Gransee
Flashlight Enthusiast
GTs are always fun and it would be advantageous to combine it with the show. As far as tickets, we are quite limited to how many people we can let in as "booth reps". But, we are not limited to how many "VIPs" we can invite. The difference is the VIPs have to pay $15/piece. At least this is how it was setup for the last show.
Back to the GT... We used to do these for my first business (a 22 line BBS). My best friend did (and can still do) the DJ'ing. We would rent a hall someplace (at the hotel we all stay at?), eat pizza and subs, give away stuff, wear our t-shirts, play with new products, do shoot outs, invite other manufacturers, nighttime demonstrations, etc.
If it is going to be an official Arc sanctioned event it would be a no alcohol deal so you could bring the whole family.
The reviewers would be strongly encouraged to come. I talked to Craig about putting together a fund to send him to the last show but I started too late so we postponed the idea. I would definitely like him, his one-of-a-kind LED-lit wheelchair and good part of his collection to make it to the event.
If you want to do this, I will organize it and ask some of you to pitch in for various things.
We would start out with a suggestions phase and then lock the features of the event and get into the organization phase. We should start taking ideas now and then start them into motion around September or so.
Here are some ideas to get started:
- webcam some of the events so people who can't make it can join in somewhat
- Pizza/Subs/Sodas
- Prizes
- Music
- Flashlight tag game for the kids
- For sale items (flashlights, shirts, caps)
- Meet cool people (you!)
- Stay at the same hotel, group rate
- Night demonstrations and product comparisons
- Prototypes
- Invite other manufacturers (Tech Associates, Lightwave, etc)
- Party each night of the convention. Schedule demos, etc during the week.
- T shirt, "I partied with 100 brightly lit flash-a-holics and all I got where spots in my eyes and this t-shirt".
One more thing, let me know if you are interested in this. Even the cheap GT's cost several hundred dollars to put together so I want to make sure this is what you really want.
Peter Gransee
Back to the GT... We used to do these for my first business (a 22 line BBS). My best friend did (and can still do) the DJ'ing. We would rent a hall someplace (at the hotel we all stay at?), eat pizza and subs, give away stuff, wear our t-shirts, play with new products, do shoot outs, invite other manufacturers, nighttime demonstrations, etc.
If it is going to be an official Arc sanctioned event it would be a no alcohol deal so you could bring the whole family.
The reviewers would be strongly encouraged to come. I talked to Craig about putting together a fund to send him to the last show but I started too late so we postponed the idea. I would definitely like him, his one-of-a-kind LED-lit wheelchair and good part of his collection to make it to the event.
If you want to do this, I will organize it and ask some of you to pitch in for various things.
We would start out with a suggestions phase and then lock the features of the event and get into the organization phase. We should start taking ideas now and then start them into motion around September or so.
Here are some ideas to get started:
- webcam some of the events so people who can't make it can join in somewhat
- Pizza/Subs/Sodas
- Prizes
- Music
- Flashlight tag game for the kids
- For sale items (flashlights, shirts, caps)
- Meet cool people (you!)
- Stay at the same hotel, group rate
- Night demonstrations and product comparisons
- Prototypes
- Invite other manufacturers (Tech Associates, Lightwave, etc)
- Party each night of the convention. Schedule demos, etc during the week.
- T shirt, "I partied with 100 brightly lit flash-a-holics and all I got where spots in my eyes and this t-shirt".
One more thing, let me know if you are interested in this. Even the cheap GT's cost several hundred dollars to put together so I want to make sure this is what you really want.
Peter Gransee