[Northkeep] Comic Con Tulsa

[amanda hall]

In the past I have attended Comic conventions and, I will say, as far as
the population of the comic cons are concerned, they are more diverse than
an anime convention.  Not only is it a bigger convention in and of itself,
the attendees have a much wider set of interests, as well as being older
than the average TnT participant.  I know that, every year, the SCA in San
Diego does a demo that gets a huge response.  I personally feel a comic
convention would have a bigger draw for the SCA than an anime convention.
 I, myself, have already purchased my ticket, but would be quite happy to
spend some time in the booth!


On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Cisco Cividanes <engtrktwo at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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