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Re: SpringBrick: A hypothetical LEGO convention
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lugnet.events
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Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:52:08 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Ted Godwin wrote:
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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.
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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 conventions with a train event mentality, where train event
planners compensate clubs to help attract more public. This is impossible to do
with a convention model; it would be way to confusing to figure out a fair way
to compensate everyone for bringing MOCs without going broke; and this really
opens a can of worms.
One could argue that the benefits for going to a convention is of themselves
their compensation, but I’m not totally convinced of the merits of this
argument.
But Janey has her point, which is the building part of the event doesn’t appeal
to her. That’s fine, she doesn’t have to compete, but she can attend the event
anyway, and watch builder’s at their challenge... at a discounted rate, to help
off-set the cost of renting the meeting/building space; she could cheer on
people from the side-lines... or give them a hard time.
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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.
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Agreed. But in the end, I think volunteers should be shown appreciation in some
form or another, for their hard work.
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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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True, MOCs do make the event. The public day has it’s merits & I can’t see
doing away with it (nor choose to). But I can see choosing not to see it as the
only revenue stream available to an event planner.
--Mike.
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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 (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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