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Re: West Coast Lego Fan Convention - AKA BricksWest → BrickFest PDX
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lugnet.events
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Wed, 13 Aug 2003 01:40:26 GMT
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In lugnet.events, Todd Thuma wrote:
> Anyone is welcome to organize their own convention. There is no rules that
> say you can or cannot. First you must have the desire to organize one. You
> must find a place to hold it. Set a date. Enter into a contract with a
> convention facility. Find an insurance company to protect you from liability.
> Contact the Lego Company for their support and participation. Identify a core
> group of volunteers. Plan a schedule of events. Determine a fair price that
> people would be willing to pay for the convention. Create a logo. Find a T-
> Shirt printer and negotiate a price. Take registration. Identify some hotels
> that might be willing to give a discount. Get some bricks engraved. And each
> one of these things take weeks to identify, determine, and decided upon. Then
> you will have to keep after everyone to follow through. It is really very
> easy! (SARCASM).
I think that paragraph is probably the single most valuable statement
generated by this whole shpeal. For those who might be interested in starting a
new Con, it lays out a starter list for event planning, and for those who
aren't, it lets them know how grateful that they should be when a group of
people feels masochistic enough to jump the hoops and get a show off the ground.
I mean, geez, insurance? I never would have even thought of that... Anyways,
to all Con organizers, past, present, and future, I salute you. And maybe I'll
get to appreciate your hard work in person someday.
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