On Mon, October 21, 2013 12:59 pm, Geoff Wicks wrote: > > I have considered Rich's proposal carefully and I like it, but sorry > Rich, you have not produced for me a business case. I have no idea from > what you write how much the show would cost Quanta. If you want this > show to go ahead you really need to do more homework. I need to know > who the partners will be, how reliable they are, and what the relative > costs would be for Quanta. I need to know an estimate of attendance and, > given that there was a loss on the last occasion, what you anticipate > the loss to be. I also need to know more than just the venue costs. As > Sarah has pointed out there are many other costs to a show. Venue costs > represented about a third of the total costs of QLis21 and about a half > of the costs of QLis25. >
I am not sure where the issue with this comes from... The idea is that the event to be held in Cambridge would be run and financed by me (although I would need some help). I don't think that it would be hard to get 100 people from all of the Sinclair world to come along to the event for the weekend, or one day - the Spectrum is 30 show tickets cost £25-£30 from memory, and they got over 200 visitors over the weekend. I was thinking charge £15 per visitor, paying £1000 for the venue, that leaves £500 buffer to cover my (and any co-organiser's attendance costs). Cost to Quanta? They would just pay £15 for each Quanta member who turned up - so it depends on how many Quanta members turn up... Quanta members would get free entry, so maybe some QLers may decide to sign up to Quanta and get the free ticket. They could even do it as a discounted ticket - so Quanta members still paid £5 (say). Quanta would need a presence on the day, but that need only be 1 or 2 people - not the whole committee - as it is just not viable to get this orgnised now in time for next year's AGM. The AGM could be held in Manchester - even virtually - in April at minimal cost. Rich www.rwapsoftware.co.uk www.sellmyretro.com _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
