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To: SFFiG@...
From: grombek@...
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:03:48 +1100
Subject: Re: [SFFiG] We're Back!... almost

Did have a date, but due to my own hesitation and just a pinch of procrastination (I have a lot of Star Trek episodes to get through and my Foxtel IQ will start deleting if I don't keep up with it!) we're going to have to postpone - just because we'd like at least 3-4 weeks advertising time. Attracting fresh blood is important to the survival of the club. Take that whichever way you like.

 

So the problem is that if we continue to run at Gaming Knights it means everyone will need to be paying $10 at the door to Gaming Knights (nothing to do with SFFiG at all) and then later on down the track if we want to raise money of our own we need to charge you on top of that. I'm not too keen on that idea, ideally I'd like to keep it as cheap as possible, so everyone can join in.

 

I'm still trying to come up with new ideas and will let everyone know once we've come up with something, but if any of you have thoughts, please let me know.

 

~Ben

 

On 08/03/2008, mark fielding <qonos2000@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

I totally support the idea. It may encourage us to to raise money for the club to go towards things like T- Shirts, functions etc, etc, etc.

Do you have a time and date for the trivia night?

Mark.

Ben Hughes <grombek@gmail.com>

wrote:

Happy Greetings to all and whatever else you might like.

I hope everyone has had a good break, I have recovered from moving
house, the horrors of Xmas and starting a new job.

So now it's time to get back to the serious side of life - SFFiG. We
now have TRIVIA2 ready to go, just a bit of a snag though (and no
it's not a half-eaten sausage), Gaming Knights has changed management
once again since our last meet there and our new friends have a new
way of doing things.

Apparently they are able to set up the room to suit us better, new
furniture, etc. but will be charging $10 per person (this is charged
as you come in the door so we don't have to confirm numbers prior to
the day). This then gives you a $10 voucher to get drinks and snacks
from the desk on the 2nd floor.

Being very different from our normal fee of $0 I was hoping to get
some opinions first. Does this affect your likelyness to attend any
given SFFiG night held there?
Personally for me I would say yes, if I wasn't the [expletive
deleted] organising it all.

So, the next question is does anybody have other ideas for venues we
could use that are either free, or cheap. The fact that we would like
to register the group in order to get insurance in order to do bigger
and better things does mean we will one day be having a membership
fee, so therefore we want to keep any potential venue costs low.

End Waffle.
~Ben

 

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