[games_access] E for All and GDC booths

[d. michelle hinn]

Nice idea but we have to pay $$$ to ask for donations or to sell 
directly from the booth -- so that is another $1000. Welcome to the 
US, I guess...rrrrrrr...

Michelle


>Hi Michelle,

>

>ouch, 1200 dollars...

>

>I have another idea:

>

>Why don't ask for donations in the booth? Put a note in the booth 

>and explain why

>

>And / or charge 10 USD for the SIG CD in the booth? Each CD with a 

>simple cover and label cost perhaps 1 USD in direct costs, giving 

>you 9 USD back.  People could also pay more for it if they wish of 

>course. I think a 100 CDs is reasonable to sell, giving you most of 

>it back.

>

>Or give the CD as a bonus to those who donate 10 USD or more

>

>/Thomas

>

>

>

>10 okt 2007 kl. 19.14 skrev d. michelle hinn:

>

>>Yep -- we should definitely put a link to that on the wiki and on 

>>the blog -- great idea.

>>

>>To give you all an idea of how much cost we are at...it's $1200 

>>(they gave us half off for the cause and the miscommunication/my 

>>misunderstanding of how these things work...so that's better than 

>>$1200. This is coming out of my pocket.

>>

>>Now to talk to the electrician union...

>>

>>Michelle

>>

>>>Are we okay to get a PayPal donate button for funds? If so - it 

>>>would be good to get this on the blog and main web-page pdq.

>>>

>>>I can put a bit towards the show too.

>>>

>>>Barrie

>>>www.OneSwitch.org.uk

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "d. michelle hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu>

>>>To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>

>>>Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 5:26 PM

>>>Subject: [games_access] E for All and GDC booths

>>>

>>>>Hi all,

>>>>

>>>>Ok some really bad news...

>>>>

>>>>I admit I have NEVER but together a booth for an expo as large as 

>>>>E for All. Because I'm not a marketing person (although I tend to 

>>>>play one with the SIG) I have just learned that I have to pay up 

>>>>to a thousand dollars for carpet, tables, electricity (that whole 

>>>>exact number of things that need to be plugged in, union money, 

>>>>etc). Wow.

>>>>

>>>>Yeah. Crap. Nice thing to learn with a week to go. There are two 

>>>>unions that a required to (1) put the carpet, tables etc in our 

>>>>booth and (2) actually set up and plug in our stuff IF it takes 

>>>>more than one person 30 minutes to set up the whole booth. 

>>>>Yeah...and I heard from a friend who used to exhibit at E3 that 

>>>>the unions will watch people like hawks.. I realize that we have 

>>>>a number of people showing up at staggered times (ie, not 

>>>>everyone will be there on the Wednesday we set up and some set up 

>>>>will occur later). I'm hoping that late set up of some things can 

>>>>be done quickly and less intrusively so we don't occur more cost.

>>>>

>>>>If anyone going to the show can help out with the cost (and I'm 

>>>>about to learn the total damage), please, please do so. I'll 

>>>>obviously just need to eat the cost (thank you nearly maxed out 

>>>>credit card) at this point but any/all donations and/or ideas for 

>>>>post-show sponsorship is GREATLY appreciated. If you have ideas 

>>>>for last minute fund raising...please let me know with exact 

>>>>details and contact info (please don't just tell me to ask 

>>>>disability organizations -- exact contact info is what I need at 

>>>>this point).

>>>>

>>>>More bad news...the GDC booth...

>>>>

>>>>There was some major miscommunication -- IGDA is NOT covering the 

>>>>cost of the booth (they will cover the cost of fliers for both 

>>>>shows) and I'm waiting to find out the total for a 100 square 

>>>>foot booth (same size as E for All) -- CMP is going to give us a 

>>>>significant discount but I just don't know what this entails. 

>>>>Because we are finding this out now, we have time to beg for a 

>>>>few hundred here and there (for any tech we show that is earning 

>>>>revenue, as much as possible is appreciated). I realize that none 

>>>>of us are making big money if we are making any money. So the 

>>>>bulk of the fund raising is going to have to come elsewhere. And 

>>>>I'm ok with that. But the same weird rules for E for All (carpet, 

>>>>drapes for the tables, the cost of the tables, etc is also going 

>>>>to be tacked on.

>>>>

>>>>Yes...I found this out AFTER the GDC proposal deadline and we 

>>>>didn't have a main GDC arcade (we're trying for an indie games 

>>>>one now but that won't get the people that don't show up until 

>>>>Wednesday. I really want this booth to work out. And we have time 

>>>>to raise some cash because we have a few months to do so. So if 

>>>>we can come close to cost, that will be better than nothing.

>>>>

>>>>Welcome to the big leagues. Sure, the booth is a significant 

>>>>boost and we can get more press attention and dev and gamer 

>>>>attention (all are important in spreading the word). For E for 

>>>>All I have (believe it or not) sent over 700 press release style 

>>>>emails to raise press awareness) -- can you believe my contact 

>>>>list is that big now??? I didn't realize how hard I have worked 

>>>>to get these until I put it into excel.

>>>>

>>>>So thoughts? Ideas?

>>>>

>>>>Michelle

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