[Reclaimmayday] Mayday event's broader appeal (we hope), T-shirts and collectives etc display

[Tony Shephard]

yep, good thinking, maybe one behind the bar with an 'available from...' sign
T

From: anna at phonecoop.coop
To: reclaimmayday at lists.aktivix.org; 1in12bar at lists.aktivix.org
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:18:42 +0100
Subject: [Reclaimmayday] Mayday event's broader appeal (we hope),	T-shirts and collectives etc display








Morning.
 
The more I think about it the more I think Jules and Protag 
are right that it would be good if we sold the Mayday T-shirts from "my" 
stall (during the daytime, and with lidderally one or two on display behind 
the bar: two locations means more visibility). In case anyone is in any doubt, 
that doesn't mean that I'd be trying to keep any of the money!!!
 
If (a) we were just putting on a boozy punk gig,
(b) there was very little T-shirt choice and
(c) they were all black and therefore fairly stain 
resistant
then I'd think think that the bar was the obvious place for 
them,
 
but (a) This is supposed to be an event for everyone and a 
significant percentage of the population aren't going to feel comfortable going 
into a bar (plus some people just wouldn't happen to go in there, particularly 
if they didn't like the music in that tent, and would there also be an 
underageness issue?)
 
(b) The general feeling amongst the planners was that we 
should provide as wide a choice of T-shirts as feasible given the smallness of 
our order, so I've arranged for about a dozen different colour, size and style 
combinations, which would be quite a headache for the bar staff, 
particularly during busy times. (What am I saying? It will be 
wonderfully busy all the time, of course.)
 
Mr Punter: I'll have a medium white one for me and a small 
black one for the missus, love.
[Bar person spends a couple of minutes rummaging while a queue 
forms. Bar person hands over T-shirts. Mrs Punter holds T-shirt up to 
self.]
Mrs P: Hmmmmmmmmm......Have you got that in a "ladies'" fit, 
please?
[Bar person has another rummage. Colleagues get stressed and 
queue starts to tut.]
Bar person: Sorry. No.
[Only one is sold. Punters are disappointed. Later on bar 
person discovers that the shapely garment was available after all.]
[etc]
 
Obviously a stock control system could be put in place to 
avoid confusion, but it'd only work if everyone stuck to it rigidly and it's 
probably unrealistic to expect that to happen in the circumstances. (No personal 
slight of anyone intended.) I could hang up all the varieties in the 
stall and people could browse, while the bar staff were free to serve 
drinks and didn't have to sidle round cardboard boxes of T-shirts.
 
(c) Beer/cider spillages speak for themselves!
 
 
We could reassess the situation when the 
stalls were being packed away, and if there were some T-shirts 
left but not enough to be burdensome for the bar workers and they weren't at too much risk of 
staining then they could go behind the bar (which would fit better as the 
evening wore on than it would earlier, as there'd be more of a gig 
emphasis). Alternatively, if there were too many left for that I'd be happy to 
(wo)man the rail in some suitable corner for the rest of the evening, having 
arranged provisional cover for if I had to disappear briefly to return my 
own stock to the shop. 
 
Am sending this to the bar list as well as this obviously 
affects its members. Bar people, what do you think?
 
Lukas - I like the idea of a display about the 1in12 and 
its collectives. I realise that we don't have unlimited space, but should we 
bear in mind some of the things above re who wants to go into a bar and try 
to keep it a bit away from the full-on bar bit of the tent? Or is it less of an 
issue if the display's so club-specific as we have bars in our 
building anyway? 
 
There's another way we could do things, but it would depend on 
us having sufficient personnel and weather-resistant accommodation: info, 
displays, T-shirts and badges or whatever other merch Irena is making could 
share a dedicated tentlet or something.
 
Anyway, apologies for my verbosity. Please don't let it put 
you off reading and replying.
 
Anna
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: 
  Lukas 
  Hornby 
  To: List for organising Bradford May 
  Day 2012 
  Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:28 
PM
  Subject: Re: [Reclaimmayday] Meeting and 
  T-shirts
  
Absolutely. Makes a lot of sense to have them behind the bar.
  

  I see the 'bar tent' as a hub for the festival. I intend to put a display 
  up based on the collectives reports, with a photo board and some 
  pamphlets.
  

  Sols, Lukas

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