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

[Jeff Smith]

Hi there,

I've done free events in another kingdom and found that, even without feast (or BYOFood), attendance was still comparable to other events.  In one case, we didn't even advertise the event any more than the kingdom made us do to make it official (bare minimums).  Will it work in your area?  I don't know, but the concept has worked elsewhere.  (Note that in one case, we could bring whatever we wanted to eat, but had to buy all of our drinks, even water, from the site but the price was reasonable.)

Barcsi Janos
 
JEFFREY C. SMITH 
 
"I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a disgrace, two are a law firm, and three or more become a Congress."  -- President John Adams




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From: Becky McEllistrem <bmcellis at yahoo.com>
To: atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
Sent: Sat, June 26, 2010 1:06:51 PM
Subject: [MR] try a low cost event was Re: event fees

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.

Rebecca


> 
> 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.

> 
> Andras Salamandra

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