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[Evil5757 at aol.com]

No one should be pointing fingers at anyone and no one is incorrect in  
their suggestions I have read so far.
 
What we are going through people is a growing pains issue. I've seen it  
before and it was bound to happen. We are at the point where people WANT to 
come  to our conventions to promote their product, and just wait until we hit 
the 2000  attendance mark and manufactures want to start showing up again. 
Who is a  "person" GOH? Who is a "Company" GOH? What do we give a company vs. 
a single  person? Etc. and so forth.
 
Heather, Eric, Tim, RJ and all the other comments have valid points.  
Question: How are Heather and Devi going to work out the details when we  have 4 
legitimate GOHs? They aren't, no one can without dropping the ball on  
something.
 
What "IS" a GOH? What status do they have to ascend to? How many books must 
 they have written? I'll answer this one with one sentence: I have been GOH 
at 2  conventions. 
 
OK, with that background, let me throw this suggestion out that has been  
brewing for a while. First of all, we need a plan. I talked with Zev after he 
 showed up as our guest, and he said he loved it and I could tell he felt 
very  well treated. I have not heard otherwise from any of our guests since 
then,  telling me that our VIP team have a good grasp of the issue and 
understand what  they are doing. What we need is for everyone involved (Heather, 
Devi, Eric,  Eric, Eric, etc.) to write down a CHECKLIST of what needs to be 
done for guests.  This would include things like flight schedule, hotel 
reservation, convention  dinner, demo/event/seminar schedule, autograph 
signings, guest needs (food  allergies, etc.)....everything someone would need to 
know their first time doing  it.
 
Second, appoint someone a Guest Coordinator. Give them a budget so they can 
 freely set-up the guest needs' as they go.
 
Third, if a department invites a guest, it becomes that department's  
responsibility to look after the guest, using the coordinator's checklist. We  
can have "guest volunteers" who go from department to department each 
convention  escorting guests as needed. I would LOVE to see each department have a 
guest  each convention. imagine a convention where Robyn brings in Rick 
Priestly (Games  Workshop), Micheal brings in RA Salvatore (D&D book author), 
Victor brings  in Johannes Walch (White Wolf -V:TES), and Eric (any of them) 
brings in Bruce  Campbell. While it would be obvious who would be the most 
publicized, each is a  GOH and a big player for their department's games.
 
I believe this is something we should construct the rest of this year for  
use in 2012. Until then, I suggest having the VIP team escort 1 GOH, with 
other  guests being escorted by the department that invited them. THE LAST 
THING WE  WANT IS SOMEONE GOING HOME NOT HAPPY AFTER BEING INVITED AS A GUEST 
AND TELLING  THE GAMING COMMUNITY THEY HAD A BAD TIME.
 
John
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