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26th October 2010, 07:28 PM #31
I hate to be a wet blanket, but the forum display is an idea that (although a good one) simply is not practical.
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 or turned items?
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.Last edited by Groggy; 5th October 2011 at 08:11 PM.
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26th October 2010, 07:54 PM #33Jim Carroll
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26th October 2010, 10:16 PM #34anne-maria.
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26th October 2010, 10:32 PM #35
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.
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28th October 2010, 09:11 PM #36
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 LouJust Do The Best You Can With What You HAve At The Time
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28th October 2010, 09:23 PM #37
The ACT Wood-craft Guild manage to have their annual competition at the Canberra show.
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28th October 2010, 11:45 PM #38.
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29th October 2010, 08:48 AM #39Jim Carroll
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29th October 2010, 03:37 PM #40
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.
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29th October 2010, 04:07 PM #41
How about we have an annual miniture woor work challenge. Then we can display it in a shoe box.
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29th October 2010, 05:49 PM #42Mug punter
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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
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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
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29th October 2010, 09:47 PM #43anne-maria.
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8th November 2010, 11:16 PM #44
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
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