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Re: BrickWorld 2007 - who's getting paid?
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lugnet.events.brickworld
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Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:49:22 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickworld, Elroy Davis wrote:
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In lugnet.events.brickworld, Marc Nelson Jr. wrote:
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You seem to want to have it both ways. If you don’t need the money and
didn’t start BrickWorld to make money, just state that any leftover funds
will be refunded to attendees. If you do want to keep the proceeds from the
event, just say so. That is certainly your right. I (and most people here on
LUGNET) believe that it is perfectly fine for someone to make money for
running an AFOL event - as long as they are upfront about it.
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I don’t have any affiliation with BrickWorld. I’m not even attending, since,
well, I don’t make enough profit of my own to afford the travel. The fact
is, they *don’t* have to be upfront about it. It’s their business. They’ve
stated that they are running it as a business. Maybe it’s as simple as they
don’t know what they’ll do with any profit, if there is any. That’s a
decision they can make if and when they get to that point. As a business,
they are only accountable to their shareholders and the government. They
certainly don’t have to tell their patrons how they spend their money. As a
business, they’ve decided to ask for volunteers instead of hiring employees.
That was their business decision. If they didn’t get enough volunteers,
they’d have to make another business decision based on that.
And they’ve already stated a couple of times that they don’t want to discuss
it in public. They gave you an answer, specifically stating that they didn’t
want it public. Even if it wasn’t the answer you were looking for, you could
have at least respected their wishes, and not posted their private
communication, especially concerning dollar amounts.
-Elroy
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The fact is the *DO* have to be upfront about it *IF* they want me to pay money
to attend the event and how many MOCs they want me to bring. I consider any
AFOL bringing a MOC to a public event, where the public is charged admission, a
‘volunteer’, and if an organization or the operators thereof will be profiting
from said event without compensating 100% of the volunteers, then the best they
can hope from me is for me to show up empty handed.
I don’t think that anyone would miss me if I were not to attend an event, and I
don’t expect anyone to change their views on the subject if I say I won’t go.
Just my personal opinion on the subject.
--Anthony
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) If it takes knowing where the money goes before you volunteer, then that would be your decision to volunteer or not. Nothing wrong with that at all. What I was saying is that they are not obligated to share that information with anyone. If (...) (17 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| (...) I don't think "bringing a MOC" is a valid argument for being a volunteer unless you have a following of people who and pay to get into events purely to see YOUR art. Which YOU probably do since you're famous. ;) I bring a MOC for display and (...) (17 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld)
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| (...) I don't have any affiliation with BrickWorld. I'm not even attending, since, well, I don't make enough profit of my own to afford the travel. The fact is, they *don't* have to be upfront about it. It's their business. They've stated that they (...) (17 years ago, 15-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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