Coffee Meet and Greet, Agreement Deadlines, Marketing News!

Hello GWAA Participants,

This morning we hosted the optional "Meet and Greet" for the GWAA participants at Raspberry Jazz Cafe. At least half of the event's participants came down to chat with us, fill out their agreements and sip on a tea or coffee. Both Mariko and I were overwhelmed by the turnout and support!  We literally turned a corner of Razzberry's into our little portable office with our laptops, forms and receipt book. It was great for Mariko to meet so many new faces and it really confirmed that this event is supported by many.

If you were amongst those who could not make it this morning, you can drop your completed agreement forms before November 7th at either Feedlot Studios (located at the corner of Valli and Wild Cherry Terrace) or at my place, Jupiter Ranch, corner of Shaw and South Road, near the Community Hall. If we are not home, please leave your form and check in the drop box provided. The faster we get everyone on board the more time we have to focus on the marketing aspect. We are already well on our way with the "small budget" marketing plan (note the lowercase "s" in "small") and soon we will be sending you a copy of the places we have successfully reached or tried to reach for our promotions. To those of you who have offered marketing suggestions, we will cross-reference and pursue those suggestions once our promotional contact list is complete. Just so you know, we are focusing on on-line and media promotion as the cost is often non-existent.

Some of you are a part of a guild and/or an association and have long e-mailing lists as a result. We will be designing an e-card (postcard) for you to send out to all those colleagues as well your friends, family members, co-workers and more.This card will also be easily printable so for those who travel to town it would be great to post it in locations such as Starbucks, Bocas and community bulletin boards; it will help us out greatly with regards to the exposure of the GWAA event! In order to make this event successful we need every little bit of help we can from you and let it be know that we GREATLY appreciate your assistance.

Thanks again,

Sylvie and Mariko