Well, I thought someone on here mentioned it would be a good idea to have it in a town where someone from the list was located? Both Hugh and I live in San Diego.
I vote for San Diego! - john The goal of the works of a genius' existance lies only in itself. > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian the Fist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 9:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Software Collecting Expo? > > > > > - any permits, insurance etc. needed if applicable, > probably depends > > > on location > > [...] > > > It might be worthwhile to set up a small corporation to > manage the > > > funds and keep them separate from personal funds but I'm > no lawyer. > > > > This is the kind of area I'm not at all good at. We have a law > > student on this group, Karl Kuras, I believe? > > I think if we start by asing the CGExpo guys we can find most > of this stuff out. I'm sure they'll be happy to give us > info, they seem like nice guys. I dont know the rules in the > US but in Canada its easy to start a dummy company like this, > but always good to ask a lawyer/tax accountant. I could ask > my financial advisor about it but again, since I'm in Canada > it might be of limited use. > > It sounds like you (Chris) and I, and maybe John, are the > most interested in trying to arrange something like this. If > anyone else would like to help get some info, please speak up! > > > > - exhibitors (here are prices from CGexpo for comparison: > > > > We should probably start lower than CGE, to encourage > dealers to come, > > since it'd be a first-time show. > > definitely. Thats why a budget is important :) > > > > - admission - how much is fair? $50? $100? Assume maybe 100 > > > attendees > > > > Maybe lower, to encourage more attendance. CGE/Philly are like > > $25/$30 for a two-day pass. > > For that we could do a quick poll right here. If this event > were to happen, and assuming a 2 day event, a Vegas venue, > and stellar guest speakers, a) would you go? and b) how much > would you be willing to pay for admission? > > > > - corporate sponsors, if any > > > > Maybe contact some companies that were around back then and still > > exist now? Gaming mag publishers? > > PC Gamer, Electronic Games (Arnie Katz, Bill Kunkel) or CGW > might be interested, yep. Another idea I forgot before is > T-shirts - selling T-shirts is a great way to make back some > of the costs too. I have no trouble contacting/hunting down > potential exhibitors and/or speakers, but obviously not until > the rest is a bit clearer. > > > > We need estimates on all these things to ensure we at least break > > > even. > > > > I'd be glad to crunch the numbers for a variety of attendance rates > > and admission fees if we can get estimates on the stuff you > listed. > > (Finally using my office-crap skills outside of work!) > > > > So for starters can anyone in the area (or at least the > southern US) > > > look in to approximate prices for these sorts of things > in downtown > > > Vegas, or other suggested locations? We could find out about > > > permits, insurance etc by simply asking the CGexpo organizers Im > > > sure. > > > > I'll e-mail them and share their replies. > > Ok, let's start with that, and I can send a few inquiries to > some downtown Vegas strip hotels to inquire about renting > rooms at various times of the year, as well as discounted > room rates for conferences. If anybody has any other > suggestions for a cheap location that people would be willing > to come to and may be close to lots of classic game authors > (whatever that means), please let us know. > > Incidentally for those who don't know, I'm a classic game > author myself, if you count shareware ;) (check out my sig..) > > -- > ---------------------------------------------- > Howard Feldman, Author of The Search for Freedom > A Computer Fantasy Role-Playing Game > Visit its Homepage at http:/deep.mshri.on.ca/people/feldman/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are currently > subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, > send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe > swcollect' Archives are available at: > http://www.mail-> archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
