Elizabeth, thank you so much for your quick response, my answers follow portions
of your original text.
I just have a couple of questions at this time - probably more later.
Camping fee is listed as $8.00. Are we, the Canton members who are working the
event and spending the night paying the $10 site fee and the $8.00 camping fee?
Just need to know for my own personal budget.
Elizabeth, I thought it was a brilliant idea to include the cabins for overnight
stays on Friday night as part of the money making part of the site (I was a
touched saddened that I missed that opportunity, but very glad that it was
caught in time, Thank you Honor) . If we want to set aside a couple of cabins
for our use, I see no problem with that. Ellen and I have discussed it from our
perspective and we will sleep in our own bed and use our own shower the next
morning, just for comfort. I honestly doubt that I will do a lot of sleeping
that night, but maybe I can get quiet for a moment.
The cost of ACCEPS - is it factored in - is it part of advertising?
The fee for using ACCEPS is $15.00 and that was figured into the advertisement
budget. The money projection part of this process is the one part that causes
me to stop and ponder, simply because I have developed multi-million dollar
budgets, but those were about something that I knew every nut and bolt about the
process. I am in new territory with this project; however, as we move forward
into Black Tower 2, the autocrat will have the benefit of this effort and will
be able to fine tune these numbers, hopefully for the betterment of the entire
process.
The cost of site & feast tokens - is that also part of general supplies?
The site and feast tokens are more about labor than materials. I have added the
scant material cost under general supplies.
Does the food (cost of feast supplies) also include the money needed for the
sack lunch?
In general and I have spoken with several fabulous Feastcrats around our mighty
Kingdom, the average cost of feast is approximately $5.50 per person and when
people buy it for $8.00 per person, we see a profit of $2.50 per person, which
is about a 31% profit margin (not too shabby.) This cost is intended to cover
the entire feast, however many removes or whatever. The lunch part that was
suggested would represent the first remove. Now, it is up to the Feastcrats
(Ellen and Deanie) to determine IF they can make the lunch thing happen AND stay
within the budget of $5.50 per person.
Never having done an event budget on this scale, these are just my
questions/thoughts. I'm sure you thought about all these - but you know me -
inquiring mind (LOL).
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