[Deptheads] Miniature Bootcamp

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This was unknown to Robyn, but I handled all of the Dealer Dollars myself  
and ensured all demos had access to them while watching and counting which  
attendees went where so we can plan for the future more accurately. We also 
had  demos of Flames of War, Wings of War and General Quarters.
 
I can't emphasize enough how we are not dividing Miniatures and want to  
keep the Bootcamp within the Miniatures Department and see it run by the  
Miniatures Department (hopefully by Gamex).
 
John
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 10/19/2009 9:49:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
robynln at gmail.com writes:

So I  was not able to attend the department head’s meeting but I wanted to 
submit my  observations and reports regarding our newest addition to  
miniatures:

The miniature Bootcamp.

First off, I wish to thank  John and the special project crew to assisting 
in the organization and setup  of the bootcamp this past convention.  
Visually it was a great success  and made great use of the lobby area of the 2nd 
floor to demonstrate the  visual candy aspects of the miniature hobby.  We 
were able to capture a  large number of people who wanted to try out many old 
standards, as well as  new games in the miniature field.

We had the following games  represented in the boot camp at this time:
Warhammer 40k
Warhammer  Fantasy
Uncharted Seas
Warmachine and Hordes from Privateer  Press
Bloodbowl
AE WWII

I believe that Tim had some of the HGMS  group also doing some demos.

Good things that occurred:
Accounting  of people who played in demos:  all the GMs that we had 
utilized sign-in  sheets to accurately account for participants in the demos
Active  engagement of participants:  Demos were short, typically from 15 to 
30  minutes in length, these could be shorter, but given people traffic 
flow,  there was not a requirement to shorten the demos down to 5 to 10 minutes 
that  are typical of large convention demos (Gencon/Comiccon).

Questionable  things that occurred:
Paying of dealer dollars to event participants:  This was not done for all 
demos, creating an inequity situation.  This also was recognized by 
participants as well as GMs who did not get  the dealer dollars to distribute to 
their demoees.  I have since received  several inquiries of whether their demos 
will also receive this support.  My question to department heads is whether 
the distribution of dealer  dollars to demo participants is the correct 
action for our convention, and if  it is, what is the appropriate amount that 
we should be distributing to people  who participate in demos, and whether we 
should be doing this for all demos,  or only ones demonstrates as our 
favorites (favoritism?).

I also do not  see Miniature bootcamp as something that should ever be a 
separate department  within the Strategicon organization, just as I don’t see 
boardgame bootcamp  being separate from the Boardgame department, nor the 
Paint and take being  separate from the Miniature Department.  Any movement 
toward this  direction either means that the Miniature department isn’t doing 
its job and  its department heads need replaced, or this is another 
artificial division of  territories that is tearing the management of Strategicon 
gaming conventions  apart, and I have to admit this isn’t something that I 
thought we were here to  do:  “feed our egos”.  Our job as department heads to 
to pull  together as a team and produce a great event.  I am questioning 
myself  about this vision as I participate in our board discussions and as I 
work to  schedule events and GMs to build a better convention.

I like that Tim  has stepped up as Event Coordinator, and is working on Job 
descriptions for  all of us.  This will be an interesting read :).

Well that my  report and my request for information from the rest of the 
Department  Heads.

Robyn Nixon  

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