Party moved back one night and becomes official sponsored event.
The WaterNight event to take place in Las Vegas during this month’s TRAFFIC show is now the conference’s official Thursday night party.
The event was going to be held on Wednesday night and open to everyone. The event was pushed back one evening and is now open to TRAFFIC attendees and non-domain industry supporters.
TRAFFIC organizers are donating $50 for each conference goer to attend the event and will provide the food. NameCheap is sponsoring the open bar.
The announcement of WaterNight, which benefits the non-profit Water School, set off a controversy with TRAFFIC organizers Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu, who were upset that domainers might attend the WaterNight event while not paying to attend TRAFFIC.
Changing the event to Thursday might be a classic win-win: TRAFFIC gets a good official party and the Water School raises money for its good cause.
You must register to attend WaterNight, and you are encouraged to also make your own $50 (or more) donation when you register. If you already registered and paid to attend before the change was made, I humbly request you to consider letting Water School keep your entry fee.
Raider says
Capitalizing on other people hard work, seems to be the primary reason Rick and Howard are so upset, in that regard you cant really blame them, but I wish they would stop their whining every time this happens, It’s the high priced admission to attend TRAFFIC that makes these private events so appealing.
I attend a lot of conventions every year and I go to a lot of these private gatherings, some sponsored and some not, and I have not once seen organizers whine about it to the degree Rick does.. But then again these are not $1775 a pop conventions, which tells me this might be more about “greed” than anything else.
As for what is “Fair” and what is not, with all the backstabbing and favoritism that goes on in this industry, does it really come as any surprise?
John says
Plenty of action in Vegas on a daily basis when it comes to Business