[Coco] CoCo Fest video and chat

[Mark Marlette]

Roger,

IMHO, you are one of the people THAT SHOULD be there. CoCo3.com and 
selling your IDE and other products. Heck even help out with the cam 
hosting, not remote but ONSITE.

Again, plenty of excuses. After 15 years of Glenside's last fest, if 
one really want to be there they would, period. That goes for any of 
the reasons stated. Take a bus, car pool, share a room, etc....Be 
creative. Some bring their family and do other things. Plenty to see 
and do in ChiTown.

I don't recall everyone that has attended and could have missed you. 
Have you every been to ChicagoFest or PennFest? Please correct me 
here if I missed you. I'm usually very busy there, Chicago, that is, 
PennFest was a bust for Cloud-9. ~$1200 it cost me and the wife to 
go, not one sale. I had a great time anyway.

Another is support of Glenside. If you are not a member then 
you(meaning everyone reading this) should reinstate their dues or 
become a member.

Membership poll here, since we are getting input.......

Are you(meaning anyone reading this) a member of Glenside?

If not.....

http://members.aol.com/clubbbs/glenside/

My $0.02.

Mark





At 5/1/2006 05:57 PM, you wrote:

>At 01:34 PM 5/1/2006, you wrote:
>>There are an endless number of excuses on why one could not make 
>>it. Some indicate money, schedule conflicts, etc. All valid at some 
>>point in time but after 25yrs, people that have never attend a 
>>fest, that means it is not a priority.
>>
>>The web cam is OK for people overseas or the ones that don't not 
>>attend every year. It seems there is emphasis put on this 
>>technology so that people don't have to attend. Believe me the web 
>>cam is nothing like being there.
>
>
>
>Mark,
>
>Well, I won't flame you or anything, but there's a flip side to the 
>coin you tossed onto the table.  Here's my take:  First, I'll 
>comment about attending the fests and sitting at home watching, then 
>I'll comment on why the crowd may be reducing, or not.
>
>Some people simply cannot attend the fests.  Some people want to go, 
>but can't produce the money at one time or by saving during a year, 
>etc.  Some people have demanding jobs.  Some people spend their 
>vacation time from their jobs going to places that appeal to the 
>whole family.  Some people cannot justify going to a fest; some people can.
>
>You know as well as I that over the years it has become more of a 
>challenge even for the big names who have attended past fests, let 
>alone the small guys who dabble with the CoCo.  I'm sure that if a 
>fest came to their neighborhood or close enough for a simple drive 
>over and not a flight, things would change.
>
>My take on the webcam is that now we have a way to show something to 
>both those who cannot attend, and those who have wondered what they 
>are missing and can now see what they can look forward to next 
>year.  I saw comments in the chat room from people who saw the crowd 
>and said they were going to try to go next year.  So, a webcam is 
>not a reason to sit at home, but just a look into the event for 
>anybody interested in 1) going next year, 2) seeing people they know 
>but couldn't meet this year, 3) just plum interested.  Everybody can 
>sit and have their own reason for watching, but I guarantee it's not 
>just one, and all the reasons are positive.
>
>Ok, how much advertising is now going into getting the word out 
>about the CoCo Fest?  A simple message to the mailing list once or 
>twice is Not Enough.  This isn't going to help draw a significant 
>crowd that we're expecting.  To whomever is organizing the fests 
>each year, the work may not be enough in getting the word out with 
>details about what the visitor can expect.  In the past, I've placed 
>messages at the top of the front page of CoCo3.com and I still plan 
>to do this since that page alone gets hundreds of hits a day and is 
>seen by CoCo users from all over the world, even the lost ones who 
>didn't know we were still doing this stuff.  This is a great place 
>for notices like this because the Google ranking is excellent and 
>the site turns up high for most CoCo searches.
>
>Ok, that's free advertisement there, but what about efforts to do 
>more than just post a message to a web site or mailing 
>list.  Members of any club involved in organizing events like this 
>should all get together and help boost interest in different 
>ways.  It's sorta like how you buy stock in your own company you 
>work for.  It sucks to see that money going back to them from your 
>paychecks but obviously it's for investment reasons.  Invest more 
>time and money in getting the word out the right way for the CoCo 
>Fest, and I promise that more people will attend.  This year I've 
>heard very little about the upcoming fest and any searches on the 
>web usually turn up old notices about fests 3 or 4 years ago.
>
>There's also been suggestions to start holding festivals that 
>attract more than just CoCo users.  This would create some 
>competition and attract those who are into more than just the 
>CoCo.  There are many people our age or abouts who dabbled in it all 
>back in the 80's and would love to walk around a huge room full of 
>all of that stuff and see what's being done to keep those computers 
>alive, including the CoCo, ofcourse.
>
>I really think in order for the fest crowd to get bigger there has 
>to be more advertising and more computer models of interest.  That's my take.
>
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