[Thursday] Fwd: Steam up wrap up

[Terry Jones]

Just to put an additional point on Randy's comments, this Steam-Up hit the
record books for revenue as well. I think it was a combination of good
weather, attendance and raising food prices.

The gate revenue was very close to $14,000 and food and T-Shirts an
additional $5,200. We almost broke $20,000 before expenses!

A phenomenal effort by everyone made this seem like the smoothest steam-up
of the 25 I have attended. Many visitors commented on the energy and
enthusiasm of the volunteers apparent in the refreshed displays, lectures,
and new food items. The rain cover turned out to be an excellent sunshade
as and added a cathedral like atmosphere.

We definitely hit the limit on the parking and should consider doing some
clearing in the Race Track field to provide some overflow spaces. Reports
came in that cars were lined up down Frenchtown road across Tillinghast. We
definitely want to avoid having to pay the OT rate of a traffic cop in the
future.

Thanks to every volunteer that made this Steam-Up one of the best.

Terry & Susan

On Mon, Oct 1, 2018 at 9:25 AM Randall Snow via Thursday <thursday at newsm.org>
wrote:

>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> What a great year at Steam up!
>
> All of the volunteers, our own crew, the Boy Scouts, Tom Day and his
> friends, and our new head chef Steve all deserve a great big pat on the
> back and a thank you for helping out with such a great day!  Thank you to
> everyone who helped clean up and break down the day too, we're really
> blessed to have such a dedicated group.
>
> While it's all still fresh in our minds I'd like to try and collect any
> data possible from the day as it will help with planning for next year.  We
> have great data on exactly what was sold for food. Knowledge on exactly
> what came and went in the way of coffee and donuts is much less certain.  I
> don't know exactly how many donuts were purchased and left over.  Jeff, if
> you know what the count of boxes was, or simply the dollar amount of the
> order it would be helpful.  Ken, if you could check with Claudia on how
> many dozen were left over, and which varieties seem to sell out quickly
> that would be helpful.  Also, I should have turned the counter function of
> the coffee pot on so it would keep track of how many pots were brewed. I
> didn't.  If the new larger cups were used almost exclusively then I could
> count how many are missing from the case.  Suzy, it would be helpful too to
> know what you had bought for cream and milk to have that info for next year.
>
> Also, any comments that anyone has about what needs improvement or
> anything particularly good or bad from our visitors would be great to hear
> about.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Randy Snow
>
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Terry Jones
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Product Design Consultants

(617)510-1444
Skype: terrykj
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