[Deptheads] GATEWAY DOES:

Sun Jul 17 22:37:35 PDT 2011

We have to stay on the high road. We're trying to get the marketing  
together -- we had a few delays regard the Guests of Honor, but we  
have everything more or less in place now. Please, please, please give  
Eric D. your marketing material -- we'd like to have something out  
this week for ComicCon.

Eric

On Jul 17, 2011, at 8:59 PM, Robyn Nixon wrote:

> While I agree with many of your guys statements, I also believe that  
> taking the high ground seems to have bitten us on the ASS!
>
> Look at it, we did not bad mouth them last year.  We had one of our  
> best GATEWAYs last year, and what did we get for it?
>
> HGMS kicked us in the ASS this year and didn’t even give us a kiss!!  
> (Sorry Biill, gotta call it as I see it).
>
> But your right, you have some great suggestions, but you miss the  
> point of the thread:
>
> Give us the bullet points that we should be advertising.
>
> Rules of the GAME:
>
> You must begin your sentence with “GATEWAY DOES....” and complete  
> the sentence.
>
> Lets get some good talking points and advertising points for the  
> con.  Don’t be meally mouth about it, don’t talk around it, don’t  
> talk about what we should say.....Give us the words!!
>
> You have your marching orders!!
>
> If I am wrong about this.....
>
>
> On 7/17/11 5:07 PM, "Victor B" <fhoenix88 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I agree 100% with Bill.
>> They are the challenger trying to give reason for people to attend  
>> their convention. We need to just promote ourselves like we do in  
>> february.
>>
>> Total event numbers are a bigger deal to con organizers than  
>> gamers. Sally doesn't care you have 500 events if you have 0 of the  
>> events she wants to play or participate in. Looking at what is  
>> offered morso than how much overall.
>> And california cons are notorious for fudging events. The open  
>> gaming room (10 am to 1 am) at a con in sacramaneto lists every  
>> hour of the open game room as an event each.  That is 15 events per  
>> day and 45 total for the 3-day weekend. 1001 ways to inflate   
>> numbers. Guests, seminars, special events, major tourneys, etc. are  
>> the eye grabbers for early promos not total events. Especially when  
>> gamers can go to the sites for these cons and add up the events.
>> I also would not say anything about volunteers, owners, etc.  
>> Debating money, ownership, volunteer compensation (like hotel  
>> room), etc. serves no positive purpose and will have the gaming  
>> community scratching it's head...as well as game companies,  
>> industry people, other cons, and potential guests.
>>
>> Let's take the high road.
>> Promote what we have- d20 girls, boardgames library, demoes of  
>> newest and hottest games, video game room, wargames bootcamp, rock  
>> band tourneys, big tourneys we have, guests, unique rpg events,  
>> movies and anime,
>> costume contest, vip dinner, game designers and companies attending  
>> showing their products, monday game auction, play with creator and  
>> playtest games, larps, saturday night dance, etc.
>> Add that with our regular schedule of events all over and it speaks  
>> for itself as a great overall convention experience.
>>
>>
>> V
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Bill Witthans <vonkluge at ca.rr.com>
>> To: deptheads at strategicon.net
>> Sent: Sun, July 17, 2011 12:30:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Deptheads] GATEWAY DOES:
>>
>> GATEWAY DOES:
>> I would remove the line (unlike other conventions) since I thought  
>> the idea was to provide a better con making people want to come,  
>> not by bad mouthing the competition and lowering yourselves to  
>> their level. I would toot your own horn but refrain form appearing  
>> to engage in a battle of accusations, take the "High Road"
>>
>> Bill Witthans
>>
>> PS Robyn, I never received a reply if there was anything we could  
>> help with? Stands? We will have a pretty good HMGS/PSW presence  
>> once again at "Gateway"
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>
>>> From:  Robyn Nixon <mailto:robynln at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> To: deptheads at strategicon.net
>>>
>>> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 12:06 PM
>>>
>>> Subject: [Deptheads] GATEWAY DOES:
>>>
>>>
>>> Ok, new thread, to get things started.  I want to  post this to  
>>> various forums but want to get everyone’s input to add to this   
>>> topic.  Put your thinking caps on, and here is my  start:
>>>
>>>
>>>> GATEWAY 2011  is just around the corner.  Get involved with the  
>>>> regions largest  gaming convention, that includes Role Playing,  
>>>> Miniatures, Card Games and  Collectibles, Electronic Games, Board  
>>>> games and More!!  Rub elbows with  over 1000 fellow gamers in the  
>>>> longest running community based gaming  convention in Southern  
>>>> California.
>>>>
>>>> All ages are welcome at GATEWAY,  and with over 600 events  
>>>> running continually from 2pm Friday through 7pm  Monday, this  
>>>> makes it the best gaming value in the area.  If you  preregister  
>>>> the weekend badge is only $40 and this means less than 7 cents a   
>>>> game, and GATEWAY collects no additional fees for events and  
>>>> games held at  its annual convention.
>>>>
>>>> GATEWAY is organized and run by volunteers who  take no salaries,  
>>>> truly community giving back to community, its owners are  not out  
>>>> to make a profit at the expense of other gamers (unlike other   
>>>> conventions), the owners all have regular jobs outside the  
>>>> gaming  community.
>>>>
>>>> GATEWAY turns back a percentage of the admission fees as  'dealer  
>>>> dollars', which are given to participants as prizes for games  
>>>> and  tournaments held at the convention.
>>>>
>>>> GATWAY rewards other gamers who  wish to contribute their time by  
>>>> providing Volunteer badges for GMs who run  events at the  
>>>> convention, and doing partial reimbursement for volunteers who   
>>>> go above and beyond, by contributing most of their weekend to the  
>>>> games and  enjoyment of the convention for other gamers.
>>>>
>>>> GATEWAY is inclusive  and welcomes the contributions and  
>>>> participation of groups and individuals  who wish to contribute  
>>>> to the health of the gaming community in Southern  California.   
>>>> They enjoy partnerships with various gaming groups that  come in  
>>>> whole and organize events throughout the convention.  Most of   
>>>> these partnerships gain reduced entry for their members by this   
>>>> partnership.
>>>>
>>>> GATEWAY provides space for various groups to host large  scale  
>>>> tournaments, removing the onus of hall rentals, table and chair   
>>>> rentals, janitorial services, environmental control, and allows  
>>>> these groups  to concentrate on running great events.
>>>>
>>>> GATEWAY hosts industry  insiders and guests to provide  
>>>> presentations and lectures on topics of  interest to the gaming   
>>>> community.
>>>
>>>
>>> Add to  this list, provide your thoughts, improvements and  
>>> corrections.  I plan  on posting this in the next day or so to  
>>> various lists.
>>>
>>> Its time to get  fired up!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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