[atariparty] Library not available until June 11th

[R.Conner]

Do what you need to. I can catch you next year

B

--- On Mon, 2/28/11, Bill Kendrick <nbs at sonic.net> wrote:

From: Bill Kendrick <nbs at sonic.net>
Subject: Re: [atariparty] Library not available until June 11th
To: "Atari Party Volunteer Coordination List" <atariparty at lists.sonic.net>
Date: Monday, February 28, 2011, 9:55 AM

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 10:06:24PM -0800, R.Conner wrote:
>
>    My daughters birthday party is on that day

D'oh. :^(  I'm almost at the point where I'm forced to say
"if you can't make it, you can't make it... sorry it didn't work out
this time, I hope you can make it next year."

It basically boils down to:  how do I want to utilize the cash, which
was so generously donated to me, to put this event together?  I could
blow almost the entire amount on a smaller space with no built-in
projector, just to do it sooner rather than later.  Or I could hold
off until whenever the library happens to be free, and spend the money
on other things, like the movie we were hoping we could screen, and
perhaps a prize to give away (I think one or two Atari Flashback 2+
would be appreciated by the show attendees).  The latter is the
obvious choice (and the more polite use of the donations).

Some history...

In 2009, I put the show together (albeit for a much shorter length)
with fairly short notice, and with help from 5 people (3 local to
Sac/Davis; and one of those introduced himself to me via email
literally the day before the event, to ask if he could bring his
2600.)

I spent maybe $80 on it (out of pocket), since it was almost enitrely
after-hours at the library (6pm-9pm).  About $50 of that was snacks,
drinks and cupcakes that I decided to bring.

Nearly half of the systems (7 out of the 15) that were set up were
from my own collection, and Bob Woolley accounted for another 25%.


So I have to keep in mind that I can do this moslty by myself... as
much as I want every one of you awesome, friendly people to make it,
the more of you there are, the less likely it is.  It's highly likely
that I'll continue doing this (or convince someone to take over for me
:) ) each year, so it's not like this is your last chance to ever come
do this.

ALSO keep in mind that this is NOT meant to be another Classic Gaming
Expo or Midwest Gaming Classic, or even Vintage Computer Festival or
Pin-A-Go-Go.  I am not, and never have, wanted it to be that large.
In terms of being a 'regional' event, it's meant for Davis &
Sacramento, and any video game industry or old college friends I can
convince to come out from the greater SF Bay Area.

The original Atari Party was literally meant to be me & a bunch of
friends in my living room, but since so many people liked the idea, I decided
to do something a little bigger.  (Doing it at the library the first year
meant I needed to make it a public event, which I decided would be pretty
cool, and it turned out to be pretty popular.)  The fact that folks like
Sal and Conrad are coming to it from _out of state_ is amazing, but even then,
I'd rather not burn $300 just to be able to schedule it around them.
I'd be shocked if they couldn't sweat out a year without my little event. ;^)


So, Bob, I can ask the library of the 18th is available if you insist.
Anything beyond that, and the pricing for a movie changes --
Swank charges different licesing fees depending on the season, the
audience size, and indoor/outdoor.  (I double-checked that 6/11 still
counts as "spring" to them.)

Anything before the 11th, and we can't use the library, and I'd have
to shell out nearly $300 (so nearly everything people have been gracious
enough to donate to me!) to rent a room from the city.  That's absolutely
the last option, in my mind.

So we're pretty much stuck:  6/11 (which we can almost certainly have,
though we'll know for sure by 3/11) or 6/18 (which I know nothing about,
and even if it is currently available, we won't know for sure until 3/18).

-bill!
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