Schaumburg Fishing Show Jan 28-31

[Scott Ferguson]

The Schaumburg Fishing Show runs Thursday Jan 28 to Sunday the 31st.

We'll need a few volunteers to work Friday, Saturday afternoon and Sunday. Post here if you can help out.

 

Thursday 12-8

John Loebach 12-8

Ed Buric 12-8

 

Friday 12-8

Craig Holderness 12-8

Dick Gronlund 12-8

Gordon Patriarca 3-7

Saturday

Scott 10-7

Frank Briggs 10-7

 

Sunday

Scott Ferguson 10-7

Ron Kurasz 10-7

[ronk]

Weather permitting I'll join Scott on Sunday & than head over to Tom's for dinner.

[CHolderness]

Scott,

 

I can work the ISA booth on Friday (1/29) from 12-8.

 

Craig

[Scott Ferguson]

Thanks Ron and Craig.

[Dick G]

Scott,

I can do Friday from 12 to 8 with Craig.

[Scott Ferguson]

Scott,

I can do Friday from 12 to 8 with Craig.

Perfect! Thanks everybody.

[gordon p]

how did I miss this ?

[Scott Ferguson]

how did I miss this ?

You can still come by the booth and give someone a break.

[gordon p]

I could do sometime on Fri.

[gordon p]

hellooooooooooooooooooooo .......................................................

[John Loebach]

A third volunteer on any shift is a good thing. Or come on Thursday Ed & I would welcome the help. Its up to you post when you want to help.

[gordon p]

Well I said I could do Fri. How about 3-7 ?

[Ed Buric]

that's fine but then I wont get to say hello to you

[gordon p]

Bummer, Ed. I can't be there Thurs.

[Dick G]

Looking forward to working with you and Craig on Friday.

[Scott Ferguson]

Looking forward to working with you and Craig on Friday.

Make sure you get Gordon to give up all his spots on the Menominee!

[John Loebach]

Decent crowd today. We left the show badges in the bin in the booth. They don't hold them for the next day, we can get three more but if someone can get them & reuse them our limit is 6 total for the event.

[Mike Clifford]

Any new member recruits yet, gentlemen?

Thanks for all your efforts!

[Ed Buric]

We just had one renewal / blowout ticket. Remember this was opening day on a week day a lot of the traffic was other exhibitors. I talked to some interested people including a guy that is trying to restart the Minnesota smallmouth alliance but no one would be willing to commit right then and there.

[Scott Ferguson]

That guy you talked to is Jim DaRosa. He is a guide on Mille Lacs in Minnesota. I was in contact with him today. He's coming to the Blowout and he is going to donate a guided trip.

[Ed Buric]

Yeah he really wanted to talk to you to find out how we do what we do.

[Dick G]

Friday show seemed pretty busy. We signed up a few new members, resigned some lapsed members and sold 2 Blowout tickets. The weekend crowds should be good with the mild weather and no major sporting events on tv. A lot of neat stuff to look at. There was a kayak that made me laugh. It was loaded with so much stuff that it must have weighed a couple hundred pounds. It looked like the Moby Dick of kayaks.

[Scott Ferguson]

3 new members in the first 3 hours of the show this morning!

[Scott Ferguson]

10 new members total, several renewals. I'm sure the weather helped, but there were good crowds all weekend. It's nice to see a fishing show that is growing and appears to be doing well. I really enjoy working the show, seeing old friends, meeting new people and making contact with our members. 2 weeks till the Tinley Park show.

[Dick G]

Thanks for the update Scott. That is a pretty good result. On Friday we talked to a few more that seemed really interested, but just would not commit on the spot. Hopefully, some of these prospective "buyers" will go home, check out the website and decide to become members.