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(...) John, I agree with most of your comments and I appreciate your keeping the other side of this arguement. I would like to point out that I feel that a NPO is different than a private company. WalMart is a private company that is not required to (...) (19 years ago, 19-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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(...) snip (...) snip (...) Troy, Well stated! I concur completely. Todd (19 years ago, 19-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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Bryan, Thank you for your post and informing the community of the intentions of your organization of BrickWorld 07. I have interspersed some comments among your points. Please read them carefully and in a positive frame of mind. They are not (...) (19 years ago, 19-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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(...) I don't think making money from an AFOL event is tantamount to "screwing us hobbyists" - but I also don't think it's right to make money from an event without telling volunteers and attendees what their time, effort, and money is going (...) (19 years ago, 18-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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(...) The question was: who, if anyone, will be profiting from this event. I started with the assumption that no one would be profiting, since I was going by David's message. After reading Bryan's email, I thought he was saying that he and Adam (...) (19 years ago, 18-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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In lugnet.events.brickworld, Marc Nelson Jr. wrote: <snip> (...) I'm with Steve H on this one--the clips you yourself have taken and compiled into your post are not contradictory and they do lay out, at least in my mind, what's going to happen with (...) (19 years ago, 17-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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Bryan has contacted me privately and assured me that both his statement below, and David Gregory's previous statement about nobody making money, are truthful and accurate. As these are unambiguous statements, this clears up the whole issue for me in (...) (19 years ago, 17-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld)
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(...) Really? I have just finished reading every post in this group and could not find a place where the organizers have said this. If it was said somewhere else, then it probably should be repeated here for those of us who do not read every post on (...) (19 years ago, 17-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld)
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(...) ... (...) Marc, From all the examples you listed, it appears several people have tried to answer your questions. Wouldn't you agree? Personally, I don't understand what you think they are trying to hide. If you want to assume people that run (...) (19 years ago, 17-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX) !
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(...) It has also been answered several ways: 1. (URL): You also asked about money. Bryan and Adam are assuming the financial risk (and its large) for the event. And, while the event is not being created to make money there is the possibility that (...) (19 years ago, 17-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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(...) Community, John asks above - why is the simple question not answered? In our minds, it has been answered - several times. Please refer to the most recent reference to the answer: (URL) We hope you can all find a way to be part of Brickworld. (...) (19 years ago, 17-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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(...) With all the posts on this subject, I'm sure it's easy to miss the posts where this has been said. But, it has been said. The organizers have said more than once that any "extra" money will be used to make future events better. They have a (...) (19 years ago, 17-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld)
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This seems like a simple question. Why is it not answered? Tim is always negative,no matter what. Besides who really cares, someone should just answer the question without getting into philosophy. John P (19 years ago, 17-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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(...) I think that this sort of information is VERY important when an event is soliciting the public for volunteers, especially if they are actually expecting people to volunteer their time and effort. The intention/purpose of the show is also very (...) (19 years ago, 17-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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(...) A pox on the daughters of the Tims! JOHN (19 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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(...) In the UK train shows (in my experience) are run by clubs, rather than companies set up to running shows as some seem to be in US (correct me if I am wrong). Yes, they are for profit (or at least that the aim!), the profit goes to help offset (...) (19 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, they had just gotten their first real six-string, as I recall... JOHN (19 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for that, Junior. I haven't heard from Bryan and Adam for ages - probably since the summer of '69. (19 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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(...) Although a robot pitcher and robot hitter would be very very kewl, just a robot pitcher and wireless remote control hitter would be very kewl. Like those old baseball machines at the beach. One would have to anticipate the lag and the speed of (...) (19 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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(...) You missunderstand me, I think. I wouldn't be skipping out because I'm not making a buck. I'm not interested in going to an event to make money, I do it because I love building with LEGO. I would skip out on an event if others were making a (...) (19 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld)
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