[Deptheads] Valentine's Day Events

[Tanya Aldrich]

On Sep 11, 2013, at 11:20 AM, Jim Sandoval wrote:

> I like a lot of the ideas being bandied about for the Valentine’s Day events, but I just want to take a minute here to focus in on what our goals are. If our purpose is to provide our attendees with some new attractions and events themed around the “romance” holiday we are definitely on the right track. If our purpose is to provide something that would allow our attendees to attend OrcCon despite of it being Valentine’s Day I think we are missing the point a bit.

Jim is partly right about the discussion so far. Since Victor's original post, everything has been themed more towards non-couples and truely gamer couples.

Jim, on the other hand seems to have missed the part of Victor's post that was aimed at non-gaming couples.

On 2013-09-10, at 3:16 PM, Victor B <fhoenix88 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  --Valentine's day ball for couples. Around 9 pm until midnight.
> This would require it's own space approved by Tim. The budget will have to be approved by the board. It would have an event fee (like $10 per couple) paid at the door and wristbands given.
> Theme (like geek prom or another theme), music, decorations, refreshments (besides cake and punch), etc. are to be decided on. And someone running it once it is hammered out.


Jim has some promising ideas that should probably be looked into.

> How about we cut a deal with the fine dining establishment at the Hilton? They will probably have some kind of Valentine’s special menu and we can have them set aside a few reservations for us as a “special event”. Then we open up one of the ball rooms with a DJ for some dancing, maybe a photo booth and have the Hilton set up a pay bar, like you would for a wedding. We charge a few bucks to make up for the DJ or whatever.

I'm all for a romantic dinner for two (with 2 kids under the age of 4, it's a rare concept). And the Hilton might be able to help us.

I also like the photo booth idea and would appreciate making it available to those who do not want to ball. e.g. Maybe a gamer couple would like a photo too. :)

> The event is completely not game related but at the hotel. This way couples (even those who don’t attend con together) can have their special night and those who wish to continue on with actual fun can stay and those who feel that their irrational need to validate their relationship with an artificial greeting card holiday are placated. Just my two cents.

So, we need to hammer out the ball and it's related sub-events, and organize the romantic dinner angle from 6 or 7 to 9 pm. I'm not sure what other big events we could or should do for the strictly romantic couples. We need to plan and polish these two events.

Basically, we are looking at two distinct groups and the cross-over will be minimal. But, that said...

Nick already mentioned romantic movies. Any thoughts on having a contest to see what we should play? The actual movie event would be a potential event for all.

And Kryssie mentioned something about a dollar for some Hershey's kisses with the proceeds going to "Kids Need to Read". Sounds like a fun and worth while possibility. On a related note, chocolate roses come to mind. See how one idea can lead to another.

Also, is there a "game show" game out there someone could run that is something similar to the newlywed game. :)

Tanya - Wife, Mother, and Gamer (with a husband who will dance to about one song per decade [The Time Warp doesn't count] :)
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