Quote Originally Posted by gran racing View Post
If there are regions charging a cancellation fee before or within a reasonable time after the event, I'd absolutely agree that would be wrong.
I thought that was what we were talking about? Dan's original post was referring to a cancellation fee. In the DC Region it works this way - you have up until 9pm Friday before the event to withdraw with no penalty; if you cancel after Friday evening you pay a $50 fee unless you come to the track, register, and then withdraw. If you haven't withdrawn by noon the first business day after the event you forfeit your entire entry fee.

Chuck, yes I understand what you're saying, but if our region is paying $50 per person for those meals we're getting screwed royally. This is a penalty, plain and simple. The registration/withdrawl is all done online, so the clerical work (done mostly by volunteers, right?) is minimal...the actual cost to the region for a late withdrawl can't be more than $10, and that is probably a high estimate.