On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Don Baccus wrote:

> 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.
>
Don,
You did half a day last year. :)
Ray

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