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Originally Posted by NIZMOZ
Robert, not sure if you are just arguing to satisfy yourself or not, but we have ran MANY events with our club. Including two ZCONs (2002 and 2009). He is right, you do not want to order trophies ahead of time and waste money. Especially when you don't know if you are getting paid by Nissan and left in limbo till the day of the convention.
When you actually run a event like this, you will understand what it takes to run one and understand the logistics. Till then, you might just want to end it at that.
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Actually, I do understand what it takes although I don't understand why would you just assume I don't. I have run events both larger and smaller than ZCON; they had nothing to do with automobiles but the mechanics of running a large convention don't change that much regardless of what the conventioneers are convening about.
The concept of not ordering the trophies ahead of time as some sort of money saver seems silly to me nor has that ever been my experience. I've been in many, many dozens of car shows over the past 30+ years and I've never once gone to a single one where the trophies for the categories were purposely not ordered ahead of time (nor would I bother to go to such a show if I knew that was the plan). Trophies are ordered ahead of time so that they
can be presented at the event
which is what winners expect (not to mention saving the headache, time and expense of mailing out afterword).
That said, I don't understand why are you concentrating on that issue anyway since that is
NOT the issue with trophies at ZCON 2010. ZCCA has never suggested that any trophies were purposely not ordered ahead of time - this was a colossal screw-up; it's just that simple but even that isn't the main point any longer.
The real point now is why, 72 days post event, hasn't everyone who won a trophy gotten their trophy yet?
Not getting them at the "Closing Banquet and Awards Ceremony" (which at this point is an oxymoron) as promised and as most anyone would expect is troubling and should not have happened but what is far more troubling is the apparent and continuing lack of responsibility and response in addressing the problem.