Garko the Man-Frog (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} larpwriting) wrote,@ 2008-10-23 16:38:00 |
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Intercon Economic Incentive Package
PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO YOUR GAME LISTS!!!
So every year, IMA reg is about 105. I suppose it could be bigger if we advertised more. It's true we're sort of the "best little-known secret of LARP." A small, quiet convention that is serving free food and booze at an incredibly cheap rate. But we like being the "thing you have to know about," and it's been a great place to run cool experimental work. Not trying to be snobby just figure you have to be around a few years to hear about IMA. We don't compete much with the Boston Convention.
I track registration. And I know when it should peak. The Con runs up to 70 and then during the period that would be the last two weeks
On the Day the stock Market first crashed, Intercon Reg was 70. It had been steadily gaining and was in the period where over about two and a half weeks it should run up to about 110, with a few drops taking us back to 105.
Today Intercon Reg is 71. The curve didn't just slump, it shattered. Never seen anything like it. Healthy, healthy...BAM!
The good news is, MOST OF THE GAMES HAVE MINIMUM. Most of the games are going to run, only a few are in danger, and there are players who haven't signed up yet. I think we're going to get everything run. I've been working on that.
But it's clear we need a larger solution. By now it is clear that this is not a normal time. This is not 1992. It may not be the Great Depression, but you may have to remember Nixon as a President to have been through worse. The solutions that worked to keep the con afloat in the last two recessions are not good enough now...THIS CALLS FOR MORE!
It's not clear to me that the crisis is really affecting our attendees all that much. But I suppose with people talking about staff cuts, people are reluctant to travel even if they don't actually have less money than they did last month.
I also understand that "it's the travel and the expense not the Con Reg."
But it's time for some "Economic Stimulus" of our own. This is a one time emergency provision to operate the Convention at a loss in order to make sure the LARPA Contest games run.
http://ima.larpaweb.net
1) The Con Rate is $25. If you paid $45 I will hand you a $20 at the door. I am resetting the rate. If you paid $25 I will hand you a $5 at the door. We are officially the cheapest place to eat and drink that weekend. PERIOD. You can hardly eat and drink at HOME for less than that.
2) We are creating "Crash Rooms" Crash space is $10 payable to me, per person. Rooms are going to be segregated into "Girls" "Boys" and "Couples." There is no guarantee of bed, it's "first come first served." That doesn't mean "get there and stake out a bed" it means the first four people who fall asleep get bed space. Bring a bedroll. If you can get to the con, we have space for you. So far that's $35 for the trip. TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!!!!
3) PLEASE DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT DROP A ROOM RESERVATION. IF YOU DECIDE TO DROP YOUR ROOM CONTACT stephanie@vialarp.org. The Con may take over your room. (This doesn't mean we pay for your room, but we may use it for one of the crash space rooms). We realize that if people have a room and some room-mates bailed they may elect to go to the "Crash rooms"
4) Gas is fixing itself. Travel right now is cheaper than it has been at ANY POINT THIS SUMMER. Gas is the one thing declining. Pile into a car and COME TO INTERCON!!!!!
This is going to be a great Con and I don't want to see it ruined by bad Economic Timing. Come down and help us push Intercon that last 30!
We got food, we got soda, we got a bar...now we got crash space...Join us!
http://ima.larpaweb.net
PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO YOUR GAME LISTS!!!
So every year, IMA reg is about 105. I suppose it could be bigger if we advertised more. It's true we're sort of the "best little-known secret of LARP." A small, quiet convention that is serving free food and booze at an incredibly cheap rate. But we like being the "thing you have to know about," and it's been a great place to run cool experimental work. Not trying to be snobby just figure you have to be around a few years to hear about IMA. We don't compete much with the Boston Convention.
I track registration. And I know when it should peak. The Con runs up to 70 and then during the period that would be the last two weeks
On the Day the stock Market first crashed, Intercon Reg was 70. It had been steadily gaining and was in the period where over about two and a half weeks it should run up to about 110, with a few drops taking us back to 105.
Today Intercon Reg is 71. The curve didn't just slump, it shattered. Never seen anything like it. Healthy, healthy...BAM!
The good news is, MOST OF THE GAMES HAVE MINIMUM. Most of the games are going to run, only a few are in danger, and there are players who haven't signed up yet. I think we're going to get everything run. I've been working on that.
But it's clear we need a larger solution. By now it is clear that this is not a normal time. This is not 1992. It may not be the Great Depression, but you may have to remember Nixon as a President to have been through worse. The solutions that worked to keep the con afloat in the last two recessions are not good enough now...THIS CALLS FOR MORE!
It's not clear to me that the crisis is really affecting our attendees all that much. But I suppose with people talking about staff cuts, people are reluctant to travel even if they don't actually have less money than they did last month.
I also understand that "it's the travel and the expense not the Con Reg."
But it's time for some "Economic Stimulus" of our own. This is a one time emergency provision to operate the Convention at a loss in order to make sure the LARPA Contest games run.
http://ima.larpaweb.net
1) The Con Rate is $25. If you paid $45 I will hand you a $20 at the door. I am resetting the rate. If you paid $25 I will hand you a $5 at the door. We are officially the cheapest place to eat and drink that weekend. PERIOD. You can hardly eat and drink at HOME for less than that.
2) We are creating "Crash Rooms" Crash space is $10 payable to me, per person. Rooms are going to be segregated into "Girls" "Boys" and "Couples." There is no guarantee of bed, it's "first come first served." That doesn't mean "get there and stake out a bed" it means the first four people who fall asleep get bed space. Bring a bedroll. If you can get to the con, we have space for you. So far that's $35 for the trip. TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!!!!
3) PLEASE DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT DROP A ROOM RESERVATION. IF YOU DECIDE TO DROP YOUR ROOM CONTACT stephanie@vialarp.org. The Con may take over your room. (This doesn't mean we pay for your room, but we may use it for one of the crash space rooms). We realize that if people have a room and some room-mates bailed they may elect to go to the "Crash rooms"
4) Gas is fixing itself. Travel right now is cheaper than it has been at ANY POINT THIS SUMMER. Gas is the one thing declining. Pile into a car and COME TO INTERCON!!!!!
This is going to be a great Con and I don't want to see it ruined by bad Economic Timing. Come down and help us push Intercon that last 30!
We got food, we got soda, we got a bar...now we got crash space...Join us!
http://ima.larpaweb.net
