[Deptheads] The Saga Of The Three Con Names

[Michael Russell]

Ok just wanted to get my two cents in on this before the final word comes down.  I think that we need to have either Strategicon or the name of the conventions on the banners for few reason.  One, not only are people at the hotel for the convention, but a lot of guest of the hotel walk through wondering what is going on.  With out Strategicon or the con names  on the banners there is NOTHING advertising who we are. When working the reg desk many many times people have noted the name Strategicon or the con name when asking what was going on.  Second if someone is new to the cons, this reaffirms they are in the right place, and with a move coming soon, I think we need this more than ever.    

As for the names of the Cons (Orccon, Gamex, Gateway) they have been those name for over 25-30 years(Yes me and Eric A. have been going to these con for that long), and have worked well (by the way for those of you that don't know this, Orccon stood for Orange county Convention) not the ugly beast :)   When ever I think of changing the names I think of companies that did that and it was a disaster - Think Radio Shack trying to change to "The Shack" how well did that work for them?   And all three names are something easy to remember, so when they get home and google it, right of the bat, strategicon come up, and that is what we want.  

As for each Convention having a "Theme" not bad but like someone else said have it very low key, like the program cover art of one con be board games, another war games and another RPG.  We do not want people saying "Oh I don't go to Gamex because that is there RPG con", we might loose people to something like that.   

So that is my two cents worth.
Mike Russell


On Apr 30, 2013, at 10:24 PM, Tim <tim at stugiii.com> wrote:

> Mike will get the decision by tomorrow morning...
> 
> 
> On 4/30/2013 10:34 AM, Ryan McMullan wrote:
>> In the interim before a bold leadership decision is made, I second just listing department name so the posters aren't in limbo.
>> 
>> Ryan
>> 
>> On Apr 30, 2013 9:32 AM, "evil5757 at aol.com" <evil5757 at aol.com> wrote:
>> Everyone, the purpose of the banners is to let people know where they are. Drop everything but the department. They know we're strategicon and they know what convention it is! They're there!
>> 
>> 
>> Connected by Motorola
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>> 
>> mike fryer <darkbeerdrinker at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Why is that a problem and why should there be a difference? All three are game cons run by the same people at the same location, how different can they be? When have they ever been different and all own by the same person(s)? 
>> 
>> Mike Fryer
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 8:42 AM, Tim Keennon <tim at stugiii.com> wrote:
>> That is the problem we have. There should be something different and there isn't at the moment. 
>> 
>> Not making the cons distinct entities is one of our issues. 
>> 
>> Tim
>> 
>> Sent from my mobile device.
>> 
>> 
>> On Apr 30, 2013, at 8:32 AM, Neil Figuracion <fadtwentythree at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I'll throw this question out: 
>>> 
>>> Other than time of year, what's different about each convention? 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Eric Nyquist <thatericn at aol.com> wrote:
>>>  Hi - 
>>> Since we've been the convention ownership, there definitely has been a moderately strong shift towards using Strategicon as a blanket term, versus the individual names. Back in "ye olde days" the phrase "Strategicon presents" was more boilerplate than identification; more of the background ownership than the out-front name and face for the conventions.
>>> My suggestion to harmonize the naming issue would be to do something like this on the flyers, con books, web, social media, etc.:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ORCCON
>>> Strategicon's Winter Convention
>>> 
>>> 
>>> GAMEX
>>> Strategicon's Spring Convention
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> GATEWAY
>>> Strategicon's Summer Convention
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ... or we might consider "Strategicon's Winter Gaming Convention" or even "Strategicon's Winter Event"
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Recognized names are kept, no babies are thrown out with bathwater, while each con's identity is better defined and clarified.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Eric N.
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