John
Thanks for circulating this.
I think this is a really good idea.
I am away from home at the moment. I will send a longer
reply in a few days when I have some more time
Regards
Robert Lloyd
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 8:01 AM
Group: http://groups.google.com/group/TacG_WW2/topics
H Ramsay <h.ra...@sky.com> Jul 11 06:14PM
+0100
John
Its grand to hear from you -really have
missed CC @ Expo- your suggestions
sound good and I would be happy to
support such a venture- just keep me
informed of progess
best
wishes
paul laverack
John McLintock
<jmc...@gmail.com> Jul 11 07:50PM +0100
Paul,
hello again. Thanks for your reply. I am pleased that
you're happy to
see these developments go ahead and look forward to seeing
you again in
Birmingham next year.
The rest of
you?
Consider this my first 'pester'! Please give me your feedback on my
suggestions as soon as you can. If we have a consensus in favour of
them, I'll go ahead with them as promptly as I can manage, then put
together a proposal for what we might actually ask of and offer the Expo
in 2013. To reiterate: the sooner we can agree what we want to go ahead
with, the sooner I can get onto the Expo organisers, and the bigger the
chance that we won't be stuck in a pokey wee corner next year. My best
wishes to you and yours, one and all.
cheers,
John
On 11/07/2012
18:14, H Ramsay wrote:
John McLintock
<jmc...@gmail.com> Jul 11 11:20AM +0100
Dear
all,
hello again. I promised to enlarge upon my ideas in my last email, so
here I am. I'm going to begin with the idea of 'activating' the WW2
Tactical Guild, because my ideas about growing our tournament hinge on
that.
Those who were at the first CC@UK Expo tournament will
remember that
this list started as a simple way to keep in touch for the
sake of
future CC@UK Expo events. Once that was going, I took the
initiative to
rename the group and to expand its mission statement. I left
matters
there at the time; then later developing things further wasn't a
real
option while I was too unwell to organise further CC@UK Expo events.
What I always had in mind with the 'rebranding' was the idea that we
could organise an umbrella group which would provide a collective
identity any of us could use if we were to try to organise activities at
events other than the UK Expo.
So the first question I have
to ask you all is: do you like the idea?
This may have been a pet scheme
of mine for a few years now, but it's a
complete non-starter if the idea
finds no favour among the rest of you.
Anyway, there's not a lot more I
can say about that just now, so I'll
move on to what I think putting this
into action will entail.
Here is my proposal:
1. We formally
associate ourselves; ie. adopt a simple constitution and
membership
structure.
2. We consider dues or some other kind of subscription to raise
and
maintain some small funds.
Why do I think that this is a
good idea?
1. It strikes me that a properly constituted
association is far more
likely than a lone individual to be granted a
decent space for a decent
amount of time at UK Expo: we're making
ourselves look better in other
words. I think we'll need to do something
like this if we want to build
our tournament and really put it on the
international CC tournament map
(and where better to do that for the UK CC
scene than at the UK's
premiere games convention?). I also think that,
should we see success in
growing the event, and therefore this list, we'd
inevitably reach the
point where a bit of structure would be needed
anyway. So I reckon that
it would be better to put this in place BEFORE
it's absolutely necessary.
2. I don't know about the rest of you,
but I've long thought that it'd
be cool if we could have proper trophies
and/or prizes for our CC
tournament. We did manage to get a prize from the
Expo organisers for at
least one of our tournaments, but I think it'd be
good if we could
provide our own. In an ideal world we'd have a proper
trophy which would
pass from winner to winner in the traditional fashion,
but I suspect the
logisitics of that would (eg. engraving) be just a bit
too much. Still,
we might be able to consider going for a small trophy
that winners could
keep. Note too that a properly associated group should
be more likely to
attract prize support from sponsors, eg. GMT. Also, if
we're going to go
for the big event I've already talked about, then we'll
need flyers to
hand out. These will cost money.
That's really
about it for my thinking about how to develop the group
for the sake of
building it in the future. As I said: this can only go
ahead if we have a
consensus on the matter, so please, Please, PLEASE
reply with your
opinions on these ideas, ASAP! The sooner I know what
shape we'll have for
CC@UK Expo'13, the sooner I can contact the
organisers to start finding
out what they can offer us. And the sooner I
open those communications,
the sooner you can all be sure that we'll
have a tournament in
2013.
My best wishes to you and yours, one and
all.
cheers,
John
-------- Original Message
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Subject: It lives!
Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:23:56
+0100
From: John McLintock <jmc...@gmail.com>
To: WW2 Tactical
Guild <TacG...@googlegroups.com>
Dear
all,
hello again. Yes, after a really rough couple of years I'm still
alive
and well, and gaming on. Badger and I have been having a lot of fun
with
CCR lately. It's the best CC expansion yet IMO, because it rings
more
changes in the core CC system than any of the others. Anyway, on
to
business.
The first order of business is CC@UK Expo'13.
Having made a late effort
to run CC@UK Expo'12- and failing, I've decided
to start the
organisation early for next year. To cut to the chase, I have
grand
schemes. People who attended the previous 2 CC@UK Expo tournaments
will
remember that we essentially squatted in the open gaming area to
stage
our first event; and that we were stuck in a cramped wee corner for
the
second. So my first goal for 2013 is to get us space sufficient to
grow
the event. I'm thinking that a target of 20 players should be
easily
achievable (I have plans on using BGG and other social media to
generate
publicity: I already have a CC_UK Geekbuddies list at BGG so that
I can
do mass Geekmails when the time is right).
So, here's my
thinking:
1. Apply to the Expo for a good space which we can keep for the
ENTIRE
event.
2. This will enable us to have time and space to play
other WW2 games
for the fun of it while we're also running the
tournament.
3. This is asking a lot of the Expo, so I think we'd have to
offer them
something in return, ie. demo/participation for the punters:
teaching CC
is one idea, but I think that Memoir'44 is an ideal
solution.
4. If people like this idea, we have to recognise that we'll have
to
organise proper rotas so that no is left manning the demo all the
time.
5. Following through on all of this, I suggest that it's time that
we
did something to activate the WW2 Tactical Guild as a credible
'interest
group'. My thinking here is that the Expo are more likely to
consider
granting the requests I'll be making of them if they're seen to
come
from a group instead of just an individual.
Now there is
lot more to these ideas than this simple summary, but I'm
going to leave
things there for now so that I can get this sent. I'll
prepare a more
detailed consideration of these ideas just ASAP. In the
meantime I'd love
to hear some feedback from 'the crew'. Here's looking
forward to seeing you
all again next year. My best wishes to you and
yours one and
all.
cheers,
John