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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
Date: 
Sun, 10 Sep 2006 04:54:23 GMT
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I am really sad that these comments about Brickfest and if Christina and/or Joe are keeping profits and if volunteers are being shafted while whomever is profiting from Brickfest are being spoken.

At this point, I don’t care. I HAVE attended BF for the last 4 years and plan to attend in the future. Each year I have recieved more value for my dollar than in any other experience in LEGO, other than playing with LEGO Castle and Pirates with my sons as they grew up.

Until I went to my first BF in ‘03, I thought I was alone in playing with LEGO as an Adult. Oh, I knew about most of the fan envolment, but I had never been in a room of more than 3 to 5 who actually played with LEGO.

In ‘03, I attended BF, all the MOC’s, the people, the seminars... I was so amazed, like being a kid again. I could spend all day talking to real people with the same interest. You cannot put a price tag on this.

Many, many thanks to Christina and Joe and all who have worked and assisted in doing BF. Again, I don’t care about where the money went, or who was compensated for what. I trust both Christina and Joe, period. I am selfish, I got all I could from BF, many memories that must last me until the next BF.

Do I want to see the books, Nope, do I want to have them account to me, Nope.

I remember serving on our Church’s finance committee, one of our members quit the commitee due to her not being able to discuss where the money went and the need to do fund raisers. She was perfectly content that God would provide the Church’s needs. Not reality... So if Christina and Joe are hoarding funds, ok, as long as there is another BF.

If the registation fees for BF skyrocket due to whatever reason, I will still not question, I will simply not attend due to the costs, not to blaming Christina and Joe for profiteering.

-- Don GtwLUG Lugnet#1239 St. Louis, Mo. USA



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  Re: BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
 
(...) It's not THAT unrealistic, as Jeff mentioned that he attends other fan events where the organizers work on a volunteer basis. (...) You're right - Christina/Joe/whoever could take the accumulated funds from BF and write themselves a check for (...) (18 years ago, 10-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)

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