You're right, Tim. Webcasting lectures will not be something that would be allowed, for exactly the reasons you just said.
I like the t-shirt idea too, but it might be better to hold off on that until this is a bigger event, maybe add a day and double the number of attendees, before we start selling t-shirts, also for the same reason you just said.
For the dealers, it's necessary for them to at least come close to breaking even, and if being a dealer is the only reason they are going, they will definately want to make a profit. The dealers have to pay their way there (gas and tolls, airplane tickets,...), hotel for however long the event is, maybe a fee for a dealer space (in some of the major magic conventions), and they have to eat while they are there. If they can't make at least that back in sales, in some respects, it was not worth it for them to go.
Dad, Trish and I came to the Spring Fling partly because Dan is a good friend of ours, practically family, and family helps each other out. He does what he can to help us, and we do what we can to help him. We did want to come anyway, but Dan being a good friend of ours weighed heavily against the probability of not making a lot of sales, and maybe not breaking even.
We had a lot of fun while we were there, and if Dan asked us, we'd be more than happy to come back, but there are other people who need to be sure to make a profit before agreeing to go, or they won't go.
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