On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Mandy <steelgreypittsburgh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > OK so that right there is the question of the day. > > I didn't realize that the only bathrooms were right off of the room we'll be > in. That's a MAJOR problem, then. No, you can't keep people from using the > bathroom. > > I think that almost forces us into having this party as PR, then. We'll > have no way to control the passthrough traffic, and we certainly can't > charge to use the bathroom. > > If we're not charging at the door for anyone else, then it doesn't seem fair > to charge for members either (just throwing this out there). How do we make > $ for the shop then? I guess pimp the raffles hardcore.... maybe do an > activity like "make a throwie pin right here for $3"??? > > That one data point changes the entire flux of our whole effort here. Ok, i think now we're level-set. the drink ticket as "the thing you get that makes you want to pay" was a concession to this space layout. if we're going PR, then we do raffles, and forget the whole drink ticket (or maybe you get a prize or raffle ticket with donation or something, then can buy more)