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Originally Posted by
purrin 
Jude is aware of the fee. Per HF rules, fees are OK to cover the cost of pay-for-use facilities. The strong probability of the fee was posted on day one on the first post. As LFF stated, these events are not cheap in LA. It should also be noted that the 2011 NorCal meet charged a fee, of which the overages were used to offset the costs of the 2012 NorCal meet, which did not require an attendance fee.
I think I should clarify my position & background a little, so no one here gets the wrong idea.
First, I meant primarily to question if Jude was aware of the fee, as fee-based meets are the exception on Head-Fi, not the norm, and in the past those have had to be cleared by Jude (and it wasn't already apparent). In addition, I've always personally been of the mindset that meet costs should be covered voluntarily, not as a requirement for attendance. IMO, charging an admissions fee has the potential to alienate Head-Fiers who might otherwise attend but can't afford to.
Second, I'm not averse to paying an admission fee myself - it's not like I was trying to skate by on $0.50. 
I'm more than capable of paying the nominal $20 and would probably give more, in fact.
Third, I'm well aware of how much it costs to organize a meet, as I've organized a few myself - 1 in NorCal (San Jose) and 3 in Colorado. So I actually have a pretty good idea of what your meet costs are, and I'm not exactly talking from inexperience here. 
