[GSAS-board] Plant Auctopsy '09

["Seattle_Aquarist" <Seattle_Aquarist@comcast.net>]

Hi All,

Thanks for the clarification Paul!

Just an FYI, I found this e-mail (below) buried in my GSAS Board folder.  It
is the excellent recap that Erik did after the last plant auction.  If I am
reading it correctly we had 56 bidders (plus spouses and kids); 381 Lots;
$2365 Gross Revenue minus $739 in splits provided about $1600 net revenue
for the club.

Possibly our current meeting room is too small since it was "standing room
only" last year in the "big room" which I believe is our regular meeting
room now.  Any thoughts on this with regards to trying for either the
largest room in the current building or the meeting room across the street
on the 2nd floor?

Based on the following e-mail I think we should spend at least as much as
last year on plants, maybe Christine can check and see how much that was?

Roy



-----Original Message-----
From: Erik Olson [mailto:erik@thekrib.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:32 PM
To: gsas-board@thekrib.com
Cc: SEATTLE_AQUARIST@comcast.net
Subject: Plant Auctopsy '09

Hey folks -- check this out -- RECORD YEAR!!!!  Here are the stats off the 
computer, compared with the previous nine years since we started using the 
computers:

Year    Bidders Lots    Gross $ Splits $        bids per minute
2009    56      381     2365    739             2.4
2008    46      254     1908    721             ~2
2007    42      244     1977    672             ~2
2006    28      267     1195    146             ~3
2005    39      242     1299    194
2004    43      322     1636    453
2003    30      264     1327    265
2002    34      259     1180    150
2001    39      231     1624    403
2000    38      260     1479    413

Standing room only in the big room, very high quality plants, very high 
quality auctioneering by Phil, very accurate numbers from the runners 
(names of everyone please?), and the oddly-symmetricly-named team of Calye 
and Kyleah kept the computers running smoothly as ever.  Merrie Jo, 
Meredith and Christine all got the hang of the crazy multi-lot auctions. I 
only heard of one mistake, and that was a $3 fish tank didn't get signed 
off.  I think every driver's license was returned tonight.

In terms of auctioneering speed, very good balance of humor and blasting 
through things (you'll see it's a bit faster than the past two years). 
Note that our general auction typically brings in 300-400 lots, so we 
essentially did a general auction's worth of stuff tonight!

Sounds like the camera worked OK.  Perhaps will bring that back in April 
for smaller items.  It actually works better for displaying fish than 
it does for plants.

To improve on/problems: Had some trouble integrating the new printer.  I 
should always make sure to try out new equipment *before* the auction in 
the future, even if it means driving out to North Bend!

Here are the remaining folks who have unsettled balances:

Paul Wallace: needs a $42.60 split check mailed
Dave Sanford: needs a $3.60 split check mailed
Daniel Cracud: needs a $14 split check mailed

That's all folks!  Great job!

-- 
Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com

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