Newsgroups: dc.general
From: hoey@zogwarg.etl.army.mil (Dan Hoey)
Date: 8 Dec 92 23:31:19 GMT
Subject: Re: Evecon (was Re: Needed - Ideas for...)

r...@access.digex.com (Richard L. Butler) wrote:

>For those who believe that it is evil to make money from fannish
>activities, I believe that both of the FanTek cons (they also do
>CastleCon in the summer) are run on a for-profit basis by Bruce.
>Be warned, or grow up.

elec...@access.digex.com (Gary Ehrlich) replied:

>Mainly on the basis that they dream of building a castle somewhere in
>the DC/MD/VA area someday.  Whether they've actually made monetary
>progress towards that goal, I couldn't tell you

It's hard to argue about what they dream of.  The basis I heard was
that the profits were used as personal income, for supporting living
expenses.  Arguably, people have better dreams with an income.

Dan Hoey
Hoey@AIC.NRL.Navy.Mil