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| (...) It started out as an event (URL) run by a local LUG>. I'm not sure when or how the transition happened. The fact that BF was a business has been out there for a while - if you were looking for it. But BF has never felt like a business, what (...) (20 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
| | | | | Re: BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
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| (...) Those are all decent answers. It sounds like there's a discrepancy of tense... my comments in this thread have all been aimed at the past tense, why should an attendee of an event want to know information about what they've just attended. (...) (20 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
| | | | | Re: BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
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| (...) You bet they would. But BF has always been a privately held company, as far as I know, and never a non-profit. Being a non-profit requires specific paperwork (like what LEGOFan filed). So unless BF filed as non-profit, that's not an issue. (...) (20 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| (...) "Because I'll be more likely to help if I know", "Because I'll be more likely to donate if I know", "Because I'd be willing to pay more if I know", "Because I'm more likely to attend if I know". You're absoutely right-- It's a capitalist (...) (20 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
| | | | | Re: BrickFest registration fees (was: LEGO Adult Fan Convention at Legoland California?)
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| (...) You don't think there's anything wrong with acting like a nonprofit but operating as a private, for-profit enterprise? The IRS would like to have a stern talk with you. Not that BF has been pretending to be a nonprofit, but I don't think the (...) (20 years ago, 12-Sep-06, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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