guaging interest in hosting a fragswap for calgary

[SoloSK71]

Originally Posted by reefwars

you mean labor day? isnt that the following weekend? i could be wrong though lol

First Monday in September is Labour Day ... that is the one weekend this summer where I am out of town

Charles

[hackerberry]

I'll be out of town too. Sunday after the long weekend would be great as a lot of the folks are back from vacation.

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by hackerberry

I'll be out of town too. Sunday after the long weekend would be great as a lot of the folks are back from vacation.

thats what i am thinking that we may do it for the following weekend, of course guys this is all for you so it comes down to whats the best time as whole for everyone

so looks like we are now at sept 7 2014 as the date

is this better?

[SoloSK71]

better ...

Charles

[reefwars]

ok so sunday september 7

ill make up an official thread tomorrow and we can get this rolling

everyone start to gather up your sellables

[mikekost]

yay for a sunday. only day of the week i have off!

[reefwars]

ok...lol


so we all had a talk and we got to calling a bunch of other fishstores and online businesses, wholesalers etc. that we know and i think we are going to plan the greatest fragfest of all time as there seems to be alot of interest from sponsors in quite a few provinces.

so we need time, as much as we would like to throw a festival together for the end of the month-ish , right now we are looking at flying in other sponsors from different provinces and their livestock, setting up tables for stores and people , making flyers and doing promos and giveaways.

we want all the big names to come together for a day of reef glory lol

so we are thinking either late sept or first weekend in october , the day will be a sunday as overall a sunday seems to work best for everyone.

we will rent tables, tents and a place for kids to hang out and play.

big giveaways, discounts from all vendors , local sales , bbq....the works really. maybe even some fireworks hehehe


we want this to be big.....hundred upon hundreds of people big and would like to see people from outside of calgary make the day trip down , and i think in order to drive say from edmonton to calgary for a festival there needs to be time to plan.


dave is going to plan for the next few days with some vendors and local(breeders/fraggers etc) and then hes going to make a official post explaining what we will all have planned.

stay tuned folks!!

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by reefwars

ok...lol


so we all had a talk and we got to calling a bunch of other fishstores and online businesses, wholesalers etc. that we know and i think we are going to plan the greatest fragfest of all time as there seems to be alot of interest from sponsors in quite a few provinces.

so we need time, as much as we would like to throw a festival together for the end of the month-ish , right now we are looking at flying in other sponsors from different provinces and their livestock, setting up tables for stores and people , making flyers and doing promos and giveaways.

we want all the big names to come together for a day of reef glory lol

so we are thinking either late sept or first weekend in october , the day will be a sunday as overall a sunday seems to work best for everyone.

we will rent tables, tents and a place for kids to hang out and play.

big giveaways, discounts from all vendors , local sales , bbq....the works really. maybe even some fireworks hehehe


we want this to be big.....hundred upon hundreds of people big and would like to see people from outside of calgary make the day trip down , and i think in order to drive say from edmonton to calgary for a festival there needs to be time to plan.


dave is going to plan for the next few days with some vendors and local(breeders/fraggers etc) and then hes going to make a official post explaining what we will all have planned.

stay tuned folks!!

OH BOY FIREWORKS!!!!!

[mikekost]

so what your saying is that i should start putting away $200 a week for this event and start to cycle a bigger tank? haha

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by mikekost

so what your saying is that i should start putting away $200 a week for this event and start to cycle a bigger tank? haha

yes pretty much lol

people in calgary know what calgary has but would love to see what other vendors from different provinces are bringing as well some of the bigger names in the hobby that we all only read about but love to see their pics other vendors want exposure its summer and everyone is slow , what better way to get your name around and meet people then to host a reef festival in one of the larger cities canada has to offer for reefing

at first we just wanted to host an event , have a bbq and a few drinks....now we want rock concert style attendance lol


this is going to be big and no expense spared!!