ReefMeister2
Premium Member
Hi Everyone,
SCMAS would like to thank everyone for making the 3rd annual Reef-A-Palooza such an outstanding success! We estimate at least 500 people attended RAP at some point throughout the day, if not more! This is not surprising considering that we have one of the largest concentration of reefers in the world here in Southern California! In fact, there is no reason to doubt that this event will grow exponentially over the next few years, and therefore must be planned ahead accordingly.
As such, we would like to ask for your input as to what would make RAP 2007 even better:
1) CAPACITY/LOCATION:
Obtaining a free facility large enough to hold RAP was hard enough (Thank you Marine Depot!) but acquiring enough shade canopies, tarps, electrical outlets, equipment, etc. was a daunting task (to say the least) that simply would not be practical for larger, future events.
One idea is to rent a hall/facility at a special venue, such as the O.C. fairgrounds, but that would likely require an "entry fee" (roughly estimated @ $5 per person/$50 per vendor) to recover expenses. The upside to this cost is that the entire event would be "indoors" and not vulnerable to the hot summer sun. Would this encourage/discourage your participation?
2) FOOD/DRINKS:
It was very difficult to estimate how many people would show up for this year's RAP, so food and drink selections were kept simple (and cheap!)
What food/drink suggestions do you have that you would like to see at future RAP events?
3) EVENTS/AGENDA:
There was a great deal of interest and participation in Bob Fenner's and Anthony Calfo's presentations. Both of these men are definite assets to the reefing community, and always provide a wealth of information and insight to the hobby.
Would you like to see more presentations such as these?
what other events/exhibitions/etc. would you like to see?
PLEASE share your thoughts and ideas with us so that we can continuously improve this event every year. Please keep in mind that there is an inevitable cost associated with most things, so try to keep the ideas reasonable. We wish to keep the expenses minimal so that little-or-no cost is passed on to the attendees. If all goes well, I wouldn't be surprised to see 750-1,000 people at the next event!
Thank you for your help,
SCMAS Steering Committee
SCMAS would like to thank everyone for making the 3rd annual Reef-A-Palooza such an outstanding success! We estimate at least 500 people attended RAP at some point throughout the day, if not more! This is not surprising considering that we have one of the largest concentration of reefers in the world here in Southern California! In fact, there is no reason to doubt that this event will grow exponentially over the next few years, and therefore must be planned ahead accordingly.
As such, we would like to ask for your input as to what would make RAP 2007 even better:
1) CAPACITY/LOCATION:
Obtaining a free facility large enough to hold RAP was hard enough (Thank you Marine Depot!) but acquiring enough shade canopies, tarps, electrical outlets, equipment, etc. was a daunting task (to say the least) that simply would not be practical for larger, future events.
One idea is to rent a hall/facility at a special venue, such as the O.C. fairgrounds, but that would likely require an "entry fee" (roughly estimated @ $5 per person/$50 per vendor) to recover expenses. The upside to this cost is that the entire event would be "indoors" and not vulnerable to the hot summer sun. Would this encourage/discourage your participation?
2) FOOD/DRINKS:
It was very difficult to estimate how many people would show up for this year's RAP, so food and drink selections were kept simple (and cheap!)
What food/drink suggestions do you have that you would like to see at future RAP events?
3) EVENTS/AGENDA:
There was a great deal of interest and participation in Bob Fenner's and Anthony Calfo's presentations. Both of these men are definite assets to the reefing community, and always provide a wealth of information and insight to the hobby.
Would you like to see more presentations such as these?
what other events/exhibitions/etc. would you like to see?
PLEASE share your thoughts and ideas with us so that we can continuously improve this event every year. Please keep in mind that there is an inevitable cost associated with most things, so try to keep the ideas reasonable. We wish to keep the expenses minimal so that little-or-no cost is passed on to the attendees. If all goes well, I wouldn't be surprised to see 750-1,000 people at the next event!
Thank you for your help,
SCMAS Steering Committee
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Other than that, it was cool.... good job... Oh yeah, also not enuf frags, and too much drygoods. We should change the name to "drygoodswap" 
