Stan writes:

>I, too, was shocked when I was told how much the conference costs!
>
>I know from repeated personal experience (World Science Fiction conventions)
>that conferences of that size can be held for a third the cost,
>albeit with no snack/lunch/dinner (and with plenty of volunteer help, and
>including proceedings).
>
>However, lower-cost conferences are typically not trying to raise
>money for a group for a year's worth of operations costs.
>
>Then again, *should* Interex be raising money this way, as opposed to
>membership fees?

I vote no. Not that it will get me anywhere :-)

I wonder what the administrative overhead is for Interex. Of every
dollar raised from user fees (membership, conference, etc), how much
is being spent to benefit the user and how much is being spent running
the Interex organization.

duane percox