"What did you think was gonna happen?"  

This is going to be so cool!

This looks great - just like the last one I couldn't go to because of the $250 fee. 

I'm broke because my money has been going towards FREEING MINDS and fighting the good fight.  I was broke when I came back from the R3VOLUTION MARCH!  and even with an inheritance since then I am back to square one and trying to drum up finds for airfare for the Delegates to the CC2009 (it starts next WEDNESDAY and I still don't have my reservations!)

It sure would be nice to see some well-off people subsidize this event for those of us unfortunates to be able to attend - I bet Von Kidd would like to attend as much as anyone. 

I understand with an event like this you have to pay for everything - I'm not quibbling about that.  I'm just pointing out that a LOT of Patriots that have worked their tails off with very little to show for it will be standing outside wondering what Ron Paul and all the other distinguished guests are saying.

Probably with a sign in their hands...

Ed

I'm with you there Ed. Why can't we have a summit in a camp ground? Why not pot-luck? I'm really done with paying $3-500 to listen to people I listen to every week for years now.

 Today is the first I've looked to see how much the Freedom Summit costs. I'd assumed $50 or something close, didn't even bother to check because it sounded so fantastic. I promoted this event on every email list I belong to... but it's $249 PER PERSON.... that's $1,000 just for the registration for our party. Then add in another $400 for rooms (which we expected).... no way we can do this. 

We're very disappointed. We hoped to meet hundreds of folks from AZ & around the country, introduce family members to some great Libertarian-minded folks, spend a weekend together, network like crazy.  We had no idea these Freedom Summits cost an arm & a leg.

Is anyone else also tired of shelling out money for the next new disaster book, the next new disaster DVD, the next new online magazine subscription that will fix your life, the next new hand-crank flashlight-plus-water-filter shortwave radio with built-in first aid kit and free firestarter!  Hmmm.  Time for something different.

I know some of the activists are not wealthy people, but it is important for everyone to know that the Freedom Summit rarely, if ever, earns a profit. It actually costs $250 per person to rent the hall, pay for the food, pay the speakers and their hotel/travel expenses, promote the event, etc.  The only way to make it cheaper would be to hold it in a much larger hall and sell 1,000-2,000 tickets (which would also increase venue and promotional costs). But then the attendees wouldn't get to schmooze with the speakers, the promoters (our friends Ernie, Donna & Marc) would have to take a much greater financial risk, and trust me, it would still need to cost at least $100-$150 per person to break even, assuming enough tickets were sold.

A libertarian event where people are suggesting subsidies on the price of admission? As the M. Guru says" We are freakin doomed!".