[ST] Fwd: GOH ( was Flyers @ ReaderCon?)

[Benjamin Levy]

On 7/2/07, David D'Antonio <dda at dantonio.net> wrote:

>
> > The only people selling anything at Arisia (that we know about) are
> > the dealers in the Dealers' Room and Dealers' Row, the artists
> > showing in the Art Show, and ... no one else.
>
> In the past few years that I've run Events, the live bands and some
> other acts (the radio dramas, for example) have been allowed to sell
> their CDs and other merchandise either during or immediately
> following their events; since they performed for free (or for minor
> food), it was considered a good trade-off.

  Folks at the fan tables are also allowed to sell memberships,
T-shirts, and other club stuff .  The 501st sells raffle tickets to
raise money for a charity.  And when we had extra room at the Park
Plaza, I usually set aside one table to rent to authors, small press
and game vendors to sell their wares for a few hours.

> In addition, Arisia itself has sold T-shirts in past years; I believe
> a dealer was commissioned to sell them the last couple years but
> Arisia still gets some money from this (I believe, correct me if I'm
> wrong).

  We get a bit less than $2 per T-shirt sold (Corporate members get
20%(?) off the price of the T-shirts.
   ---Ben