Thank you for your comment. Perhaps I can clarify.
Putting on a convention our first order of business is our ability to fund the event over a finite project lifetime. Volunteer groups like ours do not start out with a pot of money so we have to try and project and be able to cover expenses. In order to do that we hope that our registration structure will help us break even when all things are said and done.
Pre-Show Advanced Registration Open Until June 15, 2020: $40.00 allows us to begin receiving income early just like selling a convention car or renting vendor tables. It also allows us to pre-print badges and give us an early indication of how many may attend the convention.
Registration After June 15th: $45.00 thus the incentive to register early.
Significant Other Registration $20.00 meaning a spouse, partner or family member not into model railroading but attends the convention together.
Student Registration 18 years & older with School ID $20.00 as per our mission to invite new folks into 2 Rail O Scale hobby particularly STEM students, we want to have a lower registration as an incentive.
- General Public 1 Day July 18th Advanced Registration $20.00
- General Public 1 Day July 18th Registration $25.00
In past National O Scale Conventions the general public has been invited because that is where many are considering taking up the hobby but may not have decided on a gauge to model. Thus we want to show them what O Scale has to offer.
O Scale Kings Member in Good Standing Registration Discount $5.00 off Advanced Registration Price - If you are already an O Scale Kings member we want you to come to the show and since OSKs is one of our sponsors we think a good membership showing during and in front of NMRA members is a good thing.
Qualified O Scale Kings Member Convention Volunteer: Registration Waiver - We are looking for volunteers to not only help us with our 3 day meet but also with the NMRA. NMRA will pay OSKs for volunteer hours and if we can attract some of the modelers in the smaller scales to O Scale in the process we will have grown our numbers.
The whole idea about growing and bringing new persons into the O Scale side of the hobby is to also have an organization like the OSKs to be able to promote 2 Rail O Scale but also to be able to fund future conventions if we are to keep having annual conventions.
I hope this sheds some light on the subject for you. If you have any suggestions our EC team would love to hear from you.
John
