[Coco] CoCo Fest video and chat

[Nickolas Marentes]

It's great to see the discussion moving in a positive direction rather 
than negative. Negative topics not only make current members lose 
interest but also deters any "newbies" who may wander in to see what 
we're about.


Going back to my suggestion of starting Fest preparations early....

Early preparations mean that in the last 2-3 months leading up to the 
fest, enough will be established to give potential attendees a good idea 
of what to expect if they attend. Note the term POTENTIAL 
ATTENDEES...this is important because everyone should be seen as a 
potential attendee. The real job is to convert this "potential" into 
"definite" attendees.

One cannot expect people who have been reluctant to attend in the past 
to decide to incur the expense and travel time to a function that 
doesn't offer them anything substantial in return.

For some, just meeting people they "speak" to on the list warrants the 
effort. Others may not, especially if they get the impression that there 
is a lot of infighting between members on this list.

The fest needs to offer more.....seminars, formal discussions, 
activities, demonstrations, special guests etc.

"But we have these!", you say. If so, then why isn't this clearly 
advertised for potential attendees to know?

If the organizers were to commit to a plan of starting preparations 
early, then someone can be assigned to create and maintain a website 
detailing the development of the fest.

When the fest is 2 months away, this would be a websitet that clearly 
and proffesionally informs anyone browsing the page, not only the what, 
when and where of the fest but also details the various seminars, formal 
discussions, activities, demonstrations, special guests etc that will be 
present.

Convince several of the large news based websites to write a story (and 
add a link) about the event and I'm sure that you will get current, past 
and even non CoCo users attend...especially people who live within the 
region.

As they say, nothing to lose...plenty to gain.

Nickolas Marentes