Yep, I think they came for the joy of it (at least Clint/LGR did). I vote no on the payment. I wouldn't take it amiss, as he probably thinks we're a corporation profiting from events, but it'd set a bad precedent, and I agree that we don't have the resources to do this, even if we wanted to. I spoke to Clint and Adrian at some length, and it was very clear that they were having a fantastic time. Ben Heck as well, though I didn't talk to him as much. - Alex On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 8:41 AM Andrew Diller via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Dec 1, 2022, at 8:18 PM, Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
It wouldn't be an issue if it would be returned in the way of boosted attendance, aka return on investment. Big events (yes, 501c3) pay for the top keynotes and stuff -- but they make a return on that by way of attendees coming to see em.
Youtube famous people would draw more of a crowd if marketed well and cost less.
VCFMW proved this- the YouTube corner was packed non-stop from what I saw when I was there. Non-stop.
I don't think they paid them at all to show up and talk.
-andy