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Lord-Tice
Title: FF-UK: London CR
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Date Posted:
4/5/07 6:09am
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****The FanForce @ CE - Ideas and Volunteers needed!!****
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The FanForce have kindly been given a table by Barry Eldridge in the Fan Club & Groups lounge during Celebration Europe. The table will allow us to promote the FanForce and will serve as a great meeting point for current members to mingle.
While we do not as yet have clear information regarding the size of the table/space, or whether they’ll be a backingboard, there is no stopping us to plan what should be on the table and indeed any space behind. So all ideas are welcome at this stage.
More importantly, we need to man the table through-out the show, therefore I would be incredibly grateful if people could volunteer to do this job. It’s an open invitation, so any fanforce member from any fanforce can join-in. The basic job description will be to hand-out flyers and answer any questions the unsuspecting public may have. The more people who volunteer, the better and easier it’ll be for us all. The idea is to draw up a rota, ensuring people can still fully enjoy the show and help out too.
The main things we also need to do/plan at this stage are the flyer, poster(s) & vinyl banner and funding for the promotional material.
So, let’s remember what Shaun said;
“Erm, as Mr Sloman always says,
there’s no I in team but there is an I in pie. In... There’s an I in meat pie. The anagram of meat is team...
I don’t know what he’s talking about.” 
Any thoughts, ideas and volunteers are most welcome 
LAJ edit - changed title, stickied thread
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jamierichards
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Date Posted:
4/8/07 10:46am
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despite my contempt for the public in general,i would be happy to do a stint on the table.
just don't expect me to be nice.
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Obi Anne
Title: FanForce RSA
Europe
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Nov '98
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Date Posted:
4/12/07 11:34pm
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I still like the logo that we have done for the FFEMs and I think it would be nice to use that on the table, but maybe it's time to upgrade it or something.
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LadyPoison
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Date Posted:
4/13/07 1:32am
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Count me in for helping with table related things
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Cobranaconda
Title: Ex-FF-UK: South CR
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Date Posted:
4/13/07 6:16pm
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I'd do a few hours on one of the days, sure.
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Spike2002
Title: FF-UK RSA
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Date Posted:
4/13/07 6:27pm
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I'm certainly good for doing a stint on the tables.
Can always bring something down from the North if you need anything?
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Lord-Tice
Title: FF-UK: London CR
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4/15/07 1:46am
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Excellent, thanks for stating an interest everyone so far, but more we still need, lots more 
If you could say what day(s) you are willing to help and for how long, that will certainly aid us to draw up a plan of action. Of cause things will change once the timetable of events is published as people can then decide what panels they want to attend, but forming a rough idea/plan at this stage would be good. However, I will stress that I want everyone to enjoy the show first and foremost, so when we design the table, having something that can look after itself is what I have in mind.
I can probably be creative with the posters, and I should be able to get some A3 prints done cost-free, so the real money soaker will be flyers. How many do you think we'd need?? Based on the London Film & Comic Con last year, I'd say the London FanForce got through around 100 or so, but with this being a pure SW show, for three days and likely to attract a vast attendance, we may need to think bigger, lol. And shall we opt for colour or the cheaper b&w option?? And of cause we need to design the thing.
A key part of that is deciding whether we are aiming towards the European market or world-wide market. I personally think we need to promote ourselves as 'the FanForce' rather then 'the European FanForce' because I'm sure plenty of people outside of Europe will be attending.
Finally, if anyone has any ideas or gets inspiration from another source, don't hesitate to post. If you're going to a show in the near future, keep a good look out for any tables/stands that you feel do a good job and we can learn from.
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Master_Fasli
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4/15/07 1:29pm
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Hi folks, I'm new to this site myself and I already love it. I an attending the CE and would love to help out manning the table, that would be cool. I'm currently in the process of making my costume. I'm planning on attending all three days with a pal of mine, so he would be able to help out too.
May the force be with you
Lacjo Fasli
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Qui-Ton-Set
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Date Posted:
4/15/07 1:44pm
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SHOW TENCLO!!!!!!
Or the Documentary....
SHOW TENCLO!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Lord-Tice
Title: FF-UK: London CR
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4/15/07 1:51pm
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Welcome aboard Fasli
It would be nice to show TENCLO as it would add great atmosphere and attract many people, but for the application we had to submit likely table content and we'll probably have to submit the finalised content to get clearance, and I fear TENCLO or any fanfilm would not get clearance 
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Obi Anne
Title: FanForce RSA
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4/16/07 12:04am
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I agree on that we should promote FF as a whole, not just the European parts, on the other hand I think it's important that we show that there are quite a lot of people involved in FF in Europe, so that the Europeans who come doesn't feel that it's useless to join up since it's mainly an American thing.
One thing I think would be fun to have is a posterboard where we could just put up a lot of pics from meetings, maybe specially the EFFMs.
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Skiara
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4/16/07 12:27am
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I agree to Johanna, that we should promote FF as a whole. But if we do any focus, the main focus should be on the European FF in my opinion, since most people will be from Europe and this might be more interesting for them.
How much would it cost to order (let's say 200) flyers? Do you know anything about how many visitors are expected by the CE-organisators? That would give us a hint how many flyers we need.
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Lord-Tice
Title: FF-UK: London CR
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4/16/07 1:03am
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I had in mind listing all the different FanForce regions on the flyer, or certainly the countries that have a FanForce, which will help identify how global we are and that Europe has a mighty fine FanForce representation.
Johanna, I love the idea of the posterboard. I thought about having photo albums/scrapbooks but I think having them pinned-up on a board would work very well. Feel free to post links for photos we can use 
250 colour flyers would cost around £50 (70ish euros). Black & White, around £30-40. So I think we are looking at around £150-200 for around 1,000 which is a heck of a lot. If anyone has any good prinitng contacts, feel free to help us out
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Skiara
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Date Posted:
4/16/07 2:45am
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RE: The FanForce @ CE - Ideas and Volunteers needed!!
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How about a short description of FF, the main link to our boards and maybe a pic of Europe with all countries marked that have a FF?
Of course America, Asia and Australia should be named as well, but shall we list every FF as well? That might be too many in matters of place on the flyer. 
What do you think about naming a person whom the interested people can contact? Or is it better if they go to their FF and look for the blue one?
What kind of flyers are you looking for? 1/3 of a Din A4? 1000 4-colored flyers would cost about 72€ at flyer24.de. (I've just took a short look at the German pages/offers.)
Edit: Changed price, because I found a cheaper offer.
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Master_Fasli
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Date Posted:
4/17/07 2:16pm
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guys if someone could tell me exactly what kind of leaflets, size, colour b/w, what we are having printed on them, There's a printers near where I work, so I could pop in and find out some prices.
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Lord-Tice
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Date Posted:
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lol, completely forgot to mention the size 
I have in mind A5 size (measuring 14.5cm x 21cm). If you can get a quote for say one thousand, printed in either colour or B&W on just one side, then we can do some price comparing
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