Originally Posted by
chrissxb
thanks for the commercial break,
dovster 
and now back to the thread
What can I say? I can't afford to attend Champagne Dos.
Originally Posted by
cblaisd
Wow. It's hard to imagine that someone would really do such a thing.
That would sour me on Do organizing indeed.
I have never heard of someone going so far as to refuse to pay anything (although it may well have happened) but I am familiar with two different things which have happened at past meets:
1. Members either not agreeing to leave a tip, or only leaving a tiny one, and the organizers making up the difference.
2. Members who refused to pay their full share of the bill, based on their not having ordered as much as others. Again, the organizers made up the difference.
I am not saying that I agree with either of these -- I very much don't -- but they are part of the reason why I have decided to organize only "Order what you want -- pay your own bill" events.