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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Matthew Gerber (866) 422-8993 VOICE/FAX admin@brickswest.com (URL) Opens For BricksWest™ 2002 December 1, 2001—Today the volunteer committee of organizers is proud to officially announce the opening of registration for (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.general) !!
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REGISTRATION UPDATE Due to an unforseen error in the electronic submission script, electronic registration submission via the PDF registration form will not be available until Tuesday, December 4. I apologize for any inconvinience this may cause. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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In article <Gnpqp4.3HD@lugnet.com>, "Matthew Gerber" <matthew@digitaliris.com> wrote: SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS?!?!?!?!?!?!?...?!!!...!!! (...) How much does it cost for just this portion? I probably wouldn't have blinked if it had been as much as 40 or (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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:::::IMPORTANT BRICKSWEST INFORMATION::::: (...) <sarcasm> Hmmm...didn't see THIS coming at all... </sarcasm> (...) I'm loathe to break down registration into multiple packages/levels, as we have certain commitments to our venues and sponsors for (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) <--- Important point here above. Matt's risking a lot here!... (...) With this breakdown, it makes a lot of sense...! IIRC, admission to LEGOLAND alone costs about $60 or so, doesn't it? -Shiri (who is exercising wishful thinking by even (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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Mark Sandlin wrote in message ... (...) I don't think this is out of line at all. I paid more than this for a three-day non-profit conference in Seattle last year, and it didn't include anything like a half day in legoland :-) Or a t-shirt, or many (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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In article <GnqGsq.Bx4@lugnet.com>, "Matthew Gerber" <matthew@digitaliris.com> wrote: <snip> (...) Not to belittle what you've done, Matt, which is really a lot and I commend you for it... Personally, I would like to be given the option of paying (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) (just a note, i don't want to spark a debate) commercial/technical...i/whatever cons may cost a lot, but they're: 1) open to the public 2) have vendors 3) for profit (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) Like I told Matt, I prefer to be given the option of deciding for myself whether I want the T-Shirt or the admission to Legoland. Personally, I think Legoland is a once-in-five-years thing for me. I just wasn't so impressed with it that I feel (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) (just a note, me neither) (...) not to mention they are often: 4) paid for by employer or 5) tax-deductible Keeping in mind we're talking two different types of events, IMO $75 sounds a bit steep but worth it. (Course, a family of four in (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) Matt, Don't worry about it, the price is great. Come on people you spend $75.00 on one set without blinking and you won't spend as much to hang out with the BEST of the BEST of Lego building. Matt is taking a big risk by putting on this event. (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) Actually, I don't. If something costs more than $50 I wait until it goes on sale. I typically spend less than $25 a month on LEGO. But I suppose others spend a lot more than myself. (...) Hanging out with people costs nothing. (...) I think (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) Hey...no offense taken at all...no worries...I knew I'd probably end up needing to line-item out the registration cost for everyone eventually, and we certainly need to talk about what needs to be done (and done right!) to make BricksWest a (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) I don't think it can be avoided. I too found the price steep, but after thinking about it, I'm a bit surprised it isn't higher. Unlike a conference, it's not bankrolled by a company. Unlike a (sci-fi/gaming/whatever) con, it doesn't have a (...) (23 years ago, 2-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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Huh. $75 is small compared to staying in a hotel for 2-3 nights in California. Not to mention transportation to get there from out of state. I think I spent $75 on gas and tolls for Brickfest. But that's just my lives-far-away calculation. Matt's (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) Does that make me an oxymoron? 8?D Matt (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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"Mark Sandlin" <sandlin@nwlink.com> wrote in message news:sandlin-00F1D7....net.com... (...) A lot more thought *did* go into the admission price. Matt had placed phone calls and emails to several parties who could have contributed to significantly (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) You mean "an extra $235"? I know that it was my initial reaction, at least. The obvious solution, I'd think, would be to give folks the option to opt out of the LEGOLAND trip, or not to include it-- some folks may not really want to go, and (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) Well, I was only to LEGOLAND for Opening Day, and I figure it's about time to go back. (I'd been thinking about going down for Christmas, to see Miniland all decorated, but I'll wait until February. :-) There was an after-the-park gathering in (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) before. I went to the Wedding-that-wasn't in April and met up with lots of people from all over the world. It was great fun. I made many friends. But it didn't cost $75 to go to Brad Hamilton's house (thanks Brad) and hang out with everyone. (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) The gaming event in LA the same weekend is $30 for three days. It does not include access to Legoland, T-Shirts, and the like. There are more hotels, so competitive rates were obtained. There's a dealer's room to help pay the expenses. $75 is (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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:::::IMPORTANT BRICKSWEST REGISTRATION INFORMATION::::: (...) <snip> (...) <snip> Mark's right...folks have been being very nice about this (and it's still not really into the debate thing, so thank you all for that!)...but he's being lambasted just (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) <snip> Well, thanks for the vote of confidence, Matt. I intend to still pay the full amount, out of support for your effort and for the event itself (I want there to be a next year). However, I've been making a lot of noise, mainly because of (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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I am still on the fence about going. I have a short <<not>> message about why I posted on our LUG page: <clip> Sorry folks at this point, I got to step out. A number of reasons why, I imagine you can guess some of them... However, if I get some (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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Hi, I'm Mark. No not him, one of the other ones in Seattle. Just call me Mark (3) Anyway I'm one of the ones on the fence. Yes, ten bucks is better. But why a half day? What is up with that? Let me guess, it's a guided tour. It'd better be a kick (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) Agreed, it's really not. $75 for a full blown convention is not bad. However, I didn't see anything about a dealer's room. I did see some rather big name sponsers. I saw the event list. Rather repetitious for a three day event don't cha (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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:::::ACTUALL CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS IS BELOW REPLIES::::: In lugnet.events.brickswest, Mark Neumann writes: <NOTE: I'm a bit flustered right now over dealing with some of these things, and it's always hard to make feelings known in type, so if I type (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) I think you'll find a LOT more activity than is apparent from the schedule. This is awfully early for a con to be posting a detailed schedule, and there will be lots of informal gathering (considerably more than what I am familiar with from SF (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) I hope actually they will give us reasonable access for shopping during the whole weekend. They do offer shopping passes normally. (...) This is important for folks to realize. Brickswest will be what WE make of it. That was what made (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) Alas, I'd try to set up some Castle skirmish game, but I just went over the Personal Event Schedule for that weekend: Strategicon gaming saturday morning and day; Beethoven's Sixth at the L.A. Philharmonic in the evening; and Sunday my (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) I figure it's just that the people balking at the $75 are the only ones with an incentive to make noise - there are probably plenty of people happy to fork out the dough who just don't think it's enough of an issue to bother posting about. (...) (23 years ago, 4-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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(...) Steve is already prepared to be in at least one panel/discussion group. It'll be around 10 or 11 Saturday morning. As for myself being a good panelist--I'll sit on the panel but I won't say much as I've only played about five times; it's just (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.events.brickswest)
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