από Site Admin Πεμ Οκτ 27, 2011 9:21 am
The Koronakis "team" (which actually composes the core of the astrological "club" "Pame Astrologia") published on their many blogs and websites the BUDGET of their first astrological conference. The fact is that they published this budget only "a posteriori", after they were confronted with the general outcry. You can see the budget further below.
The budget for their astrological conference exceeds the astronomical - to the current Greek standards - amount of 20,000 euros! This begs the following questions:
1) Why Koronakis and "Co." chose to make an OVER EXPENSIVE astrological conference, at a time when Greece sinks in an unprecedented economic crisis? They could have found on their own an inexpensive conference hall and (with some volunteer work from the part of their numerous "team") to have this conference done with just a small fraction of the current budget! (Please note: the conferences based on voluntary work are rather common in Greece, which actually is the poorest country in Western Europe).
2) Why the sponsors did not cover the cost of this conference? The fact that there are sponsors (a jeweller's chain-store among them) is clearly stated in a particular page that will be given to the public at their entrance in the conference. The very cost of this page has been figured out and included in the cost of the "Pame Astrologia" conference! (See in the budget below: "Sponsors (1 page)").
3) Some coffee and a light buffet will be offered to the conference attendees, the cost of which amounts to 9,000 euros! Those familiar with the catering bussiness know that "the wholesale" cost of some coffee, cookies and sandwiches is far lower than 9,000 Euros. Some people will earn enough money from this buffet. So, we wonder did ever the "Pame Astrologia" heads negotiated the price of this somehow mandatory buffet? Because this conference is supposed to benefit mostly Greek Astrology and not the pockets of the various merchants!
3) Many of the conference expenses are literally unacceptable, like the 300 Euros banners (an excessive sum to current Greek financial standards)! With some volunteer work from their part, Koronakis and the numerous members of their "team" could have made those banners on their own - on their personals computers, printing them afterwards in the photocopy store of their neighborhood. They would have paid then just 30 - 50 Euros for these banners! But in reality they were not concerned at all on how to make this conference less expensive. They have contracted the conference to some "traders", whose sole purpose is - very naturally - to maximize their profits!
4) The capacity of the "Dais" amphitheater is of 414 people. With the huge campaign the people of "Pame Astrologia" are conducting and with the AMAZING public relations they command, it is likely that the hall will be filled with people. The "Pame Astrologia" club will cash then something like 40,000 Euros. But as the budget for this conference is just 20,000 Euros the remaining 20,000 euros where will they go; It is important to know, because Dimitris Koronakis and "Co." - the people at the "core" of "Pame Astrologia" - are fervently professing that they founded the "Pame Astrologia" club in order TO ENHANCE GREEK ASTROLOGY!
Thomas Gazis
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Conference Budget "Pame Astrologia" (as it was translated in English and published by the "Pame Astrologia" people).
1: AstroReflections before 2012"
Conference Budget
“Even reckoning makes lasting friends”
As an association, we are trying for the best on every front: from the conference hall to the smallest detail. At least that is what our respect for our object and primarily for you – the audience of the conference – dictates.
The only thing we are asking is your practical support, so that this first celebratory conference may be followed by others throughout Greece.
Pame Astrologia!
And because "even reckoning makes lasting friends", we are publishing the detailed budget of the conference to be held on 12 and 13 November 2011, at Dais Conference Center.
A. CONTRACT WITH DAIS CONFERENCE CENTER
Rent for amphitheatric conference hall: €1,260/day
(€1,800-30% discount)
TOTAL: €2,520
Catering
Coffee & lunch break €15/person, per day
Menu
Breakfast (10:00-11:00)
Filter coffee
Selection of teas
Orange juice
Selection of cookies and biscuits
Buffet Lunch (15:00-16:30)
Cherry tomatoes with feta cheese mousse
Ham and cheese sandwiches
Chicken salad sandwiches
Turkey and red pesto wraps
Parmesan tartlets
Vegetable sticks and dips
Open Bar
Refreshments/mineral water + Coffee Refill
TOTAL: €9,000
(figures are calculated for 300 people)
B. SECRETARIAL SUPPORT
Staff
Barcoded IT – secretarial support
Software for registration of conveners
Printing and distribution of barcoded ID badges with the information of pre-booked, and conveners who register on the day. Convener ID cards are made of 180gr card, special for thermal printers, with a black and white logo.
Desktop server installation
Creation of a CD (1 copy) containing data bases and statistical data
Cable and wireless installation
Technical support, information processing &statistical data
TOTAL: €1,200
C. CREATION OF CONFERENCE FOLDER
PRINT RUNS: 500 pcs
Paper Folder (recycled paper): €350
CMYK printing of logo on folder
+ €250
(or 20x20cm CMYK digitally printed sticker + €120
Pen with logo €280
Notepad (50 pages) €200
TOTAL: €1,080
Folder Contents, digitally printed A4 pages
Conference Programme (2 pages)
Participation form & its design (1 page)
Assessment form & its design (1 page)
Sponsors (1 page)
TOTAL: €480
2500 A4 pages
D. POSTERS – BANNERS
1.5x1.5m indoor banners for the conference center: €330
4.5x1.5m outdoor banner at the conference entrance (Marathonos st.): €149
indoor banners: conference programme/sponsors at the conference hall: €300
TOTAL: €779
E. ORGANIZING COMPANY FEE: €2,000
€17,059 + 23% VAT (€3923,57)
SUM TOTAL: €20,982.00
Thank you for your trust and support!
Φόρουμ
