attend myself, I would very much like to organise a rationality conference/convention in the UK. I organise events for a living; in addition, in my free time I've organised five ~200 person weekend conventions and several other events.
At the moment I am thinking of a one day event on a weekend or a Friday in August, at Stamford Bridge or somewhere else easy to get to around London. There would probably also be a pre-conference dinner, or private bar night with music.
Costs would be in the region of £50-£100 a head including lunch.
Can I get a show of hands to see if the idea is viable?