OK, so I want to hear from those of you who attended. What could we have done differently? What did you like? What did you NOT like? etc. I have really thick skin so fire away.
I'll start by addressing a few things before people chime in:
1) I can't do it anywhere else. The event was held at the place where I work my day job. Unless somebody has a venue in a "better" location that is close to free, this is all I've to work with.
2) I know there weren't all that many "vendors" but it was not advertised to the public beyond BS.com and I did not go out looking for people to fill space. I had no interest in making money off of the event so I didn't look for garbage vendors to fill space and pay for tables.
3) When we planned this out, I had no intention of doing it again beyone this one event. I had a great time and think this thing really has potential to be a good event, not a "dream catcher, beef jerky, jelly candle, airsoft gun, blow gun, stun gun, etc." filled event. I would love to have seen more collectors being their collections just for show and maybe to trade. If there is enough interest, we can do it again and try to make it better.
4) In an effore to keep the cost for vendors down, we asked that they provide their own tables. I didn't really catch too much crap about that but if people want us to provide tables, we can do so but the cost will be added to the vendor fee. Vendors will have to commit and pay at least 2 weeks in advance of the show with a non refundable "table deposit". I would be more than happy to do it if there is a demand for it.
Alright so with that being covered, let me hear it...
I'll start by addressing a few things before people chime in:
1) I can't do it anywhere else. The event was held at the place where I work my day job. Unless somebody has a venue in a "better" location that is close to free, this is all I've to work with.
2) I know there weren't all that many "vendors" but it was not advertised to the public beyond BS.com and I did not go out looking for people to fill space. I had no interest in making money off of the event so I didn't look for garbage vendors to fill space and pay for tables.
3) When we planned this out, I had no intention of doing it again beyone this one event. I had a great time and think this thing really has potential to be a good event, not a "dream catcher, beef jerky, jelly candle, airsoft gun, blow gun, stun gun, etc." filled event. I would love to have seen more collectors being their collections just for show and maybe to trade. If there is enough interest, we can do it again and try to make it better.
4) In an effore to keep the cost for vendors down, we asked that they provide their own tables. I didn't really catch too much crap about that but if people want us to provide tables, we can do so but the cost will be added to the vendor fee. Vendors will have to commit and pay at least 2 weeks in advance of the show with a non refundable "table deposit". I would be more than happy to do it if there is a demand for it.
Alright so with that being covered, let me hear it...
I do.
