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Forum Sales, Site Supporter Tags and how to fund MK....
griff:
--- Quote from: monkian on February 11, 2016, 05:21 PM ---*A volunteered % of sales sold on the FB Group to go to the Rad Pot
*Crowdfunding
*Rad Forum Shop or T's designed in collaboration with Dave at B73's with % of sales to the Rad Pot.
*Rebrand MK to put Radbmx UK first in people's minds & explore new branded products.
*Fundraiser rides.
*General fundraising events: BBQ's, Swap-Meets, Car-Boots etc.
I'm sure there's more...
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SSTs are kind of like an old school crowdfunding anyway - it's a badge to show that you're supporting the forum regardless of whether you use the sales section or not
T-Shirts etc in the merchandise section already do contain a small donation to the Rad pot
The % from sales is a nice idea, but imposing rules & costs might reduce interest and would require policing - of course if people want to do that voluntarily no-one would stop them!
--- Quote from: NORTY40 on February 11, 2016, 10:28 PM ---Im all for the wristband idea , quick google search
Printed silicone wristbands http://adband.com/collections/wristbands/products/silicone-wristbands
QTY 500 £0.32ea
QTY 1000 £0.26ea
Vinyl ones are about half the price of silicone
:daumenhoch:
They also make for a good keepsake from the weekend if that type of thing floats your boat .
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I like the idea of a wristband - raises some admin challenges which would need to be considered
Paying for them - if you're going to give one to all tag holders then someone is going to need to get hold of everyone's postal address to send them out, OR hang about at MK waiting to hand them out to people. another idea might be to simply sell wristbands on Saturday to anyone that wants one - but this is only really going to help MK17, not MK16 as everything will need to have been paid for already by then. I think that idea might work though as it's simple (& simple usually works!)
We already do t-shirts, mugs, stickers, calendars etc and will no doubt continue that, but the money raised from those things is peanuts compared with the money you get from SSTs
griff:
another thing on those wristbands..
although I don't think there were many 'freeloaders' last year - if there is anyone scrotey enough to do something like that then in theory there's nothing to stop them getting drinks for their mates without a band, or (if it's one of those snazzy silicone bands) passing it around so they can take it in turns at the bar...
But you would have to be a tight cnut to do something like that :teef:
58 delray:
--- Quote from: mrs_stidds on February 12, 2016, 09:43 AM ---
--- Quote from: 58 delray on February 12, 2016, 09:34 AM ---i think the idea of wristbands for the D&D and hog roast is a good one, no wrist band = no freebies, simples. make sure its known well in advance along with the dates for example so that no one can say they didnt know.
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I think wristbands is the way to go. People cannot be charged on the gate (against council rules) but they could be charged £10 to buy a wristband on the gate - may not have a SST but will then be paying the same amount into the pot ready for next year.
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they would have to then be registered as a site supporter Jo otherwise it could be seen by the Council as charging entry or even worse charging for the drinks which would cause licensing problems.
oldschoolace:
How about some sort of welcome pack to go with the wristband or lanyard. I'm sure the sst purchases could include the addition of a postal address when you sign up. Maybe a Rad sticker, keyring and a car window sticker? Just stuff that can be bought for pence but make a nice little welcome gift and reinforce the community spirit
mrs_stidds:
--- Quote from: griff on February 12, 2016, 10:03 AM ---another thing on those wristbands..
although I don't think there were many 'freeloaders' last year - if there is anyone scrotey enough to do something like that then in theory there's nothing to stop them getting drinks for their mates without a band, or (if it's one of those snazzy silicone bands) passing it around so they can take it in turns at the bar...
But you would have to be a tight cnut to do something like that :teef:
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With regard to the D&D, you could make it that an empty tin needs to be returned before they can get another one and still only if they have a wristband on - would mean all the rubbish ends up in one place as well rather than thrown all over the place (which then needs the big clear-up the next morning).
As for distributing the bands, rather than charge everyone the postage for them (and obviously the hassle of mailing) - set up another table same as the S&S registration - all you would need is a printed list of site supporters (in alphabetical username order) - go down the list, tick them off and give them a band (or cheaper still a hand stamp). If SSTs were willing to pay the postage for the bands then maybe a 50p collection charge could be applied instead - every little helps.
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