[Deptheads] So Cal ASL Demo

[Devi Hughes]

How about offering to pop off a couple of army surplus smoke grenades on
Century Blvd. so they don't have to suffer both the FFMO AND the FFNAM
modifiers as they cross the street to go get Subway for lunch?  Will that
lure them back?

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Robert Lionheart <spinachcat at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> What is the ASL's main peeve?
>
> If we want to lure them back, how about giving their leadership Special
> Guest status and throwing several ASL tourneys with lots of prize support.
> If we really want them to show, then throw dollars at the problem.
>
> If dollars doesn't heal the rift, then its time to develop our own ASL
> team.   We can throw in a case of Ensure as a peace offering.
>
> - R
>
>
>
> *thatericn at aol.com* wrote:
>
> Hey all:
>
> Actually last year, a few other club members came by as well, purchasing
> badges.  What was nice with this year's negotiation was that it really
> wasn't a negotiation - I just reminded them of the event and re-extended the
> invite... Done.
>
> My suggestion would be to inquire about possibly getting them more
> involved in the future.  Orccons are probably out of the picture now, since
> they have a competing event in Feb., but maybe we can strengthen their
> interest, and get them to Gateway too.  If we can build trust, my hope would
> be that down the line we could get them with us at Orccons, possibly running
> a con-within-the-con, not unlike the Warhammer event.
>
> No matter what, it feels better to have some of they old rifts healing or
> vanishing.  Having a healthy ASL presence is likely to be a strong
> word-of-mouth topic with about 20% of our attendees; especially if it shows
> up in reviews and blogs.
>
> Eric N.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heather Hughes <heather at gibsongirl.net>
> To: deptheads at strategicon.net
> Sent: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 7:01 pm
> Subject: Re: [Deptheads] So Cal ASL Demo
>
>  That's good, Devi contacted them a year ago, and told them about the new
> convention ownership.  They still were not very interested in coming.  We
> know they are a group of about 75 members, but I guess 3 is better than
> none, and maybe they will continue to come in greater numbers as time goes
> on.
>
> Heather
>
>
> On 4/1/08, thatericn at aol.com <thatericn at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all, but particularly Patrick and Eric A.:
> >
> > I got an enthusiastic response from the So Cal ASL Club.  Their
> > president, Jim Aikens, has confirmed their attendance, with the same number
> > of badges as last year (3).
> >
> > Patrick, if you'd like, I'll pass along your e-mail address to him, if
> > you want...
> >
> > Eric N.
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