Re: [GSAS-board] auctopsy 2007

[meredith crichton <bluedooratwork@hotmail.com>]

I have the ID for Michael , do you have contact info?  Meredith

> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 07:11:04 -0700
> From: erik@thekrib.com
> To: gsas-board@thekrib.com
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-board] auctopsy 2007
> 
> I think Michael Roberts is NOT a member, and should NOT be getting the 
> 22.80. I think that he was mistakenly listed as the shrimp seller.
> 
> In fact, this makes sense that he was #137 and woody was #131. One of 
> woody's items was mistakenly attributed to him Please send Woody the 
> $22.80 then!
> 
> - Erik
> 
> 
> On Sat, 14 Apr 2007, SUSAN WELENOFSKY wrote:
> 
> > Wasn't 2005 the year of the used aquariums, lots?
> >
> > The bumblebee shrimp were from Woody. I don't know about the other shrimp. I
> > would have brought some Cherry Shrimp in, but I ran out of time and was
> > already over my limit by two.
> >
> > Who has Michael Roberts driver's license? Is he a new member I should know
> > about? Is this the person that Rick has the new member form that I didn't
> > get? So far I only have one new member (Thurman Gillespy, who came over here
> > to check out the glass 115 sold in February from Craig's List) and one
> > renewal. Should I wait before I mail him his check of $22.80?
> >
> > Susan
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com]
> > On Behalf Of Erik Olson
> > Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 9:21 PM
> > To: gsas-board@thekrib.com
> > Subject: [GSAS-board] auctopsy 2007
> >
> > The kids are tucked in, and the car unloaded. Here are the numbers off
> > the computer, as always, compared with previous
> > years...
> >
> > 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
> >
> >
> > lots 397 260 408 317 336 322 289 310
> > (411)
> > bidders 60 41 63 55 49 71 54 57
> >
> >
> > gross 2954 $1925 $3604 $2729 $2148 $2517 $2923
> > $2485
> > -splits 925 $628 $881 $834 $611 $486 $869
> > $672
> > net 2029 $1297 $2723 $1537 $2031 $2054 $1754
> >
> >
> > Auction rate = 2.0 items per minute. Seems to be our max on the general
> > auction. We were done on time, approximately 3 hours, 10 minutes.
> >
> > There is probably $50-75 or so less actual income due to credits given for
> > items that people did not actually buy.
> >
> > Observations about the numbers: Gross was 2nd highest in 8 years. The
> > net was pretty darn good, on the upper end (if 2005 counts as an
> > anomolously great year). Broke the record for amount paid out in splits,
> > which in itself is something to be happy about. Like I said after the
> > plant auction, part of the purpose of the club is to allow members to sell
> > off their fish, plants and (in my case) old crap in my garage that
> > someone else might be able to use.
> >
> > It was nice that we now had the option of telling a late seller to take
> > their tags and fill them out elsewhere, rather than having to enter their
> > stuff and break the flow of the auction.
> >
> > The PA worked very well, it seemed, though the wireless receiver was too
> > close to a remote computer station that we ended up having to scrap (RF
> > interference). It was OK, though. I think the remote workstation wasn't
> > necessary.
> >
> > We had all the computers working the entire auction, and Rick brought one
> > that would have acted as backup in case of disasters similar to previous
> > years. :)
> >
> > Though some labels were waterlogged, we didn't seem to have a lot of lost
> > labels this time. A couple here & there, but they got figured out.
> >
> > The approach of "protect Rick" worked very well. Rick was responsible for
> > getting the bids recorded, and if someone wanted to check out or had
> > questions, they were directed to wait until we were caught up. So nobody
> > checked out while we were in the 15-minute "plant moving frenzy", and
> > there was a little bit of a run on the computers at the end, but I don't
> > think anyone was really inconvenienced. I wish we has at least one other
> > person trained on the computers, but we were low on staff today and I
> > think having as many runners as possible was key.
> >
> > We had enough change, and the approach of keeping the secret stuff behind
> > the wall near the desk worked great for me.
> >
> > Issues:
> >
> > For some reason there were a lot of misrecorded bids this time around. a
> > lot of this was directly due to one bidder not putting up his card, but
> > instead saying his number, which it turned out, was not the right number.
> > But there were some others that just didn't make sense.
> >
> > I noticed that a lot of the sellers and runners were ambiguous in their
> > numbering (0's that looked like 6's, etc), so we should work on that next
> > time. This may have caused some of the misrecorded items. (There also
> > were a lot of missing item descriptions, but nothing that became a
> > problem.)
> >
> > Two people walked out without their drivers' licenses.
> >
> > One person expressed concern about the somewhat coercive, possibly shaming
> > style of our new auctioneer ("Hey, put that card back up!"). I wasn't
> > sure from my vantage point, head down in the computers.
> >
> > Some people had some problems not seeing a value for how much they owed or
> > were owed when the splits were taken into account. Rick also noted that
> > the receipt doesn't show the amount they actually paid (which can be one
> > of two things... either counting or not counting the splits). I will say
> > that this historically has evolved. Initially the club's policy was that
> > splits were always paid out AFTER the auction, not during the auction. As
> > you guys know, a seller might check out early and still have to be mailed
> > a split check (which is the case today). Or there is an adjustment made
> > to a sale ("Hey, I didn't pay $30 for that 10-gallon tank") and then we
> > have to ask for money BACK from a seller, or eat the $18 split. There may
> > be some cases of that here as well.
> >
> > But I digress. The receipt SHOULD have the amount we think they actually
> > paid, as well as both "amount bought" (already there) and "amount bought -
> > splits".
> >
> >
> > Tasks for the programmer, to implement before next time:
> >
> > 1. Figure out a way to reduce ambiguous bidder numbers. As they're
> > already 3-digits, maybe I could randomize them within the space of
> > 100-999. As we're not assembling the bags "backstage", there is no
> > requirement of having them in any order now.
> >
> > 2. Add a field for noting we took their driver's license. On the web
> > screen, include large red "DID THEY GET THEIR DRIVERS LICENSE BACK?" and
> > also similar message on their printout.
> >
> > 3. Modify printout to include "amount paid" and "amount bought - splits".
> >
> >
> >
> > Split checks to be mailed:
> >
> > Nate McCarthy: $3.60
> >
> > Linda Knap: $63.60
> >
> > Christine Ranegger: $15
> >
> > Michael Roberts: $22.80 -- I think this is a mistake. He's one of the
> > guys who left his driver's license, and it shows him selling a Shrimp. I
> > wonder if that's actually supposed to be Hiro?
> >
> > Tara Hirjak: $9.60
> >
> >
> > That is all. Great job everyone!
> >
> > - Erik
> >
> >
> 
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> Erik Olson
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