Why has no one in this forum pre registered for the Texas comp.?
BTW: You can help me find the venue
www.cubegeek.net
BTW: You can help me find the venue
www.cubegeek.net
TX competition
- Thread starter Cubegeek
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masterofthebass
Premium Member
Basically People won't pre-register unless there's a venue... You can't expect people to say they're going to be somewhere if you don't tell them where to go. Also, not a lot of people will want to go to a competition unless it's official. I would contact the WCA to see what you can do about that, otherwise, the competition would be somewhat pointless.
shelley
chang
I don't preregister for competitions unless I'm planning to go. And I can't plan to go if there's no place to go. Your "click here for details" link doesn't work.
shelley
chang
Don't rely on others to find a venue for you. I assume you live in Houston. You're the organizer, you should be working the hardest to find a venue.
I also find it funny that the poll at the bottom of your site has the choices Fairly useful, Sort of useful, Kind of useful, Useful, Very useful, or Extremely useful. Aren't the first three choices practically the same thing? And what if someone doesn't find your site useful at all? (Not saying your site isn't useful at all, but if someone came upon it and was looking to solve a 5x5, it's not very useful to them)
I also find it funny that the poll at the bottom of your site has the choices Fairly useful, Sort of useful, Kind of useful, Useful, Very useful, or Extremely useful. Aren't the first three choices practically the same thing? And what if someone doesn't find your site useful at all? (Not saying your site isn't useful at all, but if someone came upon it and was looking to solve a 5x5, it's not very useful to them)
pcharles93
Veteran
Stop double posting. And you're better off finding a delegate in the area instead of trying to become one because you don't seem to know what you're doing.
joey
Member
Wow, because I do not get that impression at all.
joey
Member
That, and the fact you are asking other people to find a venue.
I was just asking some suggestions of a venue in TX
shelley
chang
If you knew what you were doing you wouldn't be expecting people to preregister before an event is even set up, or repeatedly asking people for venue suggestions. A lot of us aren't based in the Houston area. If no one's come forward with a suggestion at this point, you're on your own. Also, word of advice, try to appear more professional online (proofread for spelling/grammar errors, etc). People would be more likely to want to attend your event if it's advertised in a proper manner, and not if it's continually spammed at them with chatspeak.
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Bryan
Premium Member
More advice:
Like Shelley said, I would try to work on your spelling and communication skills. The image you put forward may affect your attendance. For example, if you had to travel a distance for a competition, which one would you rather go to:
"There will be a Rubik's Cube Competition in Houston, TX on June 7th. It will be held at the X. The competition starts at 9:00 and will go to 5:00. For the full schedule and registration, please go to the website ....."
"i am having a competition on the 7th. lol. it's at the someplace in houston. it starts at 9. webiste is...."
Here's what you need to do:
1. Find a venue. Here's some suggestions: Try your school. Do your parents work somewhere that might have a space? Hotel meeting rooms are usually available for rent. Science centers are also a popular place. I use my church. They provide the venue for free (I give them a donation, but it's much less than a hotel would be). They have a large meeting space that works out well. You may not want to single out a single date right now, but maybe see which dates the venue is available.
2. Make sure you're able to get some judges/scramblers. You can always ask for volunteers later, but make sure you have a minimum number to at least be able to run the competition. See what their availability is.
3. Find a WCA delegate. Here's is a list of existing delegates http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/node/316 Now, it's possible that you could have a new WCA delegate for the competition. I believe the WCA strongly encourages the WCA delegate to have competed in a competition before.
4. Make sure you're able to have Stackmats available. While it isn't required by the regulations, you'll want to have the tournament displays, since they add to the excitement of the competition.
5. Finalize the venue date and get it secured.
6. Once you have the venue, equipment, and officials, e-mail the WCA to get the competition to be official.
7. At this point, you'll want to announce the competition.
Since it's the first competition in the area, you may not want to overschedule events. If you have 8 events, it might be hard to pull off if you have a bunch of competitors. Like I told you on the WCA forum, the number of officials, competitors, stations, venue time, all factor in to the number of events you can hold.
But yeah, how do you expect people to pre-register if you don't even have the date definitive? People don't want to make travel plans and then discover they're going to be competing unofficially in your basement. Also, your advertising has extended to what, this forum and that's it?
Once your competition is official, then go ahead and advertise. Some people might discover it on the speedcubing.com, through Facebook, maybe a newspaper ad. Some people might be notified through the grapevine. But this will only occur after the competition is official.
Like Shelley said, I would try to work on your spelling and communication skills. The image you put forward may affect your attendance. For example, if you had to travel a distance for a competition, which one would you rather go to:
"There will be a Rubik's Cube Competition in Houston, TX on June 7th. It will be held at the X. The competition starts at 9:00 and will go to 5:00. For the full schedule and registration, please go to the website ....."
"i am having a competition on the 7th. lol. it's at the someplace in houston. it starts at 9. webiste is...."
Here's what you need to do:
1. Find a venue. Here's some suggestions: Try your school. Do your parents work somewhere that might have a space? Hotel meeting rooms are usually available for rent. Science centers are also a popular place. I use my church. They provide the venue for free (I give them a donation, but it's much less than a hotel would be). They have a large meeting space that works out well. You may not want to single out a single date right now, but maybe see which dates the venue is available.
2. Make sure you're able to get some judges/scramblers. You can always ask for volunteers later, but make sure you have a minimum number to at least be able to run the competition. See what their availability is.
3. Find a WCA delegate. Here's is a list of existing delegates http://www.worldcubeassociation.org/node/316 Now, it's possible that you could have a new WCA delegate for the competition. I believe the WCA strongly encourages the WCA delegate to have competed in a competition before.
4. Make sure you're able to have Stackmats available. While it isn't required by the regulations, you'll want to have the tournament displays, since they add to the excitement of the competition.
5. Finalize the venue date and get it secured.
6. Once you have the venue, equipment, and officials, e-mail the WCA to get the competition to be official.
7. At this point, you'll want to announce the competition.
Since it's the first competition in the area, you may not want to overschedule events. If you have 8 events, it might be hard to pull off if you have a bunch of competitors. Like I told you on the WCA forum, the number of officials, competitors, stations, venue time, all factor in to the number of events you can hold.
But yeah, how do you expect people to pre-register if you don't even have the date definitive? People don't want to make travel plans and then discover they're going to be competing unofficially in your basement. Also, your advertising has extended to what, this forum and that's it?
Once your competition is official, then go ahead and advertise. Some people might discover it on the speedcubing.com, through Facebook, maybe a newspaper ad. Some people might be notified through the grapevine. But this will only occur after the competition is official.
Bryan
Premium Member
Did you handle 2 through 6? Also, the competition is only 4 hours long? I'm not sure you'd be able to execute 5 events that quickly unless you have a tons of judges/stations.
And plus on the website, you have: "Note: Venue, Time, and when can be changed."
Can the venue actually change? Do you have it secured? Also, do you expect anyone to plan to travel a distance for this if the date can actually change?
We're trying to help you here, but you seem to be ignoring our advice. Everytime you do a pre-mature announcement like this, people lose faith in your ability to properly organize a competition.
And plus on the website, you have: "Note: Venue, Time, and when can be changed."
Can the venue actually change? Do you have it secured? Also, do you expect anyone to plan to travel a distance for this if the date can actually change?
We're trying to help you here, but you seem to be ignoring our advice. Everytime you do a pre-mature announcement like this, people lose faith in your ability to properly organize a competition.
pcharles93
Veteran
Cubegee, for your sake, just find an experienced delegate in the area. That way you won't continue embarrassing yourself and your faulty organizing skills. Learn from that delegate and use that knowledge.
