West Florida Model boat club, Sarasota, FL

[tiqueman]

I thought about that too. if we (club members) each pitched in and brought food or drinks, then whatever we sell could be straight profit into the club bank. I have no problem bringing my grill out. Its a decent size grill so we could get a bit of burgers and dogs goin at once. Id gladly run the cooking side of the concession. But as Bill said, we would still need someone to be the food vendor and someone at the gate. Perhaps I could sweet talk the Mrs into food sales.

And BILL, Im sory I havent got out to you yet. this weeks been nuts and Im getting further behind each day. ive gota drywall crew to get started in the morning and may be able to duck out around lunch. If so Ill come grab that batt, run to Wallyworld, grab a new and bring it right back to you. IF my morning goes well.

[bill34207]

No problem on the battery pickup Scott. It's not eating anything and we still have another week before our next scheduled run. I figured you were busy and couldn't make it.

Coming back to the swap meet idea, the SRQ squadron usually charges a $15 vendor/seller fee but leaves admission for buyers at no charge. That way it helps encourage the folks wanting to buy something, and if the seller move some of their stuff they don't feel bad about paying it. I was suggesting the lower sellers fee to help encourage more attendance and having more stuff out for sale. As for charging someone a fee for splashing a boat they bought that's actually within reason too. It could be considered their insurance fee for the recovery boat use (by a member) in the event it's needed. I don't think any of our members would have a problem with paying a fee for setting up a table for the swap meet when it's going to be going into the treasury for more future improvements.

We can still invite some of the other clubs over to run a test n tune (on a seperate date) without the need for the netting and other equipment. It would just have to be an informal test n tune and not a sanctioned "event". When Hugh, Chris and I went over to the Waveblasters for that test n tune they didn't have up any fencing or a port a john on location.

[RCKong]

R^M sanatation said $75.00/month
7120 13th Street East
Sarasota
(941) 722-4065

It will be brought out and picked up after each use so it doesn't end up in the lake.

http://www.portablesanitationoftampa.com/

813/558/8523

$60.00/month from these guys, and it would have to stay there and be picked up once a month. We would have to chain it down. the concrete pad were I parked last week would work great. We could drill into the concrete and set a hook ring to anchor it.

I think we could do $5.00 a class and no more than $15 or $20 per individual to cover this monthly expense, and we could do this right away.

[sailr]

At most of the flying clubs I go to, there is no fee to sell or buy. At the Bay City Flyers they charge a $3 parking fee. That would be hard to control at Akerman. I'd suggest not charging too much for vendors. $10 tops. Emphasize they have to bring their own tables.

Keep me posted! I wanta be there!

[sailr]

Swap meets are an integral part of modeling. I wouldn't ask the county. Just my opinion.

I agree Bill. we need to figure out how to raise money and start being able to have the necessities to host things in the future. I think even a slightly higher charge for vendors/ sellers, including members of our club. If we as club members want to sell anything, we pay as well. and maybe $2. admission, kids free. Every little bit would help us tremendously. Unfortunately, it costs money to make money. I think realistically we need to have at least one port o let. All it takes is one time someone coming and thinking "oh, they didnt even have a john" and they never come back. we also may need to get permission, Id assume, from the county to have a swap meet at that location? I could be over thinking it, but the county grants us permission to run boats, not run swap meets. Id hate to have a county worker from parks and rec or something come by and give us a hard time. we dont want to overstep our boundries w/ them. It seems to me, the onyl reason they allow us to run there is kinda because they have to. As for running boats at teh swap shop, I wasnt really going for racing events, just if someone wanted to splash something or test out a new purchase. No count down clocks etc, just fun sport running. If we could get fencing, i dont see an issue w/ it. if we have to finance a fence, then we may need to put off inviting others to run for a while longer and just stick w/ a swap meet and try to make some dough.

I know a lot of people in the construction biz. I may be able to score a bunch of that orange net fence for nothing. Ill start making phone calls tomorrow.

[sailr]

Be sure to pick a date where no races are going on, including nitro/gas. Invite all the clubs. Stuff they're selling doesn't have to be FE! A lot of rudders, struts, servos, radios, etc. will work in any platform.

Before the thought gets forgotten like many of the things we want to do.... Lets talk some more about the swap meet idea.
If we are going to do one we need to decide on a date for it.
Decide if we want to charge a fee for the vendors/sellers (most events like this are aimed at making money for the club and due to location doubt if we could do a concession stand).
Probably lots of other things that need to be considered as well but we need to first take a step toward making it an event instead of a passing thought.

[sailr]

very strange. I'm not getting any email alerts on this thread?

[tiqueman]

Yeah I emailed Steven last night about the alerts acting up again.

I dont think were are lookng for a permanent toilet Brian. Just temp now and again for 2 days at a time, if/ when needed. A permanent toilet rasies all kindsa issues w/ vandalism etc and we cannot afford a 75 dollar a mo. fee.

[RCKong]

I know we dont want to leave one there full time. Those where the cheapest I could find in the area.

[sailr]

The County may have a contract with a porta potti company. You might want to check to see if we can get a better deal through them.

[bill34207]

Going off topic for a minute here but I was impressed when I got home this evening. I mailed my NAMBA renewal off on 11/7 (checked my checkbook register for the date) and my new card for 2012 was in the mailbox today. That's got to be a new record for them.
Wish Castle worked that fast with their esc recall.

[sailr]

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Lawless Lower Unit. Double water pickup. Mount could be replaced but is usable. $80

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[sailr]

lawless unit

pics

[sailr]

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[sailr]

Hyperperformance motor adapter for 3.5 lower unit

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