Re: RC: Fwd: RC: Convention Trade Show

[jlong@mti.net (Joe Long)]

On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 18:57:17 EST, Zaronica@aol.com wrote:

>>This came to me this afternoon.  Thought I would share it.  Lovell

>Yes, we are going to charge admittance to the Trade Show and the 
>proceeds will go to the Trails Fund....

This exemplifies a disturbing trend I've seen in the AERC in recent
years ... to nickle and dime us to death, always having their hand
out.  First the non-member fees to 50's and up, then all rides.  Now
charging admission to the trade show (it's not a donation of you are
required to donate!).  And the usual justification ... "XYZ charges a
fee too."  Well, when I was a kid I was asked "If Johnny jumped off a
bridge would you jump off too?"

Besides, most conventions that charge registrations for talks and
seminars do not charge for their trade shows ... it is in their
vendors' best interest (who have paid for space) to have as many
potential customers as possible.  So the trails foundation is helped,
at the expense of the vendors whose support has been so crucial to the
AERC.  Some thanks.

I wish the AERC would stop acting like the government and stop looking
for any possible way to charge us another fee.

-- 

Joe Long
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