[Deptheads] Renaming the Cons

[Patrick Havert]

If we do it, I like Janice's idea of naming the weekends, it also kinds of 
brands it in the subconscious mind.

OrcCon - Labor Day Weekend
OrcCon - Memorial Day Weekend
OrcCon - Presidents Day Weekend

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric M. Aldrich I" <ealdrich at penguinlust.org>
To: <deptheads at strategicon.net>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Deptheads] Renaming the Cons


> If we're going to change the name, it won't be this year.
>
> Eric
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 01:19:19PM -0800, Janice Sellers wrote:
>> On 2/22/08, Robert Lionheart <spinachcat at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Would you have Winner OrcCon, Spring OrcCon and Fall OrcCon?
>>
>> That's pretty much what I suggested, yes.  Except I put OrcCon before
>> the season, because the first word is what people notice more.  I also
>> suggested OrcCon and the name of the weekend.
>>
>> > GameCon was a weak name.   ManaCon was good during the Magic days and
>> > ConQuest's smartest move was to brand their events with the same name 
>> > so
>> > they have ConQuest San Francisco, ConQuest Sacramento, ConQuest
>> > Northwest...except for their odd CruiseCon.
>>
>> And let's not forget, ManaCon became KublaCon.  With ConQuest, they
>> started out with different names and then have come around to having
>> them all be ConQuest.  My first thought on why it's called CruiseCon
>> is because the whole emphasis there really is the cruise, not the
>> gaming.
>>
>> > BTW, we might want to offer a full page ad trade.   If they give Gamex 
>> > a
>> > full page in their Vegas con book, we trade for a full page to promote 
>> > their
>> > Alaska CruiseCon which happens in July.
>>
>> If we want to start doing this type of exchange and marketing the cons
>> more aggressively, we should probably resolve the naming thing first.
>>
>> Janice
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