[hackpgh-party] Re: funding, etc.
- From: gwen <gwenix@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: hackpgh-party@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:21:50 -0500
> As an example, the WACOM Ham radio club (which put on the Washington Ham
> Fest), spent > $1000 on raffle prizes. I haven't yet seen the post-event
> analysis, but they get a lot of raffle ticket sales (entry fee nets you one
> raffle ticket, but the extra ones are much cheaper). Granted, hamfests have
> been going on a long time and they've figured out what kinds of raffle
> prizes draw the most ticket sales, but most everyone buying the tickets is
> doing so as much to help the organization as to getting the prize. I recall
> the UPENE raffles having the same dynamic.
Just to keep expectations in line here, I don't think we should at all
expect $1000 from raffle ticket sales. I'd be excited if we got $200,
as that's more on the order of what I've seen from other fundraisers
(who had more people than we expect).
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Gwendolyn R. Schmidt
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