I can well see the BOD’s view. Vendors can take up valuable space that was intended for people to be able to sit and just talk. Take for example the limited space at Pike Lake. If I recall correctly, there was a table for the container contest, one for the race, two for registration, plus the space taken up for the cakes and food, etc. That was all WGA official space and the space that was left was probably planned as “open” space for the cachers to socialize.
When you introduce vendors into that space, it does not leave much for the members. I would suggest that if we were to allow vendors into these events, that it be handle like West Bend. That is to say that they are given there own space that is aways from the “main” space so that it does not intrude on the social aspect of the event. Many of them probably have thier own tents, etc., so that should not be an issue to them.
