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03 August 2006

vent:open. I'm fading.
[More:]So yeah, I've been spending a lot of time since February helping to put on a conference which is to happen Sept 14 - 17. Including many of the following activities:

-hitting people up for funds
-asking people to be speakers
-meeting bigwigs in conference rooms and explaining what the conference is about
-making a registration page
-checking out venues
-arranging in kind sponsorships, such as printing
-being in meetings every thursday pm for anywhere from 2 - 5 hours since February

And I gotta say I'm getting really fucking tired of it. This is volunteer. As in NO MONEY. To date, we have 7 whole registrants. Wow. Eee. At least 4 people who started with us have bailed because helllLLLOOOO they have businesses to run. You know, like to make MONEY? The planning meeting population has dwindled from about 20 to about 5.

I stuck with it this long because I thought it was a good idea and it could have been a good conference and good exposure for me. But now I'm seriously doubting this thing will fly. Not to mention if it flops do I really want to be associated with it?!

I've had waves of doubt before, but not this low. So I've resigned myself to helping from a distance for now. It's that point you realize cutting losses is the best maneuver.

vent:closed :)
7 whole registrants.

Maybe if you count up the quarters in the change jar?
*hugs chewie*
posted by danostuporstar 03 August | 14:14
Not to mention if it flops do I really want to be associated with it?!
Yeah, but if it flops, no one will have attended to see that it flopped! Built-in CYA!

posted by muddgirl 03 August | 14:15
LOL! Actually - I don't blame them for not registering - we have barely started marketed the stupid thing a month out! One of the early planning people was harping about how are we going to do this w/ no money, how are we going to get money w/ no plan. I totally understand why he bailed now! I agreed with him at the time and thought the plan would come together quicker than it did. I think I believed the daydreamers once too often.

The reality is - it can be as creative as you want but if you don't have your business shit together to reach John Q. Public, yer fucked!

I'll be really glad when September is over!!!!!

Oh - and one reason the registration is down is because one of the dorko dingbats editing the website used an old copy of the links and fucked up the jump to the registration form. And that was AFTER i told all editors where the link should go! God knows how many people got a 404 error.

Ahhhh beer. I love beer! Living & learning is so much better with beer!
posted by chewatadistance 03 August | 14:20
Yeah, but if it flops, no one will have attended to see that it flopped! Built-in CYA!

Good point!!! And I'm LOLing here about "god knows how many people got a 404" - it was probably like 2! LOLOLOLOLOLOL
posted by chewatadistance 03 August | 14:23
Rejected! || If you played for the Brazil soccer team, what would your name be?

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