⇥ The story behind TEK·X’s Charter Ticket program

Unless you’re living under a particularly large rock, you’ve probably heard that we are doing a special promotion, which we call Charter Ticket Program, that makes it possible to purchase a full-experience TEK·X ticket—valid for both the main conference and tutorial day—for $650. The catch (if you want to call it that) is that the special is only valid until we announce the schedule—so, effectively, you need to put a lot of trust in our ability to attract top speaking talent and stitch together the schedule of a conference that you will want to attend.

Given the incredible response that our call for papers has received—over 9 proposals for each speaking slot—I have no doubt that we will be able to create a schedule rich in variety and topics that are very relevant to PHP developers from all walks of life. If anything, we’ve had a really hard time finding room for all the talks that we wanted to be part of TEK·X and, although I believe that my colleague Keith Casey will have some hopefully welcome news on this subject to share in a few days, we’ve run out of room much sooner than we ran out of good talks to approve.

The reasoning behing the Charter Program is very simple: we recognize that there is a core of attendees for whom our conferences have become an opportunity to meet up with their peers and learn what’s happening in the PHP world. In fact, there are some who have been to all of MTA’s conferences, so we felt that they deserve a little some extra special.

The Charter Program is designed specifically for these folks: at $650, the current price of the tickets is almost half the price of a regular ticket at the door—and $350 less than the lowest early-bird price. It is the lowest price you will be able to secure a spot at TEK for—an opportunity for a great deal if you put a little faith in the folks who have brought so many memorable events to the PHP community.

To take advantage of the Charter Ticket Program and save as much as 45% over the price of a full-experience ticket, you must sign up for TEK·X before January 6th, 2010, when our schedule will be officially announced.