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Re: BrickFest PDX 2007 - who's getting paid?
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Date: 
Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:59:06 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Tommy Armstrong wrote:
   In lugnet.events.brickfest, Marc Nelson Jr. wrote:
   According to Joe Meno’s post, last year’s BrickFest brought in $13000 in profit for himself, as well as $3000 for Christina Hitchcock for use of the BrickFest name.

Can the organizers of BrickFest PDX 2007 tell us who (if anyone) will be profiting from this year’s event?

Marc Nelson Jr.

Marc’s
Creations
Here we go again.


--snip--

   As far as BrickFest goes, I think all financial statements of the organizing committee are the property of the organizing committee and should remain private to them. We really have no business getting into their business.

And that of course goes for BrickWorld and any other event.

Tommy Armstrong

Well people have a right to ask and if they are attending (and contributing to the profit) then they may have a reason to ask too. Peronally I’d be a lot happier paying more for a fest that’s expensive because of expenses than one that is expensive because it’s making a vast profit.

Likewise the organising commitees have a right to not say anything. They are running a business and unless they have shareholders they don’t have to disclose earnings.

Tim



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  Re: BrickFest PDX 2007 - who's getting paid?
 
(...) Here we go again. Well to say that Joe brought in a profit of $13,000 is not exactly correct as his total expenses, if I remember, were not delineated in his accounting . His labor and personal expenses, mileage, trip costs, etc were not (...) (17 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)

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