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Re: Australian Nation Meet, 2005. A hand in the air.
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Mon, 30 Aug 2004 01:19:10 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, James Howse wrote:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond wrote:
> > OK, we are all enthuasiastic, good! Now, we need to convert enthuasiasm into
> > action. As the saying goes, "when all is said and done, more is said than
> > done!" :-)
> > So, let us test the strength of our enthusiasm with these two questions:
> > Q1. Who will volunteer to take charge of organising the event?
> > It might be one person or a group of people, but somebody has to take charge
> > and drive this train. Note, I am not asking "are you willing to help?". I am
> > sure lots of people are willing to help, but that is a lesser commitment
> > than taking charge. And without somebody to take charge, nothing happens.
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> Yes. I will stand up.
> I have attendend all three national meets, have hosted/organised several local
> meets and have been a participant in Loc/Au soon after it's inception. I am a
> resident of Sydney, one of the proposed venues for the meet. I am currently
> working full time in retail but have free time to donate to this cause. I'm
> comfortable with the possiblity of approaching LEGO Australia and have met some
> of their sales representatives already (although not in this context).
> There may be other candidates for organiser, if so excellent! Either I'll defer
> to their experience/skills I'd suggest a vote in this forum. Or if a quorum are
> happy to support my assuming this role, that'd be great too.
James I'm happy to support you doing it, as there hasn't been a whole lot of
people putting there hand up. Even if a couple of others do (thanks Travis!) it
might't hurt to have more than 1 go-to person.
> > Q2. How many of us are prepared to show their support for an Australian
> > Brickfest by offering (say) $100 up front towards the costs of organising
> > it?
> > While it is nice to imagine that some generous sponsor is out there
> > somewhere, realistically we probably need to be prepared to front the costs
> > ourselves. This money would be given to the organisers to meet the up-front
> > costs of the event. The money would be given as a loan in the hope that it
> > would be repaid from the income from the event, but with the clear
> > understanding, that if the event could not be held or it did not generate
> > much income, that part or all of the money might not be repaid. So, you have
> > to be prepared to risk that money. I have not done any calculations
> > whatsoever on the up-front costs of organising the event, so the figure of
> > $100 is just plucked from the air, as an amount small enough to be
> > affordable to many of us yet large enough to test our commitment.
> > So, everyone, what are your answers to these two questions?
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> I work full time, a commitment of this scale is possible.
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> I have three questions for this community.
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> 1. Brickfest started with 60 people and few public attendees and took 4 years to
> grow to the fest we all admire. Whilst 200 attendees and 1600 public vistors is
> a worthy goal; Are loc/au'ers going to be dissappointed with a smaller scaled
> event?
I'm certainly happy with a smaller start. I think I would consider 60 registered
attendees a huge success!
> 2. Brickfest draws from the commited core of American builders who have
> significant brick resources to build with, consequently their creations are
> suitably impressive. Few people in Australia have comparable collections. Are
> loc/au'ers going to be dissappointed with a meet featuring less grandiose
> creations?
I think a good 'fest needs 1 or 2 grandiose creations. But even BrickFest
consists overwhelmingly of smaller, simpler creations, I think we could do a
great show.
> 3. Brickfest is coordinated by an individual but there is significant delegation
> in terms of events and theme rooms. Are there individuals here who, whilst they
> feel uneasy about organising, would commit to assisting in a particular theme?
> Some suggestions are
> Trains/Town
> Technic/Mindstorms
> Castle/Pirates
> Space/More Space
I would be happy to help in any theme, I could co-ordinate technic/mindstorms I
think (small though it may be).
I have a question too, would AFOLs be interested in any sessions on aspects of
LEGO? I have found these to be interesting and sometimes even fun at BrickFest,
but they take a bit of work to organise too, and you need stuff like a meeting
room with display paraphenalia (whiteboard, maybe projecter etc).
> James (who is excited at the thought of meeting 100 AFOLS all at once)
Are there that many AFOLs in Australia?????? LOL
ROSCO
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