General Conference Registration Fee News
 

We had our sectional conference recently, and our DS told us that the reason for the fee is because GC went in debt $500,000.00. When several ministers asked why, he said he was not privy to that information.

He stated that everyone would be required to pay the $25 registration fee, and that any local guests (sinners) would be required to pay as well. He stated that we (ministers) should be willing to pay their entry fee for them.

What happens when this entry fee doesn't fix the problem?

Maybe for the (sinner) guests...We could call it a "Baptismal Fee"....


Good Idea... huh????


:D

Yes, you have captured the content of my original post quite well.

Let's see... to make up $500,000 / 25 = 20,000 in attendance... Men Women

There are not 20,000 in attendance. More like 14,000.

if only 15,000 of those attending are adults...that would come out to 375,000.... thereby only costing HQ (which has no monies :D) 125,000

Now that is smart...

I guess the street meetings are over tho.. if we are charging the guest...

I bet we can almost guarantee that fee will go up quite regularly in the years to come.

minus the costs of the conference ... the speakers, the extras

Okay let's say that 9,000 are adults.. that's only... 225,000...still saving money...

And of course those that just come for the business session will not be charged a fee.

My question would be will there be Check points and ushers calling people out..


"Excuse me Bro.. I don't see you pin??? I will escort you and your family to the door" :D

That must be quite a show for the price it is costing to put it on.

Will the ultracons demand refunds if they walk this year??

Well... The Suites at the HQ hotels are costly...

and the fruit/gift baskets ... are getting more elaborate every year

Hmmmm....so I guess I can't give a FREE play by play rundown from the conference floor in the future. I guess I'll have to charge everyone who wants to read my thread to read it. :D












(j/k we can't and won't do that)

I have done conference planning before and I know there are a lot of expenses.

I also know we didn't spend what we didn't have.

May mean you can't do all you would "like" to do, but such is life.

Surely, there is a mistake here somewhere.

MOW...Maybe this year you could slip the Usher $15.00 to get in.... and maybe even vote....:D

i'd rather download a MP3 sermon for free and listen to it going back and forth from work, for free.... not $25 + all the costs incurred going to a conference.... what a waste of money....

But those are necessary!
Don't you want God's people to have the very best?

The very best that you can AFFORD. :)

I promise you, there is no mistake. Just a failure to budget properly.

I bet we also can guarantee that the "general public" who isn't voting will also stop coming to General Conferences.... until the UPC gets their act together and stops charging....

I would think that this will not really solve the problem because once you start charging (especially that much) the attendance will probably drop.

I hope we don't have the same team doing this years conference, if that is the case.

Need someone to guide who knows what budgets mean.

Exactly!

If I could afford to go to the conference I probably could afford the $25.00 fee.

HOWEVER, I may not feel obligated to give an offering. :)

I bet it would be fun sending in an independant, 3rd party auditing team to see if the UPC is "wise stewards" of their all their financial resources.... :happydance

Malvaro, that makes to much sense, cut that out. :)

It would be a lot of things, but fun, most assuradly would not be one of them.

Oh no, they will still take a huge two hour offering.

I could afford to go to Gen Conf and pay their "toll fee" too but have no intentions of doing so.... there are other conferences I hold in higher regard....

This is what I don't get ... how can it be in debt??? ... seriously ...

This is not the US gov't that can deficit spend ....

They got the money from somewhere to fund the last few GC's

Where did it come from ??? Was it loaned? Did they dip into other org funds?

Are we saying there are outstanding bills from previous GC's?

Someone please tell me ... how they can claim to have this debt ??? Are they filing bankruptcy if the $25 fee is not issued??

I need to say since I haven't heard the other side I really should temper my responses.

Sorry folks.

There may be more to the story than we know. Probably takes a person that was involved to reveal it, but I seriously doubt that we happen.

Me too, but they won't let me in. :(

They may have to "take" it to get it. :)

We have to pay to go to General Conference...where business is conducted for the organization that we pay $300-400 and some a year to..after our ministerial fees were raised last year........not including the district dues we pay.

I may be a UPC-party man in regards to Apostolic doctrine and holiness standards, but I'm not a "yes man" in regards to turning a blind eye to potential concerns or problems.... accountability is a Biblical principle....

Again, agree.:friend