Well I can tell you this... Tom never commits to anything until he see's you can pull it off and he finds he has the time then as well. Those two things are hard to put in the same time frame. So far he has only come here well after it was going on anyway. He smartly waits to see if its GOING to happen before he commits. Who wouldn't? It doesn't matter what part of the country you in. He never commits to me unless he see's I pullin it off. I respect that too. Wouldn't want it any other way.
I suggest you do these things: Make it an AO event. Not just a group of guys getting a spot with all the others at a field. You can start that way but you have to have a larger vision. Spend some time making all the arrangements including your own field, cheap paint and just AO members around you...And then get some place where you all meet and have Dinner and just you all are together for a meeting/party... get 100 people to come to that THEN he will come. But you gotta prove you can do it first. And it takes some outlay and some risk. Can you do that? Have you done that? It's not easy. You have to know people that can deliver and there are always things cropping up no matter how well you plan. I dealing with last minute hassles even today! My paint supplier is not doing all he is supposed to. That sort of thing all the time. I got a million things to do tomorrow and the next three days! You have to have time away from work to do these things. Will your job allow you that kind of time? Can you commit to doing this and spending the time?
He has to maximize his return on his expenses and travel to where he gets the most bang for his buck. That's how you get people like Tom to come. That's how you get anyone that is busy and has a life to give up his weekend with his family. That's how you get 100+ people to do that as well. They want to know they going to someplace that is catering to them. They deserve that as it's their hard earned money and they want a good time and do not want to waste that on something that is speculative. They have to trust you to do all that set up for them and that it will be there when they get there. Tom is no different than any other member that is coming in that respect. That's how I see it anyway.
Those are just my observations and the principles I use when doing these. The thing is, even then, you never know what the turn out will be. You take a big risk. And you have to just develop an attitude that it realy doesn't matter. Then you just launch into it and organize and you have to Promote, promote and promote some more. Sometimes you even have to beg! It consumes most of your spare time for 6 months. You have to call in all your contacts and connections and make them excited about helping you do it. You can note the key AO members that pitch in to help me? I don't ask them. They just volunteer. All kinds of them do. It's a pleasure to know those kinds of people. Core members give a lot to make it happen. And if you do not have their respect and support and if you not willing to do all that then it will not happen. And even if you do that it's not something you can control all of it. It's a crap shoot... but you gotta roll em! And see if it happens. No amount of complaining is going to change that. You gotta do the work. Nuttin if free. I just a State Employee dudes. Nothing specail. But I do know how to make stuff happen. And thats how ya do it.
Anyway I hope that helps and I not said anything thats not the case. I don't think so. So go out and do it! If you want it to happen MAKE it happen. If I can help feel free to ask me.
Ok I done now...
I suggest you do these things: Make it an AO event. Not just a group of guys getting a spot with all the others at a field. You can start that way but you have to have a larger vision. Spend some time making all the arrangements including your own field, cheap paint and just AO members around you...And then get some place where you all meet and have Dinner and just you all are together for a meeting/party... get 100 people to come to that THEN he will come. But you gotta prove you can do it first. And it takes some outlay and some risk. Can you do that? Have you done that? It's not easy. You have to know people that can deliver and there are always things cropping up no matter how well you plan. I dealing with last minute hassles even today! My paint supplier is not doing all he is supposed to. That sort of thing all the time. I got a million things to do tomorrow and the next three days! You have to have time away from work to do these things. Will your job allow you that kind of time? Can you commit to doing this and spending the time?
He has to maximize his return on his expenses and travel to where he gets the most bang for his buck. That's how you get people like Tom to come. That's how you get anyone that is busy and has a life to give up his weekend with his family. That's how you get 100+ people to do that as well. They want to know they going to someplace that is catering to them. They deserve that as it's their hard earned money and they want a good time and do not want to waste that on something that is speculative. They have to trust you to do all that set up for them and that it will be there when they get there. Tom is no different than any other member that is coming in that respect. That's how I see it anyway.
Those are just my observations and the principles I use when doing these. The thing is, even then, you never know what the turn out will be. You take a big risk. And you have to just develop an attitude that it realy doesn't matter. Then you just launch into it and organize and you have to Promote, promote and promote some more. Sometimes you even have to beg! It consumes most of your spare time for 6 months. You have to call in all your contacts and connections and make them excited about helping you do it. You can note the key AO members that pitch in to help me? I don't ask them. They just volunteer. All kinds of them do. It's a pleasure to know those kinds of people. Core members give a lot to make it happen. And if you do not have their respect and support and if you not willing to do all that then it will not happen. And even if you do that it's not something you can control all of it. It's a crap shoot... but you gotta roll em! And see if it happens. No amount of complaining is going to change that. You gotta do the work. Nuttin if free. I just a State Employee dudes. Nothing specail. But I do know how to make stuff happen. And thats how ya do it.
Anyway I hope that helps and I not said anything thats not the case. I don't think so. So go out and do it! If you want it to happen MAKE it happen. If I can help feel free to ask me.
Ok I done now...
You'll make a great stand-in.
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