I chatted with a few people that do these and got some great ideas. First and foremost: Cash brought in will go to 1) costs, 2) charity (fragtank.ca may count as charity to keep it a free website). I really don't need to make any money off this, and charity helps garner public support (everyone loves charity), and may help spread the word about the event for the future.
Each person should bring their own tank/lighting if they want to sell their frags. I think a central 'floater' tank would be good, a fairly good size with a heater and some good lighting (kind of like what rick had at the first swap, that was great), but just plopping frags into a communal frag tank might be bad for all (ie everyone gets red bugs!). However, that's just my first thought on it, I certainly don't want to turn down any offers of equipment too early. A little rack of royal blues would showcase a little tank of frags really well, I think the guys that present the best end up selling for more $$$ in the end. I know a lot (most?) of people come to buy.
I think the name will be FragFEST London 2013. Debate and discuss.
All vendors would be welcome, in fact considering how well Ricks shindigs go, vendors would be crazy not to attend. I hope that everyone can get along for the event, it's a hobby for most of us, a business for others, we need to respect both sides of that equation.
Volunteers: It would be great to have a couple of people for setup/breakdown, I'll try to find out today what they expect in terms of time/cleanup etc. Also, it would be nice if there were people sort of watching booths, I don't want any theft to mar the event.
I'll thinking about Saturday June 1st. It's right at the spring/summer point, after may 2-4. Debate and discuss.
That's all I have for now....
