Notices by Spectrum Flash (spectrumflash) tagged bcbronies

Spectrum Flash Bronies in and around Vancouver, Canada , Jack Zhang

@jackzhang !bcbronies That's the other thing. I have never seen a convention financed that way. Money comes from organizers taking a risk and putting their own in (often protected by a legal organization such as a LLC - at least in the US), registration fees, dealer table fees, and potentially anything the convention can produce to sell. The idea is that what you make in fees and sales should be enough to a) pay for this year's costs, b) support you for the next year and c) give you base to start on for the next year. With the way this BronyCan looks like it's going, being so secretive about where and when it is, considering it's meant to be 'in BC in 2013', I am skeptical that they will get enough memberships to keep themselves afloat for next year. Canada has a much lower population than the US, and to come into Canada from, say, mid-west to east coast, people need to organize travel plans fairly early on to get decent fares.

Spectrum Flash Bronies in and around Vancouver, Canada , Brony Mike

@bronymike !bcbronies That's one of the things that doesn't sit well with me about it. From their website, looks like most of their core staff are elsewhere in Canada. Now while that can work for an established convention where the event space is used to dealing with you, for a first year con it's impossible. There's too much back and forth and in-person meetings required with your venue. A large portion of a convention's staff come from the local area, so alienating the local community of your fandom is only going to hurt the convention when you have positions that have to be filled.

Spectrum Flash Bronies in and around Vancouver, Canada , Tyler Christofferson

@herpyderpyhooves !bcbronies A quick note to this. Don't have high expectations of finding much in the stores you pass on the way down. I drive down to Seattle from the Vancouver area frequently and often stop by those stores on the way. EVERY time that I've been passed, the shelves have looked ransacked. The only thing that I found that was decent on my recent drive down (this past w/e) was a Cloudsdale set (RD, Gilda, Wonderbolt) at the Target in Smokey Point - and I hit pretty much every place on the way. Target & WalMart (Bellingham), WalMart (Mount Vernon), Target (Smokey Point) and WalMart (Marysville). So not to put a downer on this but don't get your hopes up for finding cool swag.

Spectrum Flash Bronies in and around Vancouver, Canada , Brony Mike

@bronymike !bcbronies Oops, and the 'sails' of Canada Place too :)

Spectrum Flash Bronies in and around Vancouver, Canada , Brony Mike

@bronymike !bcbronies Complete with it's own Harbour Centre Lookout tower (look closely at the top of the building there)

Spectrum Flash Bronies in and around Vancouver, Canada , Jack Zhang

@jackzhang !bcbronies I'm hoping that I just fixed it now.

Spectrum Flash Bronies in and around Vancouver, Canada , Brony Mike , Enditall

@bronymike @phunkymat !bcbronies If there are any searches, they're likely to be at the entrance to the expo, just past ticket sales. (I'm guessing, based on past con experiences)

Spectrum Flash Bronies in and around Vancouver, Canada , Brony Mike

@bronymike !bcbronies Oops, forgot to say: Yeah, let's go with the Raindrop as the meetup point. East side of the centre. Here's what it looks like: http://derpy.me/h0xzR

Spectrum Flash Bronies in and around Vancouver, Canada , Brony Mike

@bronymike !bcbronies Ah, I was only looking quickly before I left to catch the train this morning. Silly website. Oh well, it is their first year after all. So far, weather forecasts seem to concur that Saturday will be the nicest day of the weekend, as well as DRY. But, this is Vancouver, and our local weather pegasi change their minds on a whim...

Spectrum Flash Bronies in and around Vancouver, Canada , Brony Mike

@bronymike !bcbronies Huh, everything I found made it look like it was in East. I think the Torch area might be overly popular for meetups. There's another sculpture on the east side of the West building - a big blue raindrop, which is right outside the Irish pub there.

Spectrum Flash Bronies in and around Vancouver, Canada , Brony Mike

@bronymike !bcbronies The VFE is taking place in the East (old) convention center, and I don't think there are many good places just outside. However, there is Waterfront Centre where there is a food court with a Tim Horton's and McDonald's (and lots of other things) that we could congregate (and caffeinate) in while waiting.

Spectrum Flash Bronies in and around Vancouver, Canada , Brony Mike

@bronymike !bcbronies Alrighty... I can grab that easily enough. I'm in the same building as Steamworks, so it's essentially on the way from the Convention Center to the library.