Relly torn on this one.
There are 2 kinds of newbies and I'm not sure we are all
talking about the same:
new to aquatic hobbies or aquatic gardening
new to aquatic hobby conventions or the AGA convention.
I think the first group is unlikely to spend several
hundred or a grand to come to a convention. Nice if we
could attract them but probably only the very well healed
will come. So a gardening basics presentation might not
have much attendance. But if there's a likelihood of 10 or
so, then yes. However, if it runs while another
presentation is going on, attendance still might be low. If
we try to squeeze in another event, well, it's hard getting
enough events in the 1/2 days that we normally have.
The latter group (convention newbies) is probably most of
the attendees or close to half? And the info we'd give them
is convention info, which we would/should give to all.
sh
--- Paul Krombholz <pkrombholz@bellsouth.net> wrote:
I am thinking of some kind of scheduled event to welcome
new AGA attendees.
How about an hour or two set aside in the hospitality
suite for new
attendees where they are encouraged to introduce
themselves and ask
questions. Or perhaps a workshop or focus group devoted
to the new
attendees. Two or three representative 'veterans" would
have to be
present.
>Maybe a 'Can I help you?' table for next year?
>
>
>On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 07:29:37 -0500, Karen Randall
<krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:
>> Well, we wouldn't HAVE to mark people who didn't want
to be marked. We
>> could ask them. The trouble with leaving it to
chance is that there are
>> people who don't get noticed at all. I don't
remember why we noticed you,
>> but I'm glad we did. Think how many potentially
valuable worker-bees we
>> might be missing in the crowd.<g>
> >
>>
--
Paul Krombholz in sunny central Mississippi
_______________________________________________
AGA-mcm mailing list
AGA-mcm@thekrib.com
http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm
_______________________________________________
AGA-mcm mailing list
AGA-mcm@thekrib.com
http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/aga-mcm