Thread: Timber & Working With Wood Shows 2011 Ladies

Originally Posted by Groggy

Maybe we could make a series of items for display or as lucky door prizes. Small things: a box, a turned item etc that we do not expect to get back.

Yawn.

Originally Posted by Lignum

Yawn.

So does that mean you are will to take on the responsibility of organising this for the organisers.

Or are you sitting on your hands and waiting for someone else to do all the work for you

Originally Posted by Lignum

I looked at a fair bit of PR and didnt see it mentioned. If i had known a good size exhibition was on i would have gone. Their comes a point in your woodworking life when tools, timber and machines become a bit boring. Now im more interested in peoples finished products.

As someone already mentioned a forum exhibition would be fantastic.

Yes well! Good sized exhibition is a whole 'nother thing! Would prolly take as much again to aorganize and promote. (What Groggy said! )

Originally Posted by Lignum

Yawn.

Terry, I based what I said on previous discussions where we tried to get exactly this sort of thing off the ground. After being discussed for a fair bit the practical problems kept getting in the way. I was not putting down your idea, I'd love to see it go ahead if a way around the problems can be found, and I'd help out too.

If you want to see bigger and better stuff from the forumites on display (so do I) then we need to work out a way to make it work. So far we haven't been able to find a way that will work but any ideas are welcome.

A couple of problems:

• Coordinator needed
• Getting the items to the one place for display.
• Who pays transport?
• Theft
• Damage
• Someone to watch them all the time
• Getting them home again
• Do you limit the size to boxes ot turned items?

I'd just create an 'exhibition space' where exhibitors bring along anything they want @ their own risk..................................90% of problems solved then!

Perhaps instead of limiting sizes to boxes n what not you just have a different theme each year

eg: boxes, chairs, turned items, etc etc etc

Just a few thoughts ..........................

Regards Lou

The ACT Wood-craft Guild manage to have their annual competition at the Canberra show.

Originally Posted by NewLou

A couple of problems:

• Coordinator needed
• Getting the items to the one place for display.
• Who pays transport?
• Theft
• Damage
• Someone to watch them all the time
• Getting them home again
• Do you limit the size to boxes ot turned items?

I'd just create an 'exhibition space' where exhibitors bring along anything they want @ their own risk..................................90% of problems solved then!

Perhaps instead of limiting sizes to boxes n what not you just have a different theme each year

eg: boxes, chairs, turned items, etc etc etc

Just a few thoughts ..........................

Regards Lou

Now, now Lou, no need to bring commonsense into this discussion.

Originally Posted by Lignum

Now, now Lou, no need to bring commonsense into this discussion.

Seems like we have the Voulunteer Coordinators organised Lou and Lignum have the other 10% of the problems fixed.

Sounds like the beginnings of a plan Lou. We still need an organiser, some space, a pretty strong indication of people willing to donate their time and workmanship. You would need to know well in advance what people will be willing to display so the space can be allocated and is not too small or too big.

Are we talking about just Melbourne or all the venues?

It might be worthwhile for EEE to create an 'open' exhibition space for everyone, including clubs and small manufacturers, not just forum members. Maybe the person will need to bring their own stand or display too, or be limited by what can fit on a table or within an allocated floor area.

How about we have an annual miniture woor work challenge. Then we can display it in a shoe box.

Originally Posted by Groggy

It might be worthwhile for EEE to create an 'open' exhibition space for everyone, including clubs and small manufacturers, not just forum members. Maybe the person will need to bring their own stand or display too, or be limited by what can fit on a table or within an allocated floor area.

hmmm ... by "open" are we talking "free"space ... that doesn't sound fair unless there can be a real benefit in attracting other punters ... i may be out on my own on this but it doesn't have any great appeal or drawing power for me and i can't see my wife (back to the point of the thread?) being more likely to drag me to the show as a result of it

Originally Posted by A Duke

The ACT Wood-craft Guild manage to have their annual competition at the Canberra show.

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they do a pretty good job of it too ... they sell stuff too ... which in my book means that they should be paying, if not full price, more than just a donation for a site and passing the cost back to exhibitors ...

i appreciate the suggestion for this was put forward in good faith ... i think if it is going to have legs it needs to have a semi commercial focus ... that is either commercial in that it is an opportunity for those forum members who want to sell stuff to do so (not me) or a competition with perhaps an entry fee and prizes (donated, bought at cost or bought outright) (again not me) ... in the case of the second it may then be appropriate to look to eee (show people not polishes) to discount a stall area


was there a couple of clubs at melbourne as well ... i seem to remember there was peninsula or something like that ... did they do something similar? ... i didn't really take that much notice of them

regards david

Originally Posted by robbygard

and i can't see my wife (back to the point of the thread?) being more likely to drag me to the show as a result of it


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regards david

Oh yes! What was the question?

A thought here that if the Forum stand was to display a selection of items then perhaps some even balance (towards both ladies & Gents) would promote the the Forums for all to appreciate in all their entirety.

Getting that to fruition may need some encouragement to get the eveness that shows that ladies are well presented on the forum.

My 2C worth

Cheers