[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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