I wanted to express/share my feelings on the charitable poker issues that you are considering.  First of all,  these events are well organized,  fun and brings a community together.  Regarding some off the rules and regulations that are being considered including concurrent tournaments, tipping and amount of use of proceeds.  After reading these restrictions seem to be inconsistent and arbitrary since they direct conflict with the current code that is in place.  Why would different groups be subject to different rules and regulation?  That simply does not make sense.  As a charitable event having such strict requirements on the economic levers also does not make sense.  These events are subject to many uncontrollable variables, such as number of participants.  To inflict financial risk to the event organizers makes these events less likely to happen.  I would like to end by saying that Pops Poker is a well run group.  I have been attending these events for a number of years and have always felt welcome, safe and part of a nice group of people.