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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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Sat, 9 Sep 2006 23:36:48 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.
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Yes, it absolutely does. I expect every cent I put in to go back to the event
itself, and not the people running it. The only compensation I expect any
staffers to recieve is free entry to the event (since it is more work than play
for most of them) and maybe a free hotel room (nothing fancy and probably with
other staffmembers) if they want it. As long as the event is a fan event, run
*by* fans, *for* fans, I think this is the way it should be. All other fan
events I am inclined to attend work this way, and I see no reason a Lego fan
event should be different. If any staffmembers got any sort of monetary
compensation (besides repayment for their own out-of-pocket expenses), it is a
huge kick to the head for all staffmembers who not only had to spend time
planning, but also had to pay for board and entry to the event. I also don’t
think money for any fan event should go to pay for an unassociated event or
product. Sending paypal money to Brickjournal made me really nervous when I saw
that after registration, and I just hope none of the BF income went to pay for
Brickjournal.
In my opinion, any monetary compensation for staffmembers is akin to
embezzlement (especially if it is not made known) and any money going from the
event to another organization (again, especially if it is not announced
beforehand) is very unethical.
Jeff
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