[Deptheads] Get events up ASAP!

Sat Jun 5 20:18:24 PDT 2010

We don't have any scheduled to take out the garbage. You're welcome to do
that! ;)

...ERB
www.boardgamebabylon.com
www.strategicon.net

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Tim <tim at stugiii.com> wrote:

> John,
>
> You and your guys should focus on things that aren't being run.  If Eric B.
> Has someone lined up to run garbage, then let them do it.  Use the talent
> you have to add events to the con that we don't currently have.  Don't
> duplicate effort, it just causes more work for everyone.
>
> Tim
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Burgess <erburgess at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 15:49:49
> To: deptheads at strategicon.net<deptheads at strategicon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Deptheads] Get events up ASAP!
>
> No. Board games will run it until we talk to Dan.
>
>
> On Saturday, June 5, 2010,  <Evil5757 at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > As soon as someone else is ready to take it over, the Cribbage is all
> > theirs. We just want to do it because it should be offered and we want to
> get in
> > it as well. So we should plan on doing it this convention and having
> someone
> > else do it from Orccon on then?
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 6/5/2010 1:27:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> > ealdrich at penguinlust.org writes:
> > As to
> >   Cribbage, I'd hold off on that. One idea that has been tossed around a
> little
> >   is to bring back the traditional card games as a sub department under
> board
> >   games (much like Karl runs war games). We even have a potential person
> to do
> >   this -- Dan O'Farrell -- however, I don't think we'll do it for
> Gateway. And
> >   no, we haven't talked to Dan yet.
> >
> >
> >   Right now this is in the development stages. One of the purposes is to
> >   broaden the appeal to families with "non-gaming" spouses. But it's just
> in the
> >   idea stage tight now, and has been tossed out on occasion over the last
> couple
> >   of years. I now think we might want to seriously consider it.
> >
> >
> >   Eric
> >
> >
> >   On Jun 4, 2010, at 12:54 PM, evil5757 at aol.com wrote:
> >
> >     Oh, I definitely agree on your points here. I brought in 2 LARP
> >     specialists last convention to get the lay of the place and get ready
> for
> >     possibly doing some in 2011 (they have new baby...can't do it right
> now). We
> >     are looking at Boardgames because I actually left open the Sunday
> noon
> >     timeframe so we could get in the Cribbage tournament, and there was
> none. So
> >     we will do the Cribbage tournament and a couple of my guys like the
> complex
> >     space games that are out, and I think they want to do one of those.
> We are
> >     also kicking around bringing back the Mega-Colliseum Circus Maximus
> >     event.
> >
> >     There are some events we were going to do but have backed off of
> since
> >     others have started them, such as an on-going Formula De event and
> the
> >     Battletech Mega-Arena, both now being done by someone else.
> >
> >
> >     John
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >     -----Original
> >     Message-----
> > From: Eric Burgess <erburgess at gmail.com>
> > To: deptheads at strategicon.net
> > Sent:
> >     Fri, Jun 4, 2010 11:45 am
> > Subject: Re: [Deptheads] Get events up
> >     ASAP!
> >
> >
> >
> >     I can see where Gayle is coming from here. Board Games hardly needs
> >     help at the moment, especially with the revitalization we've just had
> with
> >     Neil's hard work as our Events Manager. We just had more events than
> ever
> >     before, a huge turnout for the Settlers and TTR events and the two
> special
> >     guests at Gateway 2010 are board game focused.
> >
> >     As much as you all know I like to get resources for Board Games, if
> the
> >     purpose of Special Events is to ignite some interest in departments
> that
> >     could use a boost, perhaps now is the time to focus on LARPS and
> >     Collectibles instead of Board Games.
> >     ...ERB
> > www.boardgamebabylon.com <http://www.boardgamebabylon.com/>
> > www.strategicon.net <http://www.strategicon.net/>
> >
> >
> >
> >     On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:33 AM, <evil5757 at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >       Special projects was never meant to be just miniatures or anything
> in
> >       particular. When originally planned with Eric in 2007, Special
> Projects
> >       was going to be a group that ran large and special events in all
> >       departments. Our job is to fill gaps and run events that you can't
> do at
> >       home, things that will be associated with the convention. We will
> be
> >       running events in all genre of games, and we will be getting back
> into
> >       boardgames and RPGs this convention. We were doing both before we
> were
> >       needed to help out in the Miniatures area, and now that Miniatures
> is back
> >       on it's feet and growing, we are going forward with our original
> plans.
> >
> >
>
> --
> ...ERB
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