[ACML] Anime Event Planners Meeting

[Aurora Celeste]

I'm interested.  I'd help run a costuming/cosplay panel or two (how many
ways are there to organize a cosplay event and which is right for me, what
kinds of cosplay events are there and how do I arrange all of them).

I do think, though, that SMOF con is successful because they choose very
cheap hotels, I would keep that in mind.

~Aurora

On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 2:01 AM, Craige Howlett <craige.howlett at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> I've been kicking around the idea of hosting an event planners conference,
> in the same fashion as a SMOFCon, but aimed at just Anime Event Planners.
>  I
> know that several of you do one for your local area and have had some
> success, but I'm thinking on a larger scale.
>
> This is my proposal you all of you.
>
> I have the experience, knowledge and connections to host the event.  Two or
> (if enough people sign up) three tracks of programming, there would
> be evening programming for your entertainment (Example: If I Ran The Zoo
> game or How to Negotiate with attendees playing the parts of the hotel and
> the convention) and food functions.  I would organize it at the local
> level, encouraging local staff to participate and would arrange for it to
> happen in a hotel in a major city for ease of transportation.
>
> The problem is getting enough of you to attend to make it worth holding the
> event.
>
> How many of you would interested to attending, especially if the membership
> is reasonable.
>
> ==============
> I was thinking of holding the first event in Los Angeles area over the
> first
> weekend in December, next year, say December 3-5, 2010.  PreReg would be
> $45.00 and A-T-D would be $75.00 with the scale sliding between the two
> figures.
> ==============
>
> If the event is successful, I would move it around the country, the next
> year in the North, like Chicago, than the following year it would somewhere
> on the East Coast, like Durham and than the next year in the South, like
> Austin.  Finally rotating back to the West Coast, like San Jose.
>
> The panel tracks would be set for beginners and those who already have an
> existing event, but are encountering growth issues/pains. It would draw
> from
> the local successful events and how they resolved their issues, including
> binders for each attendee for material hand outs.
>
> Some of the topics I've been toying around with for possible panels...
>
> 1.  Registration - How long is too long and how do I make it go faster?
> 2.  Information for the Masses - How and when should I get it out there?
> 3.  Hotel Contracts - When it's bad, it hurts and What can I do about it?
> 4.  Volunteers - The care and feeding of those you work for you.
> 5.  Big Brother/Sister - Looking after our little starter conventions.
> 6.  The Big Gamble - What does it take to start an Anime Convention?
> 7.  Monopoly - When should I move out of a hotel and into a Convention
> Center or should I?
> 8.  East Coast vs. West Coast - The difference between running an event
> there or here.
> 9.  Publications - Comparing what it cost to printer vs. electronic media.
> 10.  Marketing - Getting the biggest bang for your buck.
>
> I guess I'm just tired of attempting to talk the SMOFCon people into
> understanding what it takes to run an Anime convention vs. running a
> traditional Science Fiction convention and I know that many of you on this
> list would like to attend such an event and exchange ideas as well as
> passing along your knowledge to those of you who are starting their own
> Anime convention.
>
> Let me know what you guys think...
>
> Thanks,
>
> C
>
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