Post #597608 by SandraDee on Thu, Jul 14, 2011 7:40 PM

Whats this nonsense I keep hearing whispers of regarding charging people to attend the crawl????

It seems that :

1. if you can't afford to host due to the cost--then pass on hosting--there are plenty of homes in Sacramento area that will jump at the chance to be part of the event

2. No one is getting on a bus...we are driving to Sac ourselves, finding places to stay, paying for our own food (regardless of snacks offered at the different stops) so that seems like a lot of money for guests to attend to start with.

3. Wendy is making the decanter--which she will sell which makes sense...if someone wants to create custom glassware and sell THOSE then hey why not..but there should be no pressure to "buy this glass to drink". I saw pics where people were drinking out of plastic cups, the crawl mugs and in many cases the dozens of duplicate mugs hosts had.

The crawl is supposed to be "if you want to join then join, if you want to host then host"...not"you pay this to do this"

Sorry but that is taking the fun out of the event and is completely defeating the point of these type of events.

I know Duane puts alot of his time into this event--and has done so over the years--because we (liz and I) were down there not too long ago talking about the tiki events this year....so let it stay being run the way it has in the past.

Seems like last year was a blast. This isnt a fundraiser, this isnt a money maker...these are people willing to open their homes to perfect strangers for the fun of it -- not to get paid to do so.

Enough of this silly talk.
Please don't ruin the event with "pay to play" nonsense.