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<p>[QUOTE="superzimm, post: 2042567, member: 21265"]My 2 cents:</p><p>If it's a club sponsored show, you have every right to host a table whether its free or you pay the club. </p><p>I'm in a club in northern Minnesota. We've been a club for just over 10 years now and host a fall show every year. We send out notices to folks who have signed up for raffles in previous years, put out about 20-30 "yard signs", place flyers around town and local towns, and usually promote the show in the paper and coin publications. But......attendance has been dropping for the past 3 years. Our best years were about 300. Lately were are around 100-150. We bring in food for dealers so they are happy, but never thought of offering food to attendees, or hosting a Facebook sight. That's a good idea! </p><p>I think the economy is playing the biggest part in the decline. </p><p>And we are in a town of 88,000. </p><p>Club attendance is also at an all time low. :-(</p><p>But I'm a firm believer in coin clubs......great friendships can be had there, along with great learning![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="superzimm, post: 2042567, member: 21265"]My 2 cents: If it's a club sponsored show, you have every right to host a table whether its free or you pay the club. I'm in a club in northern Minnesota. We've been a club for just over 10 years now and host a fall show every year. We send out notices to folks who have signed up for raffles in previous years, put out about 20-30 "yard signs", place flyers around town and local towns, and usually promote the show in the paper and coin publications. But......attendance has been dropping for the past 3 years. Our best years were about 300. Lately were are around 100-150. We bring in food for dealers so they are happy, but never thought of offering food to attendees, or hosting a Facebook sight. That's a good idea! I think the economy is playing the biggest part in the decline. And we are in a town of 88,000. Club attendance is also at an all time low. :-( But I'm a firm believer in coin clubs......great friendships can be had there, along with great learning![/QUOTE]
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