Re: GWAPA

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

--- Cheryl Rogers <cheryl@wilstream.com> wrote:
>

The minimum is breakeven; with Amano and the anticipated
turnout, thousands can be made.  In fact, we'd probably
make money even if the reg fee was $0.0


> I don't agree that the stated goal of the convention
> should be to 
> break even. We can set our sights higher and set a goal
> to earn 
> revenue. The goal of earning revenue and the goal of
> increasing 
> membership are not mutually exclusive.

There are somewhat at odds. The higher the price, the fewer
folks that will attend.

 
> We have had several really good conventions, especially
> if we look at 
> it from the convention-goers point of view. If we set our
> expectations 
> too low, 

I don't see it as as choosing between the height of our
expectatons but the focus of our goals. Promoting
attendance over revs.  This doesn't mean not making money;
no one has proposed that.

> we create a self-fulfilling prophesy. AND we
> discourage 
> future local clubs from bidding because THEY want to earn
> revenue. 

Heck, originally, I had to try to talk GWAPA into trying to
make money.  ;-) They later decided that making some money
wasn't so bad, and I came to the views I've tried to
express forthe last few days.

> 
> My argument here is irrespective of what we should or
> should not do 
> with the revenue.


> 
> Hey, Scott! I wrote this whole e-mail without using the
> word "profit!" 
> Oops.


Plus, you used "prosphesy", as would be fortold by
you-know-what's.

sh


=====
S. Hieber

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