[TheForge] ABANA conference details: tents, organization mode

[Bruce Freeman]

And THAT tent/tarp is expensive in my book!  NJBA has
one maybe a quarter that size that cost maybe a few
hundred dollars, rather than thousands.  Takes a few
men to set it up...

Maybe the whole approach to giving large conferences
is at fault.  Imagine a system in which the several
affiliates each sponsored a demonstrator at some
central regional conference.  Each affiliate would be
responsible for tools, tent, bleachers, etc.  ABANA,
or someone respresenting ABANA, could coordinate to
provide resources common to all.  

Creative solutions to problems could be found because
there'd be more brains working on the problem
("distributed control" rather than "centralized
control").  

For example, why a single, centralized food service? 
Because we're running these on campuses, that's why. 
Get them off campus.  Allow local food businesses,
caterers, hot dog trucks, lunch wagons, etc., to come
in and set up, and take their lumps if their food is
mediocre and nobody buys it.

The major fault of ABANA and most other volunteer
organizations is that they are run like businesses. 
Who the hell wants a second - unpaid! - job?  People
want to be "paid" for their work, but the pay doesn't
have to be money.  I like getting paid by having an
opportunity to contribute, having my contributions
appreciated by others, participatiing in camaraderie,
etc.  But if the organization is such that volunteers
don't get to do what they want to do, then they burn
out  quickly.

Bruce
NJ
--- Saint Phlip <phlip at 99main.com> wrote:

> On 2/19/07, Dave Mudge <dave at magichammer.net> wrote:
> > ......Just the tents at Richmond cost us $30k.
> 
> 
>
http://www.farmtek.com/farm/supplies/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10052&catalogId2=10001&ftCatalogId=10001&storeId=10001&langId=-1&division=FarmTek&searchMethod=wcSearch&searchType=ANY&searchBeginIndex=0&searchDefaultPerPage=10&ftSearchBeginIndex=0&ftSearchDefaultPerPage=10&mfPartNumber=104513
> 
> Or goto www.farmtek.com
> 
> Item number 104513
> 
> -- 
> Saint Phlip
> 
> Heat it up
> Hit it hard
> Repent as necessary.
> 
> Priorities:
> 
> It's the smith who makes the tools, not the tools
> which make the smith.
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