Thread: 2009 Sydney www show 7 weeks to go

Don't worry I will be there.

With or without Money Wongo

Other than Greg & Mal and the displays of fine works I believe many have withdrawn their lot. Now should this mean we are paying less entry fee

Both. With money before, without money after.

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Now should this mean we are paying less entry fee

You wish!
"Tell 'im 'e's dreamin' "

Hello there - I have been meaning to be part of this forum for so long now but everday these Timber Shows throw up some new challenges!! Just to introduce myself we are the new owners of Timber Working with Wood Shows the real show for the Timber Industry and enthusiasts We are a family run business and have passion and heart for the industry. We have already started our reinvestment back into the shows. The previous managers (not the owners) really let the shows slip backwards have been told they wouldn't even recognise these forums! Well we want to be part of the forum and will accept and listen all of your comments and suggestions - good and bad for the shows. Can't promise we will be able to do everything but we will give it our best shot. Already for the shows you will now find the inclusion of visitor seating areas, a totally new presentation program, and hopefully a much more congenial environment when you visit the shows. Through the support of the forum we have also been able to offer a special entry price to forum members. I look forward to being part of the forum and receving your questions and suggestions on how to make your shows better. Regards Liz

Well done Liz

Welcome Liz and I wish you well in your new venture. Some fresh blood has been needed.

Originally Posted by LizFalloon

The previous managers (not the owners) really let the shows slip backwards have been told they wouldn't even recognise these forums!

Oh they recognised it alright, believe you me Liz. But they certainly didn't make use of the forums, the free advertising and promotional space, etc, that was offered.

We currently get around 19.5 - 20 million hits per month and almost 1 million unique visitors. No idea why anyone with a woodworking show or exhibition would pass up such a great opportunity to promote their show, but they do and more fool them.

Good to see you and some of the EEE Team here Liz. Hope you're able to make use of the forums as a part of your effort to bring the Timber and Working With Wood Shows back to their former glory days and take them on to even greater heights.

Please take criticism in here for what it is. Mostly it's constructive and done with the hope that someone may try to fix it or at least acknowlege there is a problem, and look into it.

I know you've already implemented some of the concerns that have come from here like visitor seating areas and I applaud you for it. That one thing alone will make a difference to how long people stay and the amount they spend, although I have to admit it's never really been a major problem with Brisbane as there has always been a lot of outside seating at that venue.

The former team took most criticism as a slight against them and rather than come on here and talk to people and try to address the problems they chose to ignore them, saying they didn't want to get into arguments.

Please don't do what they did and stick your head in the sand. I hope you and others from EEE continue to visit here and respond whenever possible. I'm sure it will be greatly appreciated by all.

I wish you every success with the shows and hope they go gang busters for you.

Cheers - Neil

Liz, am delighted to see you here and thank you for giving us your time.

Am very pleased, too, to know there will be visitor seating as I am on a stick and cannot stand or walk for long. In fact, last evening when I gave my wife the newly-arrived copy of Australian Woodworking and asked her to enter the dates into her diary, she remarked, "There will be much walking. You will not be able to do it".

Will you tell us, please, if Bett has a point?

Really nice to hear from you. Tell Bett that we have included on the floor plan a visitors lounge where there will be comfortable seating for you to relax in. We have also included a cafe inside this year, which will have tables and chairs and will be somewhere else to relax and have a cup of coffee etc. This of course is in addition to all of the outside catering areas. As an extra instead of the general seminar area on the floor we have placed all of the seminars on the 'stars' stands and that will provide another area where you can take in a seminar and be seated rather than in the past shows where people were left standing for 45minutes listening to seminars. I hope you enjoy the day and notice some improvements. Liz

Liz, you can tell your man that you are a darling. Thanks very much.

May I impose once more, please, only when you have a moment tomorrow?

Is there parking on-site or do we use the old parking area in Moore Park opposite, across Driver Avenue?

I am thinking of the walk from the car to the exhibition.

ah now you have got me.........leave it with me and I will get back to you - I am sure we will be able to help you in someway.

Thanks for the comments which I will pass on to my man - his name is Rick and as well as being my husband he is also partners in the company with me - so we really are a family business.

Be back to you if not tomorrow night real soon!

I stopped going to the WWW Show for a few years back because I thought the standard had dropped terribly. I went again last year for the first time in three years and whilst I spent dollars, I didn't think it had improved.

Like many of us, I think we get somewhat a buzz in going and maybe our expectations are too high. I am not worried about the admission cost if the value is there. Lets face it, with today's communications we can search out almost any product from our homes, never mind walking around for hours, getting tired and at the end of the day feeling let down.

Congratulations Liz on taking over and I wish you well with the venture.
I will be going this year and will use it as a litmus test for future attendances. The WWW show was and should be a very desireable event to attend. I do hope you can reinstate that status.
PEN

Pen
good to have your comments. We have an interesting program of presentations, workshops and seminars as well as all of the product available so hope this year when you visit the shows you will see a marked improvement and you get to enjoy the day. Liz