[hackpgh-party] Re: Initial wiki page up!
- From: gwen <gwenix@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hackpgh-party@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:57:54 -0500
I'd like to point out that Derrick and I being in sync isn't a
coordinated effort.
Seriously!
It is nice to know that the guy I'm married to is still on the same
page as me so much of the time though. :)
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Derrick Brashear <shadow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Mandy <steelgreypittsburgh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> --> I guess what I'm trying to say here is that while I'd be OK with
>> taking drink tickets off the plate, I want it to be for good reasons,
>> and I'm very confused by Mandy's saying that it would cost us money.
>> At worst, drink tickets would be a net zero gain, no negative over
>> having the entrance ticket prices at $5; and potentially a positive
>> gain. But I do understand that they could just be too fussy to deal
>> with, and perhaps we'd find that people are more likely to come if the
>> entrance tickets are $5. <--
>>
>> *** Not saying it would cost us money, although it has the potential to if
>> not handled properly. I am saying that it would be opening us up for
>> unneeded involvement, extra steps, and liability for the shop. I also am
>> failing to see the value in a $5 cost when it's being redeemed for less or
>> nothing at all. Potentially a positive gain for the shop? Maybe, but why
>> milk non-drinking members for their funds? And if this isn't run by OTB to
>> be an exact price for each drink that's paid for at the end of the night
>> instead of $5 per ticket, it's zero gain for the shop, and only gain for the
>> bar (which I think is unnecessary). Running it that way, the only way the
>> shop would make money is if someone didn't turn in a ticket at all. And if
>> the ticket is good for "a $5 drink or unlimited soda" - you're turning it in
>> to get the soda too.
>>
>> --> The only thing I'm worried about for the latter is that here's the
>> issue: we want people to drift back and chat with us. Are we going to
>> say, "Sorry, you need to pay before you get here?" Probably not. But
>> given that, are people who paid to get back there going to be
>> resentful? I'm trying to avoid this latter, and I'd like to do so by
>> putting a lot of niceties in for people who pay. <--
>>
>> *** Totally agreed, we do want people to drift back and chat. Not bothering
>> to ask them to pay? Ludicrous. Then why spend time marketing to the public
>> if only having members have to pay to get in? Resentful if no one takes
>> money at the door? Hell yes. Everyone paid when they came in the door for
>> the Halloween Party. Everyone. Easy as that. The party just has to be
>> interesting enough for them to WANT to pay.
>
> This space isn't conducive to that. That's the only issue I see.
>
>
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Gwendolyn R. Schmidt
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