At 01:35 PM 12/7/98 -0800, Deb Beutler wrote:
> Many people were unwilling to pay the money; rather
>than discourage people from counting, the compilers just didn't report them
>as a participant. Does this only occur in Kansas? Probably not.

Happens in Portland, too. I haven't done one for a few years, but it
was explained to folks that their being "official" helped pay for
collation and dissimation of the information, but if they didn't
want to be "official" they could tag along and help out. This is
good for those who tag along with friends just to see what it's all
about.



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