Oregon Fall Poultry Swap - October 22 - Corvallis @ the Fairgrounds!!!

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That's awesome that they are donating so much!!! Do we want to make it a seperate raffle item, and have the tickets be like $5 each, with a limit of 100 tickets, or do we want to make that a special raffle item just for vendors, with each person with a table getting one ticket each?

No, I don't think we should limit the sales and I think we should definitely open it up to the public BUT I do think the tickets should be more - $5 a ticket sounds good. The hutch itself is about $119 so it's easily going to be a $150 donation with the other items he was talking about.

Nutcakes donation is going to be about $75+ in value (mainly due to the time she is going to be putting in on the cake) so we might want to think about higher price tickets for that as well.

Don't get me wrong, I don't want to undercut anyone elses donations to the raffle, I am not implying that at all! I just want to make sure these businesses get recognition for being a part of our event. I hope that came out right! or that you all know what I'm trying to say! I'm getting ready to take my dog to the vet to be euthanized in a few minutes so I'm not thinking all that straight.

Not to make it complicated but shouldn't the lower ticket items be $1-2 per ticket and the higher ticket items be $5? Am I misunderstanding? That people are going to be putting the tickets in specific boxes/bags for certain prizes or is it just a general raffle?
 
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No, I don't think we should limit the sales and I think we should definitely open it up to the public BUT I do think the tickets should be more - $5 a ticket sounds good. The hutch itself is about $119 so it's easily going to be a $150 donation with the other items he was talking about.

Nutcakes donation is going to be about $75+ in value (mainly due to the time she is going to be putting in on the cake) so we might want to think about higher price tickets for that as well.

Don't get me wrong, I don't want to undercut anyone elses donations to the raffle, I am not implying that at all! I just want to make sure these businesses get recognition for being a part of our event. I hope that came out right! or that you all know what I'm trying to say! I'm getting ready to take my dog to the vet to be euthanized in a few minutes so I'm not thinking all that straight.

Not to make it complicated but shouldn't the lower ticket items be $1-2 per ticket and the higher ticket items be $5? Am I misunderstanding? That people are going to be putting the tickets in specific boxes/bags for certain prizes or is it just a general raffle?

The general raffle items are usually 5/$1 tickets. People will be able to put their raffle tickets into the corresponding bag for whatever items they are interested in winning. Then the tickets for the one big item will be a different color, and $5 each. I still think we should limit the number of tickets sold for that, so people know they have a one in however many chance of winning it. Like car raffles, the tickets are $5 or $10, and they only sell 500 tickets. The people entering know exactly what their odds are of winning the car, if they want to up their chances of winning, they buy more tickets.
 
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No, I don't think we should limit the sales and I think we should definitely open it up to the public BUT I do think the tickets should be more - $5 a ticket sounds good. The hutch itself is about $119 so it's easily going to be a $150 donation with the other items he was talking about.

Nutcakes donation is going to be about $75+ in value (mainly due to the time she is going to be putting in on the cake) so we might want to think about higher price tickets for that as well.

Don't get me wrong, I don't want to undercut anyone elses donations to the raffle, I am not implying that at all! I just want to make sure these businesses get recognition for being a part of our event. I hope that came out right! or that you all know what I'm trying to say! I'm getting ready to take my dog to the vet to be euthanized in a few minutes so I'm not thinking all that straight.

Dang it Laura! I'm so sorry!!!
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My thoughts on larger raffle items... I don't think we should have more than one BIG / separate raffle item, otherwise not only is it more confusing, but we are back to making the raffle more of a focus than it should be, IMO. I would say that any business that donates a raffle item that's over $50 can put up a banner if they wish. And if there's anything else we want to put with the hutch to make it an even bigger package, we can.

I would agree with this except for the fact we only have two businesses involved and I think they both deserve equal billing. They are both very supportive of our event, advertising, doing lots of stuff for nothing...I really think they both need their moment of glory.

And thank you. I brought her home for the night. She is in kidney and liver failure but got that spark at the vet. She is up walking around and eating now. I will make a decision tomorrow. I'm just a basket case right now.
 
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I'm so sorry to hear about your pup! I'm sending lots of love and support to both of you in this really tough time!
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Not to make it complicated but shouldn't the lower ticket items be $1-2 per ticket and the higher ticket items be $5? Am I misunderstanding? That people are going to be putting the tickets in specific boxes/bags for certain prizes or is it just a general raffle?

The general raffle items are usually 5/$1 tickets. People will be able to put their raffle tickets into the corresponding bag for whatever items they are interested in winning. Then the tickets for the one big item will be a different color, and $5 each. I still think we should limit the number of tickets sold for that, so people know they have a one in however many chance of winning it. Like car raffles, the tickets are $5 or $10, and they only sell 500 tickets. The people entering know exactly what their odds are of winning the car, if they want to up their chances of winning, they buy more tickets.

I think Jeanine has the right idea here and she is in charge of the raffle
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I just want to make sure Nutcakes gets their fair showing here. Del's, yes, is donating a larger item but Nutcakes is promoting us like crazy - Del's is not. The bakery has our flyers up in the front window and on the walls inside. They tell everyone that comes in about our swap. The word is spreading in Philomath big time. They want me to make brochures to put on their counter so they can hand them out to people too. They are so totally into this swap! I just think that deserves the same in the raffle arena even if the item is just a cake. I'll get off my box and retreat to the corner and shut up now lol
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The general raffle items are usually 5/$1 tickets. People will be able to put their raffle tickets into the corresponding bag for whatever items they are interested in winning. Then the tickets for the one big item will be a different color, and $5 each. I still think we should limit the number of tickets sold for that, so people know they have a one in however many chance of winning it. Like car raffles, the tickets are $5 or $10, and they only sell 500 tickets. The people entering know exactly what their odds are of winning the car, if they want to up their chances of winning, they buy more tickets.

I think Jeanine has the right idea here and she is in charge of the raffle
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I just want to make sure Nutcakes gets their fair showing here. Del's, yes, is donating a larger item but Nutcakes is promoting us like crazy - Del's is not. The bakery has our flyers up in the front window and on the walls inside. They tell everyone that comes in about our swap. The word is spreading in Philomath big time. They want me to make brochures to put on their counter so they can hand them out to people too. They are so totally into this swap! I just think that deserves the same in the raffle arena even if the item is just a cake. I'll get off my box and retreat to the corner and shut up now lol
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I definitely think they need major promo / credit for all the promo'ing they are doing for us!! It would be cool if they had a big banner we could put up, and I DEFINITELY intend to make sure everyone knows where the cake came from, and will announce it when I draw that raffle ticket. It would be cool if they had business cards or something that we could put out on the table next to where the cake will be displayed too...another thought...if they have someone that they wanted to send over that can walk around in a Nutcakes shirt or apron and hand out samples or something...that might be kinda cool too... watcha think?

eta: my ONLY reservation here is not wanting to make the raffle aspect of the day such a BIG thing...if we could get other opinions though, that would be GREAT! Come on guys - where are ya? What do you all think? Ooh, hey, do you want me to start a poll and y'all can vote anonymously? Then we can agree to abide by the results of the poll?
 
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I think Jeanine has the right idea here and she is in charge of the raffle
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I just want to make sure Nutcakes gets their fair showing here. Del's, yes, is donating a larger item but Nutcakes is promoting us like crazy - Del's is not. The bakery has our flyers up in the front window and on the walls inside. They tell everyone that comes in about our swap. The word is spreading in Philomath big time. They want me to make brochures to put on their counter so they can hand them out to people too. They are so totally into this swap! I just think that deserves the same in the raffle arena even if the item is just a cake. I'll get off my box and retreat to the corner and shut up now lol
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I definitely think they need major promo / credit for all the promo'ing they are doing for us!! It would be cool if they had a big banner we could put up, and I DEFINITELY intend to make sure everyone knows where the cake came from, and will announce it when I draw that raffle ticket. It would be cool if they had business cards or something that we could put out on the table next to where the cake will be displayed too...another thought...if they have someone that they wanted to send over that can walk around in a Nutcakes shirt or apron and hand out samples or something...that might be kinda cool too... watcha think?

eta: my ONLY reservation here is not wanting to make the raffle aspect of the day such a BIG thing...if we could get other opinions though, that would be GREAT! Come on guys - where are ya? What do you all think? Ooh, hey, do you want me to start a poll and y'all can vote anonymously? Then we can agree to abide by the results of the poll?

Got all those things covered Jeanine
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They are bringing a banner (they are going to have a table there - they will selling goodies (as well as handing out samples) and specialty items Jen is creating for the swap), they will have extra business cards and my daughter will be there working their table in her Nutcakes shirt and apron. They are setting up next to me (so I can keep filled up on donuts all day
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And I agree, it shouldn't be a big aspect, just a fun part of the day and one that will keep people milling around and shopping. People always love the chance to win something.
 
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ZooMummzy So sorry to hear about your beloved. I know it is not an easy thing to do. I had to face that for our dog and dw's horse in the same day a while back. Just remember there comes a time that as hard as it is we need to think with our head not our heart.
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