You make a good point about the free food. At the convention they passed out a questionaire about charging for the food. The questionaire only stipulated a $25 cost for the sit down dinner. I thought that this would keep quite a few members away so I voted against it. However, if the price was a more reasonable $10 or $15 I think that it would be well attended. Remember that the club could help with SOME of the costs and still save money. I don't have any problem with letting the casino run a cash bar instead of letting the club subsidize us lushes<G>.