Simon
Flying Squad
There's an interesting thread on RMweb running at the moment regarding exhibitions and their future, with the general thought that there might be too many of them for all to survive.
One suggestion has been that some shows will need to "fall on their sword" in order to allow others to continue, whilst another is that there ought to be some sort of umbrella association to help steer a future strategy.
As some of you know, I cannot use my normal venue for Camrail next year and so am forced to either "take a holiday" or do something different.
So, as I consider options for next year's spiffing "Larkrail", Saturday 20th July 2013, I would be interested to hear others thoughts on what makes an exhibition good or enjoyable.
This isn't one of those "fishing" posts where I expect all the answers, I already have some pretty well defined ideas of what I will/might do, but would be genuinely interested in others thoughts. The general scenario is a smaller venue with most visitors being committed modellers.
Feel free to broaden any discussion to any/all other shows, I think its a fascinating subject myself. Sorry there's no modelling to report, I've been in the garden all day doing garden maintenance stuff and I'm too wacked to do anything useful
Simon
One suggestion has been that some shows will need to "fall on their sword" in order to allow others to continue, whilst another is that there ought to be some sort of umbrella association to help steer a future strategy.
As some of you know, I cannot use my normal venue for Camrail next year and so am forced to either "take a holiday" or do something different.
So, as I consider options for next year's spiffing "Larkrail", Saturday 20th July 2013, I would be interested to hear others thoughts on what makes an exhibition good or enjoyable.
This isn't one of those "fishing" posts where I expect all the answers, I already have some pretty well defined ideas of what I will/might do, but would be genuinely interested in others thoughts. The general scenario is a smaller venue with most visitors being committed modellers.
Feel free to broaden any discussion to any/all other shows, I think its a fascinating subject myself. Sorry there's no modelling to report, I've been in the garden all day doing garden maintenance stuff and I'm too wacked to do anything useful
Simon