So far, Carol Belski has been the only one on this list to make a suggestion that doesn't involve villianizing those that don't want to pay for the food and beer part of TCR. All other responses have basically been a police type response that isn't needed or probably wanted at events like TCR. Some people do want to attend TCR and cannot afford the full price, contrary to what some others might think. In the long ago past, when TCR was still called Texas Old Timers Reunion (the original name) people had an option to not have to pay for food they weren't going to eat. Some people don't want to stand in line for long periods of time, or do not drink the beer that is provided. There should be an option for those that want to attend but not partake of those activities. At events like these, you will always have a few who do not register for some reason. You may not like that, but it is a fact of any large event like TCR has become. I personally think there is a better approach than turning yourself into an impromptu cop, or harboring bad feelings about those that do not conduct themselves the same way you do. Where is your sense of caver comraderie or cohesion when you are ready to victimize fellow cavers who don't act the way you think they should? Maybe some of us should leave our better than thou attitudes behind when we attend these functions, and just let bygones be bygones.
--- On Tue, 10/19/10, Carol Belski <bels...@valornet.com> wrote: From: Carol Belski <bels...@valornet.com> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Texas Cavers Reunion "Dust Bowl" 2010 To: "Gill Edigar" <gi...@att.net> Cc: "Allan Cobb" <a...@oztotl.com>, texascavers@texascavers.com List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 2:31 PM Maybe a different "registration fee" for those who can't/don't want to eat the provided fare: charge a " camping only" fee (flat fee per family). I suspect this would be a bookkeeping nightmare, but some logistics genius could figure it out, and TCR would reap a few more pennies to cover the costs. ..... just a thought. Carol On Oct 18, 2010, at 6:25 PM, Gill Edigar wrote: > If one had walked around the campground as supper was being served > probably another 50 or 60 or so without wrist bands would have been > found eating supper at their own camp. They hadn't registered. TCR had > to pay their use fee but didn't collect any registration fee to cover > it. Try to discourage anyone scamming TCR in the future if you know > about um. > --Ediger > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Allan Cobb <a...@oztotl.com> wrote: >> The registration count was indeed 381 people. >> >> Allan > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com > For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
