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Subject:	Re: BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest
Date:	Sat, 9 Sep 2006 17:28:17 GMT
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Well, agree or not, Anthony's making a valid point. Some AFOLs may feel used or exploited if the event is a for-profit one, while others don't mind, so long as they get their money's worth. I think the problem is that people don't know. I guess that's kind of disturbing in retrospect, and it would be nice if we could have some insight from Christina about years past (or Joe about this year although I think he's already agreed to make things more transparent, and commented in this thread on it already: http://news.lugnet.com/events/?n=1876 ). Personally, I don't mind if the organizers get compensated for their time, since it's a HUGE effort on their part. But it would be nice to know that that compensation isn't abused at the expense of future BrickFests. Essentially, there's a difference between saying "I'm going to keep all the profit" and "I'll compensate myself with up to $5,000 of the proceeds" and "I'll divide up 50% of the profits between the main event coordinators". Or whatever. I'd like to know that BrickFest as an entity is keeping a degree of its profits so that it can continue to exist and grow. Not that I'm terribly worried about it. I don't think Christina or Joe has walked off with all the profit from these events. I've got pretty good confidence that they've been honest and that if they *have* compensated themselves with BrickFest funds, that it hasn't been outrageous and hasn't sacrificed BrickFest's future. But, for those people out there like Anthony who DO feel like they may be being used, I'm sure it would help to ease their minds by making things more out in the open. DaveE

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		Re: BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
(...) Nor do I. In fact, I encourage it. That means there's even more specific motivation to make things bigger, better, more interesting, etc. (...) Dave, excellent point. (...) I think the reality is that in the earlier days, there was barely (...) (18 years ago, 9-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest)

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		Re: BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
(...) I don't work for the restaurant when I eat there. Thus this is not a valid comparison. Let's look at it this way: A regular venue, say, a business expo, the attendees are there for personal gain. They pay their entry fee and do their business (...) (18 years ago, 8-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)

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