[SEL] Tri-State / Portland show NEW info for this year

[Doug Tallman]

No, the fees aren't increasing. I can't speak for recent years but I 
know in the past I'd heard the statement that the club made more from 
the trading post than they did the gate. This would be a major revenue 
loss and the butt buggy fee is the only really new revenue enhancer that 
they have had recently. I knew the directors quit after last year but 
aren't directors voted in by the members? If you were to run for a 
director's position, shouldn't you be ready to accept any of the 
thankless jobs required? If nobody volunteered, why wasn't someone 
chosen or delegated? The flip side is that there were a lot of people 
that depended on the trading post for some additional cash during the 
show and as a way to sell a few small items without having to rent a 
vendor's space. Letting people sell a few items from their display would 
increase the traffic in the display area but where would they draw the 
line there? A consignment auction won't be a bad thing but it will need 
to be held before the last day to work out. I still think its going to 
be an interesting year. Doug T



jnyost at yahoo.com wrote:
> Are the butt buggy fees increasing? If so how much? 
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
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> Saw that in the newsletter. Do you suppose the butt buggy fees are 
> covering the loss of revenue? Will we see the east end vendors area 
> expand some more? It's going to be interesting seeing how this will work 
> out. Doug T
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