One of the attendees at the 2008 Convention said to me later (jokingly?) that perhaps there would be higher auction proceeds (and less work) if we simply charged admission to the auction instead of a seller's premium.... But of course that would presume it would not be necessary to pay the performer or performer's guild a cut of the ticket sales... :-)
Michael At 8/23/2008 12:21 PM, jamiebothwell wrote: >--- In [email protected], "Scale S Only" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Roger -- > > > > Yup, they are my favorite part of the conventions. Unfortunately, we > > couldn't make it this year -- Fortunately, I didn't have to apologize for > > spraying beer on all those in front of me when Jamie's humor hit me hard... > > > > Have fun! > > Bill Winans > > Prescott Valley (soon to be at your door) > > > > You're right, Bob. Jamie's auctions are worth the price of admission. If > > anyone wants to laugh until your sides hurt, --- > > Roger > > > >Hi Guys, > While I'm riding this wave of positive publicity let me take a > moment to clarify a point I >made in Lowell. At the conclusion of the auction I said that the >organizers of the St. Louis >gathering had an auctioneer. Several people said to me later that >they were shocked to >hear that I wouldn't be doing the auction. I meant that the St. >Louis guys had asked me to >do the auction, and I said I would. So they have an auctioneer. Me! > Roger is giving me a left handed compliment here. Since the > auction is free, I'm always >worth the price of admission! Maybe he means the registration for >the convention. I'm >going with that! ;~) No Paypal at the NASG auction, so bring your stuff! >Jamie Bothwell >Bethlehem, PA > > > > >------------------------------------ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Greene Dunstable, MA, USA Member: NMRA(Life), NASG, Bristol S Gaugers, The 470 Railroad Club National Assoc. of S Gaugers http://www.nasg.org DCC Corner http://www.dccinfo.com Maine Railroads http://www.mainerailroads.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
