no lahs, i just want to confirm, if i go but no eating and
staying, must pay?
Dear all,
I'm writing this to address this issue once and for all. It is not
directed at anyone in particular so please do not feel offended. I
just want to clarify why certain things are done the way it is so
that we can be transparent on the whole issue. (Sorry if it
is a wall of text to some of you.)
Payment of the money is based on attendance of the event.
It would be unfair to come, not stay overnight and not eat and thus
not pay because, some are coming on the 2nd day for the BBQ only,
some are coming throughout the event, some eat more, some eat less,
some dun eat some things, some eat everything. Some just come and
enjoy, some help out and in some others and my case,
we organize the event.
So base on such circumstances, can I say the organizers, dun
need to pay (Or even get paid? 
), and those who help out pay half, and those
who just come to enjoy pay double? So how do you judge who actually
does more or less or do nothing? It would be difficult to judge
payment based on this. And to be absolutely fair to everyone for
the money, we need a scale to weigh how much you eat and you pay
based on the total weight of food that you ate divided by the total
weight of food available, multiply by the total cost of food. Then
someone will ask another question, what about the leftovers? Who is
going to pay for them? The organizers? 
What I'm trying to say is simple, coming to the event is a choice.
Let's look at this as AN EVENT, not how long you are going to stay
or how much you are going to eat or how much work you put in. What
you are paying for is the experience of being with or getting to
know a group of friends and having a good time together. You can go
to a buffet if it is just about food or just go check into a hotel
room to sleep if it is about staying overnight.
I'm also looking at possible concerns about
the misappropriation of the fund. To ensure transparency,
I will put up a report on how much is collected and how the money
is spend after the event. This is to ensure that there are no bad
feelings between anyone if there are concerns about the money.
I hope this addresses and answers most of your concerns. Please
feel free to ask me again should there be any question with regards
to the money. Thank You. 
