[Sca-cooks] Feast costs

[johnna holloway]

There are also the unknown factors in the Midwest,
that the weather can change and the event end up
with only the locals able to be in attendance. An event
can lose a lot of money in a hurry should the snow
decide to fall. Having been to a few where that happened,
it can take awhile to recoup the monies. That's what profits
go towards.

Johnna Holloway   Johnnae llyn Lewis

Terry Decker wrote:
 Profit is a group's hedge against failures and cost overruns.  Having
helped
> shepherd an incipient shire through its first events with a $25 treasury, I
> have a health respect for setting the prices to cover expenses and possible
> losses while making the fees affordable and in keeping with the general wage
> level of the Kingdom.> Bear