melbourne march open. (not official)

[AvGalen]

There is a good reason for (almost) every competition being held in the weekend and not on Friday. Even if you think it is ok because all the kids have vacation anyway, you should ask yourself who is going to drive them there on friday. I understand that a cubing competition in the church on sunday is pretty much impossible.

I know how to get sponsors, but not which sponsors would be willing to pay in Australia. Before you can think "sponsor" you should first ask yourself "how many competitors, how many specators, how much press". Another important question would be "puzzle sales yes or no" (I guess no because of the church)

 

[Rubixcubematt]

thank's arnaud, i guess ur right. friday probably wont be a good day, and its impossible for it to be on a sunday. mabye i could use a library or something like that so then i could use it on saturday and sunday. and srry for posting yet another thread, but i forgot 2 make this poll public, so can you please vote in this poll http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6289, srry its a real inconvinence

 

[Faz]

my records are so crappy at the moment...sigh....levi and chris will break the big cubes with ease

What about meee... it isn't fair.

I just got a 1:23 averageeee....

 

[TimMc]

These dates would be more suitable:
Saturday - Sunday
17/01/2009 - 18/01/2009
24/01/2009 - 25/01/2009
31/01/2009 - 01/02/2009

The Australian Open will be from the 19/01/2009 until 01/02/2009. So it might be an incentive for international competitors to come along too. It'd also be a good excuse for the son/daughter of tennis-fanatic-parents to wander off in Melbourne to get a bit of cubing in

I wonder if there's a place at Federation Square that would be willing to sponsor a venue. They're always trying to make use of that place...

Tim.

 

[Rubixcubematt]

These dates would be more suitable:
Saturday - Sunday
17/01/2009 - 18/01/2009
24/01/2009 - 25/01/2009
31/01/2009 - 01/02/2009

The Australian Open will be from the 19/01/2009 until 01/02/2009. So it might be an incentive for international competitors to come along too. It'd also be a good excuse for the son/daughter of tennis-fanatic-parents to wander off in Melbourne to get a bit of cubing in

I wonder if there's a place at Federation Square that would be willing to sponsor a venue. They're always trying to make use of that place...

Tim.

i kno that they would probably be good dates, but im goin away to queensland to visit relos. the comp will probably be around easter, since that is when the term 1 holidays are, not on easter, but on the week before or after.

 

[TimMc]

i kno that they would probably be good dates, but im goin away to queensland to visit relos. the comp will probably be around easter, since that is when the term 1 holidays are, not on easter, but on the week before or after.

I guess we need to work out the demographic of prospective speedcubers in Australia.

Adults don't usually have holidays, if they've a job. So one weekend is usually as good as the next.

High school students typically have a lot of homework to do over the weekend because they put it off all week. Likewise, uni students end up having to have group meetings/sessions to get assignments done on weekends. Although it's probably more common for uni students to get things done during the week to free up their weekends

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Melbourne Central?
Foosball Championships in Melb Central @ shot tower

Perhaps Melbourne Central could sponsor, host and publicise for us?

I'm not sure how to go about this, i.e. presenting a formal proposal with "some" organisation/community backing it - without looking like some guy proding them for a venue to solve some puzzles in...

EDIT:

Scrap that. I talked to the guy organising the Foosball competition and it cost him $8000 for the venue. He's not making it back in registrations nor in any other way immediately. It's essentially a loss, so he's providing a service to the public....

Back to community venues, universities and schools I guess...

Tim.