Benefit attendees - Need your help

TomH · 08-13-2009, 09:33 PM

As a first time visitor, I thought the event was great and I'm looking forward to next year.

GOOD

Focus on charity. I was impressed by the number of raffle winners who gave their winnings back!
Parking on grass was great for spending the day. Lot less oppressive than asphalt or concrete in the heat.
Having multiple groups (CORE, TS, etc.) made for a great turnout and a nice variety of rigs to look at and steal ideas
Food was certainly affordable; actually, it was surprisingly cheap for a charity event

SUGGESTIONS

It wasn't clear how to get into the show/parking area. Made a couple of passes before someone in the B&B lot point the way.
How about adding an early morning trail ride or poker run to the event
Sign in with your BBS user name and name tags (If you go beyond a one-day event or add a dinner.) Interesting to put a face to a name.
For non-members, add an info kit to the sign in materials. Upcoming events, membership info, etc.
Get more participation from off-road vendors (e.g. Haspin, Eastern Welding Supply, BFG, etc.) There's lots of bucks in the rigs that showed up.
Finally, you didn't pick my raffle ticket! (I'm assuming that you'll fix that next year.)

PS,
Thanks for the event!

TomH

08-13-2009, 09:33 PM	#9
TomH Gearhead Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Anderson Posts: 95	As a first time visitor, I thought the event was great and I'm looking forward to next year. GOOD Focus on charity. I was impressed by the number of raffle winners who gave their winnings back! Parking on grass was great for spending the day. Lot less oppressive than asphalt or concrete in the heat. Having multiple groups (CORE, TS, etc.) made for a great turnout and a nice variety of rigs to look at and steal ideas Food was certainly affordable; actually, it was surprisingly cheap for a charity event SUGGESTIONS It wasn't clear how to get into the show/parking area. Made a couple of passes before someone in the B&B lot point the way. How about adding an early morning trail ride or poker run to the event Sign in with your BBS user name and name tags (If you go beyond a one-day event or add a dinner.) Interesting to put a face to a name. For non-members, add an info kit to the sign in materials. Upcoming events, membership info, etc. Get more participation from off-road vendors (e.g. Haspin, Eastern Welding Supply, BFG, etc.) There's lots of bucks in the rigs that showed up. Finally, you didn't pick my raffle ticket! (I'm assuming that you'll fix that next year.) PS, Thanks for the event! TomH