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Re: BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
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lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest
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Fri, 8 Sep 2006 22:09:02 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
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In lugnet.events, Anthony Sava wrote:
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I’m sorry but the minute an organizer of Brickfest starts making money off
of the event itself, compensation or not, I’m not going. If this was the
case this year, I’m glad I didn’t go.
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If you feel you got your money’s worth (~$20/day) from the privilege of
attending and participating, does it really matter where the money goes?
Unless the event is stated as a charity event (which I don’t recall BrickFest
ever being billed as), I’m not concerned with the final destination of
registration fees. Just as long as the bottom line’s enough to keep it
happening year after year.
I’ve spent considerable sums over the years to fly cross-country to attend
these events, but even if it was next door, I’d still be fine paying
registration fees. Which, by the way, I don’t find outrageous by any means.
Anyone objecting strenuously to registration fees of less than $100 per
person should take a look at business-related convention/conference fees (add
a zero and keep going).
Kelly
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Kelly, you’re probably right that BF being a for-profit event shouldn’t affect
the perceived value of what you get for your registration fee. But it might
affect other things.
Would people be as willing to volunteer to help run BF if they knew they were
working for a for-profit enterprise? I volunteer at my local library, but I
don’t think I’ll be volunteering at Waldenbooks anytime soon. Would people be so
eager to lug 50 lbs. of MOCs to BF if they thought they were padding someone’s
profit margin?
It’s true that BF has never billed itself as a charity or nonprofit event. But
it hasn’t really come out and said it’s a business either. The profuse thanks
offered to the volunteers and organizers of the event have probably led many
AFOLs to believe that BF is a nonprofit. I mean, when’s the last time you gave
the folks working at Wal-Mart a standing ovation?
For the record, here’s the corporate information for
AMH Productions and
BrickJournal Media. BF had previously done business as Brick Events LLC, but
that corporation was cancelled at the end of 2005 (see
here).
Marc Nelson Jr.
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