Homebrew Computer Club Reunion

Post by thebiglebrewski » Fri, Oct 11, 2013, 6:31 PM UTC

Post by coloneltcb » Fri, Oct 11, 2013, 6:35 PM UTC

thebiglebrewski wrote: post #2

I don't really understand why this is a Kickstarter?

Post by thebiglebrewski » Fri, Oct 11, 2013, 6:41 PM UTC

coloneltcb wrote: post #4

thebiglebrewski wrote: post #2

I don't really understand why this is a Kickstarter?

One of the organizers here. We needed funding to pay for the substantial costs of the event, and we needed a mechanism to sell tickets. The Kickstarter model gave us both.

Post by thebiglebrewski » Fri, Oct 11, 2013, 6:54 PM UTC

jf wrote: post #7

thebiglebrewski wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh ok, just curious! I didn't really understand why the event would cost so much money? Wasn't the whole spirit of the homebrew club kind of antithetical to an expensive event? Are people in the club asking for money to attend? Definitely not trying to take away from what you're doing because I think it's really cool, just wondering.

Most of the money that we're raising is going towards catering (it always shocks me to see how much catering costs). Some of the money will also go towards flying out original Homebrew members. The rest will go towards the costs of running the event, things like tables, chairs, a photographer, etc.

Post by aresant » Fri, Oct 11, 2013, 7:17 PM UTC