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Re: Brickfair is official....
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lugnet.events
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Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:02:56 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Michael Huffman wrote:
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In lugnet.events, Don Cox wrote:
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In lugnet.events, Michael Huffman wrote:
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In lugnet.events, Todd Webb wrote:
I’m sorry. Brickfair sounded like a cool event to attend right up until
this point.
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The possibility of a Spring or Fall event was suggested to me. But my
only experience with Lego festivals is in the summer. And since I’m
risking approximately $105,000 and months of hard work to make the event
happen, I wanted to minimize the variables as much as possible.
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And this makes me want to attend the event, why? Telling possible
attendees how much you are personally risking on an event is pointless, not
to mention off-putting...
--Mike.
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I disagree, as Todd seems to have been ‘put on the carpet’ for the telling
of his expenses, the fact that he had such a great feeling for the event
that he was willing to put up this or any amount to see it happen is
commendable.
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Anyone who has ran event or have been involved in running an event knows that
it’s an expensive ordeal. It takes a lot of time & volunteers (or employees)
to pull a good conference off. I commend Todd as well for disclosing the
financial details of BrickFair -- he was not obligated to do that. I really
like the idea of giving a portion of the profit to charity -- not a true
non-profit in the sense of business, but still very commendable. And I’ve
read his follow up post to different parts of this thread -- there is a
certain level of honesty in his post that I like about him (though I don’t
think we’ve ever met face-to-face). The bottom line, it does say something
great about the LEGO community -- if there is enough interest and money in
sustaining 4+ major LEGO events each year just in the US alone. And
BrickFair still sounds like a great event, but the bottom line is, he needs
to sell the event (being that it is a new event), not come off as sounding
self-righteous or resentful.
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Sorry to follow up to my own post, but I honestly don’t think Todd was being
self-righteous or resentful, but just need to show a little more tact. When I
first read his comments, I thought to myself why is he making it a point to
reveal how much he is putting on the line? Since he’s running this event, he
isn’t obligated to pander to every passing criticism, including mine. Todd, I’m
sorry if my criticism came across as being harsh. My intention is not to hurt
or scare others away from attending BrickFair.
--Mike.
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| (...) Anyone who has ran event or have been involved in running an event knows that it's an expensive ordeal. It takes a lot of time & volunteers (or employees) to pull a good conference off. I commend Todd as well for disclosing the financial (...) (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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