[Deptheads] John Paiva's after action report

[Michael Russell]

I agree we need to move them out from behind the pillar, we had a LOT of people wait in the reg line waiting to turn in their dealer dollars only to be told to go over to the next table, not a good thing.  We need much better signs for then and to move them out from behind the piller.  I was at the reg desk most of the con and only saw the "demo" tables used for about 3 to 4 hours total, to me that was a big was of space, give it to Fran and Beth.   Also on Friday and Sat when everyone was coming to get their Pre-Reg badge it created a major traffic jam having the payout table there.  

Mike R
On Monday, February 25, 2008, at 07:17AM, "Eric M. Aldrich I" <ealdrich at penguinlust.org> wrote:
>On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 12:50:24PM -0800, Patrick Havert wrote:
>> >>
>> >>I'd also like to take the demo tables in front of the Dealer room, to put
>> >>the Payout crew there, so they have a bit more room to spread out.
>> >
>> >Doubt we can do this either -- what was wrong with where they were other 
>> >than lack of signage?
>
>> **** Eric, as they are there 15-16 hours a day, I'd like them to get a 
>> little room to spread out.  The Dealers didn't really use those 2 tables, I 
>> setup a few guys in the Ballroom so they got better exposure to people, so 
>> the Open gaming wargamers used them for the most part.
>> 
>Ideally we should figure out what Ken(?) Fran and Beth want. That pillar is annoying.
>> 
>> >Erm, the only person really doing a lot of bidding was John Muiji, who is 
>> >NOT a dealer. He is a game collector, and a rather well-heeled one at 
>> >that. He drives or flys out from Vegas specifically for these auctions. 
>> >And it's not like John goes overboard -- things were going cheap for the 
>> >most part. There were four known game collectors in there that I saw 
>> >bidding (myself included). John just has a bit more room in his 
>> >house+basement to put the stuff. He purchased roughly 40 percent of what 
>> >was sold at the auction by dollar amount (yes, I actually did count 
>> >this -- I purchased roughly 8 percent and sold only 3...).
>> **** I wasn't at the auction, I just know what people bitched about on the 
>> Yahoo groups.  Perhaps if you mention to people that we have a collector in 
>> the front row when he bids on everything?  I am uncertain of the exact 
>> response from us, but people left the auction because someone in the front 
>> row was bidding on everything, and the Yahoo Groups afterwards were several 
>> flames.
>
>Which yahoo group? I didn't see anything on the Strategicon one (I did clean out the SPAM whilst there). Yes, I'll post a response. Just let me know where.
>
>Eric
>> 
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