[MR] try a low cost event was Re: event fees

[Maymunah al Siqilliyah]

Our Christmas party is a pot luck at the church where we have fighter 
practice and there is no cost to attend.  We take up a collection to 
give to the Church's winter homeless shelter program.  We have to limit 
the occupancy of the hall to 100, and it is always full.  There is 
always lots of good food.  The Barony pays for general supplies like 
trash cans and lemonade and a few small prizes; I think the budget last 
year was around $30.

I like the idea of having events of different sizes and with different 
areas of focus.  It's good to have options and one size does not fit all!


On 6/26/2010 1:06 PM, Becky McEllistrem wrote:
> I think that's more realistic that the status quo and a great test for individual areas to see if my theory is correct.  Although I don't know that it has to be unofficial - just do a scaled down smaller low cost type of event once that has almost no cost and see what event attendance is like for that versus your regular events and publicize it as much as you publicize others or even more.  If event attendance is low I'm wrong.  If it's high I'm right.
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> Rebecca
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>> A low cost alternative to "an official event" is an
>> unofficial day party in
>> a public park.  Renting a pavilion for a day is often
>> less than $100.  Do a
>> cookout and a pot-luck dinner and an impromptu crafts show,
>> workshop, or
>> both, plus a fighter practice. 
>>
>> The cost is virtually nill and it's lots of fun for
>> everyone that attends.
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>> Andras Salamandra
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