it can't all be just sitting around a table and tucking into a huge feast paid for by the community.
You just described 70% of the events that ask to be funded, and all of Hive Fest.
Seeing that we are a bloody blogging platform
I differ, we are not just a blogging platform, but I understand your point.
Keen to know a more detailed breakdown of the 22,467.75 HBD costings here for this event?
I think the whole community deserves to know that, it is a considerable amount of money to go to participate in a conference, with that amount you can pay 5 other projects so at the end of the campaign this conference should leave 5 times more benefits than other projects.