Message: 4
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 14:59:21 -0500
From: Bethany Schultz <bethanyschultz at gmail_com>
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Lonely hearts/ convention costs/ etc.
To: killifish discussion list <killietalk at aka_org>
I have to say, I really don't understand what the complaining is about.
Has anyone ever planned/paid for a wedding?
If you have, you know exactly how much a nice catered dinner and a
nice place to hold the event costs.
I, for one, hardly expect the AKA to absorb all those costs, and
hardly think that, given where the convention is located this year,
that the costs are all that high.
And the rest of it....
Are we expecting the AKA to pay for our plane tickets/rooms?
And certainly, that's not to say that we have to go with the options
they provide for air fare, and you can always stay in a hotel a little
way down the street...
And no-one is trying to tell you that you need to buy fish at the
auction, either..
I won't be going...I have neither the time nor the money. But I
certainly don't think that the AKA's trying to grab money from
everyone. Be grateful that you have people willing to put forth the
effort to arrange all of this for you--find a friend who's going, send
a little money with him, and have him pick some stuff up for
you--that's what I'll be doing....
Anyway, just my two cents.