[Northkeep] Comic Con Tulsa

[Cisco Cividanes]

Ian,

First of all, I absolutely agree with your point, your motivation and your
sentiment on this.

That being said, *my* critical point of conversation here will be comparing
the intangibles of long term investment in "the big picture" with a very
real cost.

And more to the point, lets assume for just a moment that this is deemed to
be a good plan and we move forward, even with three groups working
together, what you are saying would strongly point toward a long term
commitment where we agree that recruitment is worth $200, $300, or even
$400 a year. in order to maintain and use those same contacts and resources
you were mentioning.

I'm not disagreeing with your point, but it is not a thing I would approach
lightly myself. The ramifications are a lot to take in for someone who's
used to demo budges being "show up, and we'll pass a hat for take-out
lunch" (though I admit, its been a while for me).


Ivo


On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Adalia <adalia.nyx at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ian,
>
> I, for one, am grateful for your work for this endeavor.  I totally agree
> that recruitment is important and completely necessary if we are to
> continue in our hobby.
>
> Will you be attending Fighter Practice this evening?  If so, Jutte and I
> would love to visit with you about the opportunity.  Again, we have very
> little understanding of conventions as we've not participated in them.
>
> Do you have any insight into a deadline for a decision?  I'm very
> interested in hearing more opinions before making any decision.
>
>
> HL Adalia
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 11:19 AM, Jerry Herring <jherring68 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Ladies and Gentlemen,
> > We have no scope of how far reaching our efforts were toward recruitment.
> > Right now we had had one or two people show up in Northkeep from Tokyo in
> > Tulsa. And from experience I can tell you that talking to someone now at
> a
> > convention or demo can have effects that do not come into play until
> years
> > later. One example that comes to mind is Rebecca Williams von Groote
> > <https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.vongroote?fref=ufi> we did a demo she
> > attended years before she was able to find her way to the play with the
> SCA
> > and soon she is to be made a Laurel. Our demo at Tokyo in Tulsa allowed
> us
> > to meet people from cities located places other than Tulsa, our presence
> in
> > this convention could have effects that outlast just the now.
> >
> > Tokyo in Tulsa was a local convention, so was Okcon back in the day, and
> > those smaller cons usually offer not for profit groups options on booths
> > and almost always we can negotiate some free passes along with the booth.
> > Tulsa Comic Con is a huge major national convention, just like the big
> one
> > in San Diego that gets national publicity every year although likely not
> so
> > much from the one here in Tulsa but it will likely be covered by several
> > online geek themed publications.  There is also a chance Northkeep would
> > not have to pay more than $200 that is if Mooneschadowe and Namron agree
> to
> > share the booth cost less if other groups decide to join in as well.
> >
> > My efforts in this regard have only been to cultivate the contacts and
> > bring the necessary information to our attention. We have not yet
> commited
> > to do this demo, so if this opportunity is something that the Seneschal
> and
> > their Excellencies choose to pass on then so be it.
> >
> > Kindly
> > Ian
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>
>
> --
> HL Adalia VonderBerg
>
>  “Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are
> just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them,
> for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will
> bring the others back.”
>
> ― Heraclitus
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