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Re: SpringBrick: A hypothetical LEGO convention
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lugnet.events
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Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:37:27 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Michael Huffman wrote:
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... how do you run it so that you’re not
profiting from other people’s MOCs?
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This line of reasoning is driving me batty. Money taken in from a public display
is not “profit”. As part of the overall budget it is simply revenue that helps
pay for the event. If you don’t mind paying X amount more per event attendee
then of course any public display could be free. I would simply rather have them
contribute to the event financially which they are more than willing to do.
Now, if one of the expenses for an event is paying staff that’s fine. If people
can volunteer their time that’s great too. Being paid to provide a service is
not evil. Paying a friend or colleague to provide a service is not only not evil
but I would say preferable to paying a stranger to do it.
And not to disagree totally with Janey, but I would not pay $500-1,000 dollars
(my cost for going to the last BrickCon) if it was JUST to meet up with a bunch
of AFOL’s and hang out at a bar. Without the MOC’s it would not be worth it and
the public display is a valuable recruitment and promotional tool for a hobby I
want to see grow.
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: SpringBrick: A hypothetical LEGO convention
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| (...) True. And that line of reasoning has driven me batty as well. And for better or worse, what some people in the community are pushing for is a type of Sarbanes-Oxley Act for events, or accountability at some level. Some people come at (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Re: SpringBrick: A hypothetical LEGO convention
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| (...) I've been looking at the LEGO convention model, listening to the on-line criticism thinking to myself that some of the points are very valid. How do you hold a convention without holding a public day? And how do you run it more closer to a (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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