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]]> By: sarahtar http://wallypop.wordpress.com/2006/03/14/hello-world/#comment-1703 sarahtar Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:08:16 +0000 #comment-1703 I want to note that since I originally wrote this review, the Expo has changed significantly. I saw first-hand how the Expo was turned, almost overnight, from a nonprofit event sponsored by a local nonprofit group into a for-profit event sponsored by a local business owner. Booth fees, especially those for nonprofit groups, more than doubled. They are now over $100. The informal policy of allowing nonprofits who could not afford the booth fee (which was $35 the first year) to have a booth for free, in the spirit of the event, has been abolished. The focus of the event has changed, sadly, from the first year. In 2006, the focus was on community, bringing like-minded people together, sharing information. Now the focus is on what will earn the most money for those behind the event. This year's Expo is at the Animal Learning Center, a juxtaposition that turns my stomach. The first year was great. That's for sure. Then I saw one individual take this wonderful event, which was my brain child, and turn it into something I don't even recognize. I want to note that since I originally wrote this review, the Expo has changed significantly.

I saw first-hand how the Expo was turned, almost overnight, from a nonprofit event sponsored by a local nonprofit group into a for-profit event sponsored by a local business owner.

Booth fees, especially those for nonprofit groups, more than doubled. They are now over $100. The informal policy of allowing nonprofits who could not afford the booth fee (which was $35 the first year) to have a booth for free, in the spirit of the event, has been abolished.

The focus of the event has changed, sadly, from the first year. In 2006, the focus was on community, bringing like-minded people together, sharing information. Now the focus is on what will earn the most money for those behind the event.

This year’s Expo is at the Animal Learning Center, a juxtaposition that turns my stomach.

The first year was great. That’s for sure. Then I saw one individual take this wonderful event, which was my brain child, and turn it into something I don’t even recognize.

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