Hopefully we do see some financial benefit for the lug too. If we can get the kinks of logistics worked out with them, could be a nice consistent revenue for us-if there’s interest.
I don’t know how much Greenberg is paying us to display but I did notice they’re returning to Monroeville in January, I don’t know if we’re signed up for that one too or if we were waiting to see how this one goes first.
I agree, and Tim and I were discussing yesterday, that this could be a nice way to bring in a bit of cash. We’d need to refine our standards, expand our inventory of ready-made plates w/ track (MILS or just the way we did them for this event), and probably keep working on the “trees / landscaping / minifigs” so that we can set up like a well-oiled machine. We want it to be fun, not stressful, so having the majority of a layout ready to bust out at any time would be great. Tim’s key point was starting small and focusing on details – we can gradually expand with more plates and more interesting features. But in my mind, as long as we have people willing to staff the event (and as long as we can register early and have the majority of the display ready so setup is easier), why not do this event a couple times a year and earn some $ for the LUG?
Greenberg says on their site “your group gets $100 for a >100 sq ft display”. We’re hoping that means we can get away with $200 tomorrow – standing firm on the separate theme layout. So, we’ll see if they own up to that or try to give us $100 for “one” display.
Whose job is it to haggle over the money? Who from the show gives us the money? Did anyone ever even get our exhibitor badges yesterday? I didn’t see any, and we didn’t seem to have issues sneaking in/out the back door…