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(...) I certainly would... the only problem I can see is its rare for everyone to actually have a school break all at the same time. (...) I adore the idea of a fest in Florida... in fact... there isnt a place I would rather be in the middle of a (...) (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) Very true. It would have to be planned sometime in the middle of most people schedules. (...) I'm recycling this from another post, but another idea that was tossed around was to loosely base the competition also around some of the cook-off (...) (17 years ago, 20-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) Well I do tend to catch Auction Fever... and Dan took pity on me, Im sure. As well, at that time, I had no idea who I was biding against, had I known it was for the Museum, I would have perhaps behaved better (nah, Im not sure I know how to (...) (17 years ago, 20-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) I'm with you on this, what I loved most about Brickfest was haning out with all the people. Getting to talk face to face with people that I only know via the computer. I love it when I travel to a LEGO friendly town and get a chance to have a (...) (17 years ago, 23-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) I've been looking at the LEGO convention model, listening to the on-line criticism thinking to myself that some of the points are very valid. How do you hold a convention without holding a public day? And how do you run it more closer to a (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) This line of reasoning is driving me batty. Money taken in from a public display is not "profit". As part of the overall budget it is simply revenue that helps pay for the event. If you don't mind paying X amount more per event attendee then (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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(...) True. And that line of reasoning has driven me batty as well. And for better or worse, what some people in the community are pushing for is a type of Sarbanes-Oxley Act for events, or accountability at some level. Some people come at (...) (17 years ago, 24-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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