[vcf-midatlantic] Gerry Lawson's 82nd birthday - Today's Google Doodle

[Alexander Jacocks]

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 at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

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> > On Dec 1, 2022, at 8:18 PM, Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
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> > 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.
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> VCFMW proved this- the YouTube corner was packed non-stop from what I saw
> when I was there. Non-stop.
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> I don't think they paid them at all to show up and talk.
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> -andy
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