We are trying to have Contributors donate enough products and purchase enough tables (which is already being worked on by myself and the advisory committee) to enable us to offer a free banquet dinner at the end of Saturday night's event.
During the banquet, there will be a moderated panel discusion with a question and answer session, with members of the design teams of several major headphone makers.
At the door at check-in, the committee will be taking donations to help offset the costs of the meet. Many of the members of the trade are offering some of their their items as door prizes (see Jahn's post #3). If you donate $20 you will get one ticket and will be eligible to win one of the expensive and coveted donated prizes. You do not need to make a donation, but then you will not be eligible to win one of the prizes.
Each ticket after the first $20 ticket purchased, will be $10. You can win multiple prizes if you are a lucky person. At 4 p.m. each of the sponsors who are offering their products towards the door prizes, will pick a ticket, out of the hat, and will present the gift to the lucky winner (except for specialty prizes that need custom work). All money collected will go to the cost of the meet, with any remainder going to Head-Fi.
The Grado Raffle will be a separate entity, that will have all the tickets sold before the meet. For that one you need not be present to win.