Post by TermiteHunter on Oct 20, 2017 11:31:30 GMT -5
As you may have seen in the Stalker Relay, we have no prizes to award for "winning" or "participating" in contests.
Our supply of GCGC Geocoins is depleted and the last of the trackable wooden Geocoin tokens were awarded at the Online GCGC Event.
Is the potential prize a primary draw in your decision to participate in contests?
If it is then we need your help in determining our course of action.
We do not have the funds to purchase Geocoins but there are other options.
Pathtags are a possibility. We might be able to swing that and they are trackable (of sorts)
There are also Pub Tokens. Plastic tokens with custom logos but would not be trackable.
Pathtags does have a program that we may be able to participate in where they make a pathtag and sell them in packages to those interested. We could then earn additional tags for the GCGC to award as a prize depending on the number of packages purchased. if we are able to do this it would require the purchase of these packages by members in order to earn the additional tags. Packs are about $20 for I think it was 15-20 pathtags. These would be a more widespread promotion of the GCGC if they were left in caches by members but in turn make them less desirable as a prize since they would be more readily available. I don't recall all the details right now but it might be an option.
We could also have some sort of contest to design it.
The Pub Token is more affordable but lacks any sort of tracking and are flat plastic. Again we get to design it (1 or 2 sides depending on source and cost) these are signifcantly less expensive than Wooden Nickle type tokens. (we have looked at them too)
How important to you is tracking? Is it a deal breaker?
The cost to purchase GC tracking numbers and having them added to printing is significant so adding it to anything is not likely.
Any purchase of either of these options would take essentially all the funds we have available. The pathtag option, if we can get it, would not cost the GCGC anything.
Anyone have other ideas or options?
Is Trackable needed?
Does there need to be a prize or can we do without?
Who wants to take the lead in researching possible options?
We have discussed this in the BackRoom of the GCGC and so far been unable to arrive at a solution.
Our supply of GCGC Geocoins is depleted and the last of the trackable wooden Geocoin tokens were awarded at the Online GCGC Event.
Is the potential prize a primary draw in your decision to participate in contests?
If it is then we need your help in determining our course of action.
We do not have the funds to purchase Geocoins but there are other options.
Pathtags are a possibility. We might be able to swing that and they are trackable (of sorts)
There are also Pub Tokens. Plastic tokens with custom logos but would not be trackable.
Pathtags does have a program that we may be able to participate in where they make a pathtag and sell them in packages to those interested. We could then earn additional tags for the GCGC to award as a prize depending on the number of packages purchased. if we are able to do this it would require the purchase of these packages by members in order to earn the additional tags. Packs are about $20 for I think it was 15-20 pathtags. These would be a more widespread promotion of the GCGC if they were left in caches by members but in turn make them less desirable as a prize since they would be more readily available. I don't recall all the details right now but it might be an option.
We could also have some sort of contest to design it.
The Pub Token is more affordable but lacks any sort of tracking and are flat plastic. Again we get to design it (1 or 2 sides depending on source and cost) these are signifcantly less expensive than Wooden Nickle type tokens. (we have looked at them too)
How important to you is tracking? Is it a deal breaker?
The cost to purchase GC tracking numbers and having them added to printing is significant so adding it to anything is not likely.
Any purchase of either of these options would take essentially all the funds we have available. The pathtag option, if we can get it, would not cost the GCGC anything.
Anyone have other ideas or options?
Is Trackable needed?
Does there need to be a prize or can we do without?
Who wants to take the lead in researching possible options?
We have discussed this in the BackRoom of the GCGC and so far been unable to arrive at a solution.