[Deptheads] SoCal Smackdown (Was: Get games up ASAP!)

Wed Jun 9 10:19:17 PDT 2010

Ok, we're going to need some help. We need to get publicity out. We  
need to get the web site updated. Tanya has no time and I have very  
little. So volunteers are needed. Tasks in no particular order:

1) FIX THE FORUM. Requires advanced php skill that I don't have to do  
it efficiently
2) Add news articles. We have one from Neil. Someone needs to make  
sure it gets to Tanya and added to the news feed if nothing else
3) get the mail blurbs out -- This I think we can handle
4) get event up on the site. If we bury them in events this might be  
over with quickly.
5) get the special events/guests pages up. We just need the content
6) Update the web site. Flash is bad, and it's not just the Apple  
person in me saying that. It crashes, it doesn't work on mobile  
browsers worth a darn, and it's slooooooow. A design tweak is to the  
front would be good. A radical change isn't practical
7) Get the Radisson on board with things. I'll try.
8) Add new web pages. Anyone know php, html and sql well enough to put  
a web page together? If you do, you can be a big help. Tanya cannot do  
it alone.

Yes, we need to be on a war footing. They haven't been paying  
attention to what we've been doing since it appears May last year, our  
low point for miniatures. They are taking on our board games and rpgs  
as well -- we need to lock in commitments on these ASAP, though RPGs  
will be hard due to the venue.

Eric

On Jun 9, 2010, at 9:33 AM, thatericn at aol.com wrote:

> I completely and totally agree about our PUBLIC stance. I would also  
> suggest that in publicity and public statements, that we generally  
> ignore them. The last thing we need to do is help publicize them by  
> talking about them!
>
> That being said, INTERNALLY we need to be on a war footing.  Their  
> scheduling against us is an undisguised declaration of war. No  
> matter how diplomatic we were/are/want to be/want to look, we do not  
> want to "lose" or let their aggression and animosity pay off.
>
> As far as the segment of gamers out there with wildly deluded  
> expectations of what a game convention is capable of being, we can  
> only do our best for the widest segment of gamers, and hope they  
> come to their senses. Not much else can be done.
>
> Regarding "merging": that is likely their plan all along, in a  
> backhanded way. Force us to concede Labor Day weekend to them; give  
> up. Of course, then, in a year or two - surprise! - it's their  
> President's Day con and then their Memorial Day con.
>
> "Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or  
> small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour  
> and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently  
> overwhelming might of the enemy." - Winston Churchill
>
> ... turning off the hyperbole machine...
>
> Eric N.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harmon Ward <hjw at pacbell.net>
> To: deptheads at strategicon.net; tim at stugiii.com
> Sent: Wed, Jun 9, 2010 8:12 am
> Subject: RE: [Deptheads] SoCal Smackdown (Was: Get games up ASAP!)
>
> I would suggest that our response to their confrontational tone  
> should be
> one of reconciliation. They are selling this Convention based on the
> negatives that Strategicon carries over from the past management. In  
> my
> opinion, some of those are deserved and most of them  are based on  
> people
> not understanding how difficult running a convention with mostly  
> volunteer
> labor is. Some people pay $40 for a four day event and expect $72  
> dollar per
> day Disneyland level service, and even Disneyland has people who  
> hate it.
>
> Since their tone is confrontational, a confrontational response from  
> us will
> just play into their hand. I would like to merge their future into  
> ours, or
> at least get them set up on another weekend. I don't know if it's  
> possible,
> given their attitude, but it would work better than having two groups
> fighting over scraps while Blizzard Con is selling out 15,000 seats  
> at the
> Anaheim Convention Center in 40 minutes at $125 a ticket.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlizzCon
>
> Harmon Ward
> Historical Miniatures
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: deptheads-bounces at strategicon.net
> [mailto:deptheads-bounces at strategicon.net] On Behalf Of Tim
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 9:38 PM
> To: deptheads at strategicon.net
> Subject: Re: [Deptheads] SoCal Smackdown (Was: Get games up ASAP!)
>
> http://theminiaturespage.com/news/65880/
>
> We should counter this
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thatericn at aol.com
> Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:38:53
> To: <deptheads at strategicon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Deptheads] SoCal Smackdown (Was: Get games up ASAP!)
>
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