When putting together the February edition of the News I discovered how few events there are scheduled for 2023. That can't be true!
If you want your exhibition featured in 009 News it has to be in forum dirary section (contact diary@009society.com) at least 3 months ahead ofyour show. I would suggest targeting 6 months ahead.
March is looking very light on shows again.
Stuart
Hi Stuart
I'm hoping you have managed to pick up Model Rail Scotland that the Scoons will be in attendance on the 24-26 of February
https://modelrail-scotland.co.uk/
Thanks
Alan
Stuart,
Good in practice having shows advertised, say 6 months in advance and even better for you having parts of the newsletters prepared
well in advance.
Sadly, in the real world of model railway exhibitions, many are holding back making decisions regarding their shows.
Yes, people have been asked if they can exhibit at a certain show, but still await the necessary paperwork to confirm.
In the last quarter of 2022, three mainstream shows took place in the North, two lost money, the other just covered the costs.
It would be interesting to know how Warley fared last November.
Many exhibitions are cutting back on travel expenses, van hire and accommodation and that appears to be our own society with
regard to part of the Statfold Barn Event.
Great idea to ask people to send in details of shows, but sadly, its not always in their hands to do so.
Stan.
Quote from: Stan Williams on January 04, 2023, 10:33
Great idea to ask people to send in details of shows, but sadly, its not always in their hands to do so.
Stan, there are two ways to think about this. Either people wait until the last minute, in which case there will be zero publicity or people add in the exhibitions, get publicity but risk last minute cancellations. I think the latter is better since we always advise people to check the forum for last minute cancellations.
Sorry for not responding sooner. It looks like I didn't enable the alerting on the thread.
Stuart