[Coco] GCCC business meeting is June 14, 2018

[L. Curtis Boyle]

This quite closely mirrors a list of suggestions that I had sent to Stevie and a few others to review. My original notes from May 9th follows (I think we all got too busy and forgot about it).

Proposals for next Coco Fest
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1) Revision of Booth Tour - It should include all vendors and attendees. As we approach each booth, the vendor(s) for that booth would explain who they are, and what they are selling/displaying. That way, all vendors (as well as attendees) would get to see everything. Once the tour is over, then vendors return to their tables, and attendees will know where to go for specific things they want (or want more information on). This is what I had envisioned for this year, but I obviously didn't explain it properly/fully.

2) All hardware vendors that are doing repairs should be in the main hall only, so that they don't have to shut down during the auction (especially when busy doing repairs/upgrades, which can be a little noisy).

3) There should be set times of the day (maybe every couple of hours, or twice a day, etc.) where vendors can write down any "show specials" they will have going on, or letting people know that they are (or have) run out of stock of any items. These could be handed to Tony (or whomever is doing announcing), and all of them would be read aloud at the same time, thus being more fair to vendors both old and new. I remember this being done at times at the original Rainbowfests.

L. Curtis Boyle
curtisboyle at sasktel.net

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> On Jun 12, 2018, at 2:09 PM, D. Bruce Moore <bruce at gracenote.ca> wrote:
> 
> improvement suggestions:
> 
> If you hold the auction in the same room as vendors, please do not stop vendors from doing work for their customers during the auction.  Not fair to vendor, or customers. Consider auction in another room, or vendors in another room. (No, this did not affect me, not a personal beef)
> All vendors in the same room, please. Yes, that may mean moving locations. A good problem to have, right?  I’m not sure I would bother having a table again if it was in the Auction room, away from the “action”.
> update the vendor application to say the booth space is actually only 5 ft wide
> consider whether publicly praising a particular vendor is appropriate when there are competing vendors in attendance.
> 
> 
>> On Jun 10, 2018, at 10:35 PM, John Mark Mobley <johnmarkmelanie at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> The Glenside Color Computer Club, Inc. business meeting is Thursday night at
>> 
>> 7:00 PM Chicago time (Central Time) at the Schaumburg Township District
>> Library.  (The library likely will not give us the room until 7:30, but we
>> can begin to gather sooner.)  The date is 06-14-2018.
>> 
>> We have been assigned room number 5.
>> 
>> This room has a wide screen TV that will accept a VGA or HDMI input.
>> 
>> Google Map Location Link: https://goo.gl/maps/pkCiMmWZ9Ex
>> 
>> Library Link: http://schaumburglibrary.org/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Please send any agenda ideas to Tony Podraza, Rich Bair, and John Mark
>> Mobley.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Agenda:
>> 
>> We have a firm date for next years CoCoFEST!
>> 
>> How much money did we make or lose at the CoCoFEST?
>> 
>> Are we charging enough for admission?
>> 
>> Are we charging enough for booth space?
>> 
>> Are we charging enough for supper?
>> 
>> How can we speed up registration?
>> 
>> Is there a faster receipt printer we can use?
>> 
>> What improvements can be made in the database to improve registration?
>> 
>> How can we improve things for next year?
>> 
>> Could some part of the auction be automated somehow?
>> 
>> We need to plan the picnic.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> BlueJeans Video Conference - https://bluejeans.com/203539242
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> You can call in: Phone Dial-in
>> 
>> +1.408.740.7256 (United States)
>> 
>> +1.408.317.9253 (Alternate number) (Global Numbers)
>> 
>> Meeting ID: 203 539 242
>> 
>> Room System: 199.48.152.152 or bjn.vc
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Feel free to log in early and test your system.
>> 
>> You can even run the BlueJeans software from a web browser.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> John Mark Mobley
>> 
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