“I think we’ll have a hard time convincing sponsors to support the Canary
Islands bid – it’s mid-Summer, a holiday destination, it’s out of the
way for people coming from the US and Australia, and the image people
will have when we present the plan to them will be “we’re paying for a
junket”.

Whether it’s true or not, there will be a perception that costs for both
accommodation and travel will be higher than if we’d held the conference
somewhere else. As two non-profits sending out begging letters, we need
to be careful about the message we send to sponsors by our acts.
Benefactors like to give money to organisations they see as being frugal.”

I wish I’d been wrong.

Dave.