Re: Kfest opinions

[CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)]

On 8 Apr 2000 20:30:47 GMT, buggie@ben03.unm.edu (stephen e buggie)
wrote:

>For years I've urged that the cost be reduced to $50. plus the dorm room
>costs.  But the high price has become entrenched and is hard to modify.
>My opinion is that expenses of staging the event are minimal because most
>arrangements are done via e-mail and the event is always held at the same
>venue - Avila College.  If fresh thinking could be done, dropping the
>costs drastically below what they have been, then more people would
>attend.  No one has yet explained where all the money goes.  As a 1996
>presenter, I got a $50.00 discount, and as an early bird registrant, there
>was another discount.  Still, the cost was about $250 that year.  But it
>is basically a "get-together"!  Where are the expenses?  Does someone get
>their own air-fare paid, or what???  Lets have EVERYONE PAY THEIR OWN WAY,
>their own dorm room, and then $50 will cover the printing of the paper
>program and the snail mail postage costs!

Actually, I don't think it is expensive.  My problem was that I was
barely making enough money to pay my bills so what little left over
cash I had went to other forms of entertaiment and such so I never had
the cash to go to KFest.  Then there is the fact that I live in Canada
and the exchange rate between US and Canadian dollars makes a big
difference in the cost of going.

In fact, if you break it down, it seems to be downright reasonable to
me.  You are getting four nights accomodations, 10 meals (starting
Wednesday evening to Sunday morning skipping Saturday evening) and get
to attend three days of sessions and spend the rest of the time with
Apple II fanatics.  I'm not sure what hotel and restaurant costs are
like in the US but even at $25/night for accomodations (which is what
is being charged to stay in the dorm on Tuesday night if you want to
arrive early) and $5/meal that equals $150 right there.  Then there is
the sessions cost and adminstrative costs and such.

>Also, lets DROP THE BAN against Dr. Tom Turley!  The exclusion of Turley
>has led to protests and K-Fest boycotts by others in past years.

As far as I know, no one is banned from attending but there are a few
individuals that have been discouraged from attending because of the
problems that would arise from their presence there.

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