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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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Wed, 13 Sep 2006 01:10:07 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Frank Filz wrote:
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Marc Nelson Jr. wrote:
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In lugnet.events, Marc Nelson Jr. wrote:
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In lugnet.events, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
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Oh, I hadn’t realized that there was a misconception about
BrickFest being non-profit. Is that widespread? The solution for
that’s pretty simple, more education. I know the info’s on the
footer of BrickFest.com, and has been since I started doing the web
site in late 2003.
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It started out as an event 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 with the calls for volunteers, donations of time and
prizes, etc.
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The phrase “BrickFest is a Trademark of Brick Events LLC” started
showing up on the website by
July 19, 2002 at the latest. The Wayback Machine isn’t showing me the results for the beginning of
2002. The 2002 event was the first one to charge registration fees.
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I’m pretty sure BrickFest 2000 had a registration fee. I know that it was
pointed out at one point that even in 2000, the facility was NOT free (I had
been under that impression, and I know when conversation started about
BF2001, perhaps even during BF2000, I pointed out that I would be inclined
to pay more registration to actually pay for a facility that was better, and
I was quickly corrected that the facility had indeed NOT been free for
2000). I have this feeling the registration for 2000 was $10 or $20 or
something. If no one else verifies, I’ll go dig through my old check books
and find the check stub (and I’m absolutely sure 2001 had a fee since I know
I have mailed Christina a check from North Carolina, and by BF 2002 I was
living in Oregon).
It did appear originally that BF 2000 was run by Wamalug, but what I have
heard since is that basically is was Denise, Kevin, Stephen (Wubwub), and
Christina that made it happen.
Hmm, and here’s the first announcement with registration information:
http://news.lugnet.com/announce/?n=596
I was digging around trying to figure out when I first responded to the idea
of BrickFest, I know I was one of the people who responded to the initial
idea.
Ah, here’s the registration form for BrickFest 2001:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010604151208/www.brickfest.com/register.html
10 bucks in 2001. Which does indicate still being run by Wamalug...
Certainly a fuzzy past.
Frank
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Thanks, Frank, and sorry about the mistake. I had no recollection of the fees,
and was just going by this exchange - which I thought pertained to the registration, but since there
was a fee in 2001, they must have meant that the space was free.
Not that it’s really important, I was just trying to establish when Brick Events
LLC took over from WAMALUG.
Marc Nelson Jr.
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