T-shirt numbers were a huge issue for me. I ended up being about 50 shirts short in Toronto in 2005. I was really cautious (maybe paranoid?) about the budget so I planned for the "expected case", and I had 50 more people show up than I thought would. (The # who showed up was my "It will blow my mind if this many people show up" case.)
<br><br>Ordering 50 more shirts than you think you'll need will probably cost about $250. Which in the grand scheme of things isn't a big deal. Selling extra ones at the auction - it's a good thing! They'll sell well (and for good $) if you get "celebrities" at the conference to autograph them.
<br><br>Cheers,<br>Richard<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/21/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Will Willis</b> <<a href="mailto:will.willis@gmail.com">will.willis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Forgive me if this has already been mentioned in this list or on some<br>other resource.<br><br>Where do we get our attendance numbers from? With registrations<br>spiking near the end of registration, how do we give estimates to
<br>vendors/sponsors today, or even on June 1? I asked Metro to ship us<br>enough bus routes for 400 attendees. However, items like T-shirts are<br>another matter, we probably want to have a slight surplus early on to<br>
cover at-the-door registrations and demand for those that want more<br>than one shirt, but not more than we're able to sell throughout the<br>conference.<br><br>Any suggestions from seasoned veterans out there?<br><br>
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