[Organizers] Re: [External] Re: Electronic admission payments

Off topic in that I'm not bringing up an electronic payment comment. On topic in that I'm following up on the discussion re how to make ends meet. I'm aware of a number of contra dance communities that relied on a large dance weekend's net income to cover the cost of their weekly dances. My questions or concerns are: - there were 4 or 5 times as many contra dance weekends just pre covid   versus 20 years ago so the competition is very different - the cost of the traditional dance weekend has gone up - some independent contra dance organizers offer very low cost   dance weekends that are not trying to make a large profit   so are able to offer great bang for the buck - median income relative to inflation is down, particularly for young adults - the traditional contra dance weekends median age is up   (at least in the SE region) To me, the above implies: - older population that earned higher income versus younger adults ability to earn - have disposable income to attend dance weekends now - but are aging out as dancers - without a viable model for younger dancers to replace them - yielding dying contra dances (akin to the decline of square dance clubs) - and the dance weekends that are not trying to fund weekly dances have an advantage Perhaps this belongs in a separate thread, but it is pertinent to some recent comments. Heitzso