[Deptheads] Gamex Charity Event

Thu Feb 23 12:27:04 PST 2012

Getting Nathan Fillion to 'con would be a major event for a lot of us.
Polly would totally geek out about meeting him, I think. =^_^=

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Kryssie <phantom.hopscotch at gmail.com>wrote:

> Reasoning for Friday Night: If people *really* want to go, it will attract
> them to a) pre-register and b) get a full con pass.  Also, if I do it
> Saturday or Sunday, the 8pm-Midnight is prime RPG/LARP gaming time.  Not
> interested in competing with those events ('specially if I need to steal
> one of Ryan's rooms).  I *really* thought about it and I really think
> Friday is a good option to *bring people* to the convention.
>
> The other goal is to bring in celebrities--hence why KNTR will be helping
> with the one in September; it's Nathan Fillion's charity and there is a
> chance he'll be able to be there for it.  It is the other reason I'm very
> interested in *celebrity* charities.  I also am limited on space, which is
> why $15 seemed a good "donation" amount for entrance (plus: Good Cause!).
>  I'll think a little more on this as the price isn't set in stone.
>
> I'm not convinced Friday isn't the best night, however.
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Victor B <fhoenix88 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> 1. Fantastic idea.
>>
>> 2. Saturday or sunday night is better. Saturday night because we have
>> the most people there on day badges as well as full con and it is saturday
>> night and sunday becaue people party and stay up late on sunday night
>> because it is last night of the con. Friday on los angeles is many people
>> dribing to con and getting there later than they expected after work. They
>> are tired, dealt with traffic and several get there around 6-8 (after
>> work). Friday works for phoenix comicon because they start thursday night
>> and the next night the "party like a time lord" dr. who costume contest,
>> masquerade and ball. They also have a steampunk fashion show, steampunk 101
>> poanels, and a steampunk ball. They use every night.
>>
>> 3. Comicon (phoenix, new york, or san diego) are about fandom, media
>> guests, movies and comics. We both know many people that plan all year for
>> the costume contests, ball, dressing up for fun, and partying. San Diego
>> has over 135,000 attendees and phoenix is now up to 45,000. Fandom first,
>> comics second, art and cosplay 3rd and gaming 4th....Gaming cons like
>> strategicon are gaming 1st, 2nd, 3rd and other stuff 4th.
>> This means we have to make any non-gaming event sparkle....a bonus event
>> of our con that "you don't want to miss".
>> It has to attract and draw not just those looking forward to dancing and
>> costuming but also those people on the bubble about dancing and costuming
>> at our con....several people would love to have a dance and party at our
>> con and socialize and cut loose at it..as long as it doesn't interfere with
>> their gaming. Remember--this is new for majority of strategicon goers. Some
>> cons do this all the time but not us. We are jumping into the shallow end
>> of the swimming pool first.
>>
>> Here is one hurdle--$15 is probably too much to ask from our con goers. A
>> day-only person bought their badge, paid $15 to park, and now has to pay
>> $15 for the masquerade. As a destination event it costs them over $50 for a
>> 4 hour masquerade.
>> We can ask any price but you want a a price people will gladly donate to
>> charity without groaning about paying that on top of what they paid to get
>> into the con, park, hotel, etc...$10 is good price if you provide food and
>> drink with the music. I can get some steampunk jewelry and googles and we
>> can pile it all together with other donated items for the winner of a
>> raffle. Each person donating $10 to get in gets a ticket put in the raffle
>> $5 per additional raffle ticket you want. I can talk to you about the
>> donations since some have conditions involiving displaying/wearing etc.and
>> telling people where it is from. Same as celebs do now to get free stuff.
>>
>> The masquerade should be so cool that people walk out of it and go thru
>> other areas and people ask them where they got steampunk cupcake or where
>> the dancing is at and saying "Dude...you should check out the masquerade".
>> Kudos to you. A charity event is awesome idea. For another convention I
>> did before last thanksgiving I had the entry fee 4 canned goods. Fo the D&D
>> back to basics 70's charity event I gave re-rolls for canned goods (you
>> couldn't re-roll a re-roll but otherwise feel free to throw in a canned
>> goods to re-roll because the dice have gone bad for your character). I plan
>> to do an event at Gateway...but that is another topic.
>> I will help you out. Work out what you want and how you want it and
>> message me how I can help you. And I will help you do set up at convention.
>> Just remember to come get me and lock me in (ask tim and frank about
>> that..hehe).
>>
>>
>> V
>>
>>   *From:* Kryssie <phantom.hopscotch at gmail.com>
>> *To:* deptheads at strategicon.net
>> *Sent:* Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:39 AM
>>
>> *Subject:* [Deptheads] Gamex Charity Event
>>
>> Due to a bunch of other things going on in my life, I missed my own
>> self-imposed deadline for a proposal to the hotel for space for a charity
>> "ball."  If Tim or Eric A would let me know who I need to talk to regarding
>> space donation, that'd be great. :D  Worst case, I will commandeer the
>> largest LARP room I can find.  Anyway, here's what's going on and if any of
>> you lovely folks would like to help me with this, PLEASE DO! :D
>>
>> *What:* A Gaslight Masquerade
>> *When:* Gamex - Friday, May 25, 2012
>> *Time:* 8pm-Midnight
>> *What:* A charity event, sponsored by (Charity name still pending).
>>
>> Basically, this is a 4 hour event in which I would like to offer the
>> guests "Things of Interest" that go along with our con theme (Steampunk).
>>  TL and I are working on contacting the League of STEAM to make a guest
>> appearance for this event (and hopefully do something fun!), and I'm going
>> to fire off an e-mail to Captain Brown of Abney Park to see if they're
>> available and interested in coming.  Now, I realize we won't have access to
>> a *great* sound system, but maybe they'd be interested in playing... I
>> don't know and you never know until you ask.
>>
>> What I really need help with is planning things to do during that four
>> hour period.  I was quite the sheltered child and never went to a high
>> school dance (it was verbotten!), so no idea what takes place at them other
>> than, ya know, dancing.  Ideally, I'd like to have the costume contest
>> during this event.  It *is* required to dress in costume for it and it's an
>> additional $15 charge (which goes 100% to the charity, so it's tax
>> deductible).
>>
>> If anyone's been to the Phoenix ComiCon (unfortunately, the same weekend
>> as Gamex), they do the Geek Ball there for Kids Need to Read.  KNTR is
>> actually going to help me plan for the one in September (and be there for
>> it!), but I'd like to do a test run, so to speak, for Gamex.  Since the
>> Geek Ball is exclusive to the Phoenix ComiCon, ours needs to be different
>> in some way.  Theming it to the con was different enough for them.
>>
>> So, I think that's the long and short of it.  Discuss!
>>
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