[Deptheads] Preliminary attendance numbers

[Eric M. Aldrich I]

We tried, and they won't take us.

Eric

On 08 Sep, 2008, at 21:41, Ryan McMullan wrote:

>        I know our RPG crowd has already started dwindling.  I'm  
> afraid the unairconditioned rooms will continue the decline if  
> people expect it to continue.
>
>        I'm not sure if it's on our list of hotels already checked,  
> but a friend attended a non-gaming event at the Burbank Airport  
> Marriott Hotel and said that it was a nice hotel with lots of  
> ballroom space (it's billed as a convention space).  Might be worth  
> adding to the list to examine.
> http://www.marriottburbankairport.com/meetings.cfm
> They list 50k sq ft of event space.  They have a Request For  
> Proposals form if you are going to be methodical about the search.
>
> Ryan
>
>
> At 08:29 PM 9/8/2008, you wrote:
>> I sincerely hope so. If there was one overriding theme of the
>> conversations I heard it was that we needed to move. People were
>> already unhappy with the hotel and now they are furious. I think
>> people gave us a pass on this one since they knew it was a last  
>> minute
>> situation. But I don't think they will support us again. Orccon
>> desperately needs to be at a new hotel or location.
>>
>> I know that a heck of a lot of legwork has already been done to  
>> find a
>> new place but I still think it is time to redouble efforts and come  
>> up
>> with other alternatives. Hey, the first two BGG.cons were at an  
>> office
>> building built next to a hotel.
>>
>> There was a fellow on the Yahoo groups who suggested a good, formal
>> RFP process to help find a location. I'm not sure if this was done in
>> the past or not but I think we'd benefit from that. I also think if  
>> we
>> cannot find something on our own, we should really reach out to the
>> trusted members of the community for suggestions. There has got to be
>> somewhere in Southern California that can hold us.
>>
>> To be honest, if we don't move Orccon the situation may solve itself.
>> We may require a much smaller venue.
>>
>> ...ERB
>> www.boardgamebabylon.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 7:28 PM, Heather <heather at gibsongirl.net>  
>> wrote:
>> > So we're thinking about ORCCON now right?  and a new hotel???  -  
>> Heather
>> >
>> > On 9/6/08, Eric M. Aldrich I <ealdrich at penguinlust.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 332 pre reg
>> >> 320 volunteers, staff, exhibitors
>> >> 273 at the door
>> >>
>> >> So 925. There will be duplicates -- I need to weed them out. But  
>> we're
>> >> going to come in around 900. Last year was 850. So we're up  
>> about 9 percent
>> >> on the high side (so we beat Mondo! Barely....) and worse case  
>> we're up
>> >> about 6 percent.
>> >>
>> >> Given the parking, I'm pleased. Not what I hoped for, but not bad.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks again everyone.
>> >>
>> >> Eric
>> >>
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