[games_access] E for All and GDC booths

[Thomas Westin]

OK, for GDC it's time to find out how dedicated the industry is

As we have some great examples to show from the big league, I think  
it should be possible to get sponsoring from example:

- Valve:  HL2 [CC] features + Eelke's one button mod
- Id software with Doom 3 [CC] and AudioQuake
- GarageGames with [CC]
- Adobe with games/tools made with Director: Terraformers and Audio  
Game Maker
- others, please continue...

If we put them on display in the GDC booth it will be really good for  
them and they should see the value of it

(for E for all time is against us to hope for sponsors, so I don't  
think it's worth to ask for that)

/Thomas


10 okt 2007 kl. 18.26 skrev d. michelle hinn:

> 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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