I find this all rather sad as I thoroughly enjoy Donnington.
I don’t have any actual figures but there must have been around 1,000 people there last year.
Let’s say they paid an average of £50 each so the total take is an awful lot of money.
I’ve no idea of the costs of using Donnington but surely a lot less than £50,000.
Grant’s opening posting on this thread stated that –
“ …. The events are our main source of income, so they need to contribute to paying our rent and food and keeping the website running….. “
So possibly consideration should be given to the Hubb charging a forum subscription in order to fund the above rather than trying to take the money from the Hubb meetings ?
I also agree with Tim Cullis’s comment that giving up on Donnington before identifying a replacement venue is a big mistake and having a fallow year is an even bigger mistake.
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