NEW CONTEST - Negotiating

[John Ferrell]

I do a couple of combat contests a year and give "certificates".
There are no entry fees, and no complaints!

----- Original Message -----
From: "ORLANDO FRETS" <ojfrets at earthlink.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: NEW CONTEST - Negotiating


> Steve:
> I had the same problem with my club. Trophies or plaques are expensive,
and
> may not be warranted for a pattern primer.
> Instead of awarding trophies or plaques, make up paper certificates. Or
> make your own plaques by cutting pieces of pine wood, sanded nicely
(4"x5")
> and fasten the picture to the wood. Using a digital camera, take a picture
> of each entrant with their airplane, at the end of the contest, fasten the
> pictures of the winners to the wood and walaaa, you have your awards.
Cheap
> and easy to make. However, the paper certificates are just as good. One
> local contest does this in their pattern primer.
> Orlando
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: <mrstev0922 at aol.com>
> > To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> > Date: 4/10/2003 1:13:05 PM
> > Subject: Re: NEW CONTEST - Negotiating
> >
> > Eric,...
> >
> > I've often thought about trying to negotiate and persuade my club to
> allow a
> > Pattern Primer.  Unfortunately my club's major objective is to make
> money,
> > and the bottom line is how much money can they expect in their treasury
> at
> > the end of the Contest/Event.
> >
> > My question to you, and to anyone else who has run a contest or primer,
> is
> > there a rule of thumb for expenses versus income for one of these
> events??
> > Any general guidelines for how many contestants are needed for a break
> even
> > scenario??  I realize a lot of this has to do with actual expenses and
> costs
> > of trophies and such, but if anybody would care to chime in with their
> > experiences in this matter it would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Steve Teerlinck
> > Monson, Massachusetts
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