Are we willing to pay extra bucks? Extra bucks can be very high, ...200 bucks to 5 hundreds... The free volunteers' cost will transfer to paid volunteers... $6 to $100 per hours .... e.g. a system engineer who will be required to establish Audio visual effect might charge per 15 minute charges ... that can be toooooooooooo high. Its easy to demand, but its difficult to pay when it comes to paid lunch vs free lunch. How many will surely go despite of high registration fees? Thats the questionable part. Want to do Japanese type of biz or want to pure capitalistic biz? Japanese work 18hours and get 7 hours salary, while .... Think twice you opt for Private party organization of ANA convention..... They will suck you to make a profit. As an active member of an international symposium, I have seen the difficulties to bring the money to make the event successful. You organize ..... spend your money... not sure yet whether everything will go in vain .......... ..... Its terrible pressure on you when you organize such conventions or workshops or conferences .... if your bottomline fees are not yet in your account. When private parties organize, then they don't have to worry, because the basic cost will be paid by the organizing party .... not to be covered by the private party who works on others behalf..... I will go to ANA organize it by itself. That will fit your pocket at the expense of some qualities. GeoGuru