Re: [AGA SC] Fwd: Reg Fees -- change horses?

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

I'll forward a mesage to that effect unless someone
objects. This isn't a motion or anything, just a
solictation for comments.

sh
--- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:
> I talked with Kathy last night about this.  My opinion is
> that we should 
> stick to the original guns and close the early-bird thing
> at 50.  Or 
> ASAP, if it's already at 50 (it was at 41 last night
> before I went to 
> bed).  For one thing, saying "the first 50 people all
> registered in the 
> first 2 days" makes it very clear that this is going to
> be a BIG 
> convention, and becomes a great promo vehicle.  I think
> we've accomplished 
> what we set out to do with the early bird program, which
> was to prove that 
> we could pull in enough people to seed the treasaury and
> show that there 
> was interest.  And we will have met half out "minimum"
> for attendance.  
> Which is pretty darn cool.
> 
>   - Erik
> 
> On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, S. Hieber wrote:
> 
> > I think that's a very insightful assessment.
> > 
> > With what we have so far, I'm very confident we will
> draw
> > at least well and probably much better than last year.
> So
> > I'm confident that we'll break even financially. So I
> thin
> > we should let the price go up to $59 at 50.
> > 
> > Btw, Those waiting for the last minute (actually the
> last
> > week and a half) to register will have to pay $20 extra
> > this year. And they might not get to buy  a Banq after
> Oct
> > 31.
> > 
> > 
> > sh
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:
> > > I suspect that after an initial surge, registrations
> are
> > > going to slow way
> > > down.  Hopefully they will continue to trickle in
> over
> > > the next few months.
> > > But the fast response so far only means to me that
> these
> > > people were already
> > > waiting there, money in hand, for registrations to
> open
> > > up.  Most of them
> > > are not only NOT new members, but they are people who
> > > have attended previous
> > > concentions.  IOW, we're preaching to the choir.
> > > 
> > > OTOH, I feel SLIGHTLY bad (not much, but slightly<g>)
> > > that in all
> > > likelihood, there are people who have not yet even
> seen
> > > the notice that
> > > registration is opne, who could miss their chance on
> the
> > > discount.
> > > 
> > > I guess I could easily be convinced not to extend the
> > > discount at all.  BUT
> > > if we did want to extend it, in the hopes of feeling
> a
> > > little MORE secure by
> > > getting the numbers as high as possible as early as
> > > possible, you could do a
> > > middle-of-the road thing, by extending it not by a
> > > certain number of people,
> > > but to a certain date. (say April 15, just for
> argument
> > > sake)
> > > 
> > > I do think that one thing tha will happen once the
> > > discount period is over
> > > is taht people will have NO incentive to register
> early,
> > > and might,
> > > therefore wait until the last minute.  Which probably
> > > isn't the end of the
> > > world... it has happened in the past.  But it makes
> for
> > > more nervousness
> > > among convention planners.<g>
> > > 
> > > Karen
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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> > S. Hieber
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