<VV> ICE CREAM SOCIAL , convention my/our take

[John Sweet]

Tim and all.
Thanks for bringing up the vendors at the convention as I was one of them. 
My biggest complaint about the convention was the times that were 
established for the vendors to sell.
Wednesday was setup day with no sales as it was listed on the program. 
Clark started selling at 1pm so I did the same.  The room should of been 
open till later that day.
Thursday was 9 to 6.  I had complaints that we should of been able to be 
open later atleast one evening as it was in the past till like 8pm.
On thurday and friday they had the tours with 2 busses or about 100 people 
that were gone all day.  When they got back they could not shop for parts 
inside due to the early closing.
Then on Friday we were open till 5pm but the busses did not return till 5:30 
and again we had to close at 5 so more lost sales.

With the cost of the vendor spaces inside we all lose money when we setup 
inside.
The outside vendors had no restrictions on when they could sell.
Corsa needs to look at the schedules closer so this does not happen again.
John Sweet

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> Around here there are at least 2 "clambake " outfits that do them all
> season. Tickets run @$60 a person  unless partially subsidized by a 
> company.
> _http://www.hinerwadelsinc.com/_ (http://www.hinerwadelsinc.com/)
> The idea of a picnic substitute for a crowd of the size we had was a good
> one , and that hotels ability to switch to indoors in such a short time 
> was
> nothing short of amazing. Speaking for most of our group, we had a
> wonderful  time! The logistics of setting up steamers , and serving clams 
> is not
> easy. We  used to do clambakes at our old home for my business every year 
> ,
> until we  retired , and it became a huge chore for us.
> , so we know what has to be done behind the scenes, and appreciate the 
> ones
> we attend now even more.
> All in all for a couple that did not participate in the Corvair aspects of
> it , We rate this one very high.
> My only negative comment is taking care of the vendors. Think on it , they
> spend the money to come ,  have to man the setup while open , and find it
> hard to take a short break for coffee, food or potty without some sort of
> outside help , or just walking away for a few minutes.  We had runners
> available to help when needed. We appreciate the vendors and what they do 
> for
> our hobby.  If you have ever been in business for yourself , you know the
> rest of the story.
> I survived a lot of walking there , and it is getting harder to do!   In
> the end I was sore , but far better than expected. And for the bargains in
> the flea area , WOW!!
> Wife (Rita)  got a lot of knitting done because of her walking  problems.
> Regards, Tim Colson     rating this one very high after  going to only
> about 20 in the past, and working at 2.
>
>
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