Folks,
My 2 cents to the conversation.
First what is the 'normal' fee for a director in these type of games?, by that I mean small groups - 12- 20 tables.
My experience helping with the Monthly Unit games - lots of people volunteer (uncompensated) for their efforts, and everyone is eager to help make for a successful experience. The board members volunteer to get the food, and find the most delicious food at the lowest cost possible. They do not charge for the cost of gas to get this possible. Of course we do get it delivered and tip the person who delivers it.
Again my experience, collecting the fees, either $8 or $10 depending on the unit game function, I found that a number of people (not everyone) seemed not happy. Then there were people who did not eat the food for whatever the reason. I was kind of confused as to what the problem, was with respect to the fee, my personal opinion is that this was not a big cost, given that (in my opinion) these people are fairly affluent, but again I may be way out of line.
Back to the question of the fee for the Director- obviously any game that is held, needs to collect enough funds to pay for the cost of holding the game.
I will stop here
Regards and all stay safe
Michael