http://swgfa.com/topic/408/Growing-Our-Community en-us Copyright 2011, Yuku ceco@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:13:18 GMT Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:45:57 GMT Kickapps Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://swgfa.com/reply/22921/Growing-Our-Community#reply-22921 Tallestjawa wrote:

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Ohhh. I like the look of that Acme place. Plus, it is a little easier of a trip for us.Acme is an incredible store. They have display cases (and so many of them) that many collectors would kill for.

   ]]> feeds@yuku.com (sabacc) http://swgfa.com/reply/22921 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:45:57 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/22915/Growing-Our-Community#reply-22915 feeds@yuku.com (Tallestjawa) http://swgfa.com/reply/22915 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:08:57 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/22911/Growing-Our-Community#reply-22911 2L2Q wrote:

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Have you considered doing local meetings at 'A Comic Shop' off of Semoran and University? They recently expanded and built a "Geek Easy" - a spacious and comfortable geek loung. http://articles.orlandose...ge-comic-books-free-beer

They are a high traffic shop and are across the street from Full Sail and just down the street of UCF. They carry a large amount of Star Wars comics and collected books. This could introduce the group to a new market.

Also, if you the group does decide to spend a little money you can place ads on Facebook for very little money. The ads can be targeted directly at Star Wars fans in the Orlando area.We definitely don't have a budget for ads at the moment. In fact, several of us are in the hole... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (sabacc) http://swgfa.com/reply/22911 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:03:27 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/22908/Growing-Our-Community#reply-22908 feeds@yuku.com (2L2Q) http://swgfa.com/reply/22908 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:53:19 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/22904/Growing-Our-Community#reply-22904 Event locations this year were awesome. Impo ; one of our biggest challenges is finding free comfortable venues for regular meetings. I wish more comic shops had an extra room attached. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (whendroidsfly) http://swgfa.com/reply/22904 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:31:25 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/22903/Growing-Our-Community#reply-22903 http://articles.orlandose...ge-comic-books-free-beer

They are a high traffic shop and are across the street from Full Sail and just down the street of UCF. They carry a large amount of Star Wars comics and collected books. This could introduce the group to a new market.

Also, if you the group does decide to spend a little money you can place ads on Facebook for very little money. The ads can be targeted directly at Star Wars fans in the Orlando area. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (2L2Q) http://swgfa.com/reply/22903 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:42:27 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/22019/Growing-Our-Community#reply-22019 sabacc wrote:

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As of this time today we've had 69 visitors on the board today. Much of that has probably been because of the announcement of next month's big meeting, but in any case it's really gratifying. Thanks to everybody for coming in!Absolutely! There has never been a better time to be a Star Wars fan. There's just so much stuff that happened this year alone to prove this, but 2010 isn't over yet!

I'll echo the same thoughts as Campbell, thank you everyone for stopping by. We hope you'll stay for a while.

   ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Chris Wyman) http://swgfa.com/reply/22019 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:49:30 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/21885/Growing-Our-Community#reply-21885 feeds@yuku.com (sabacc) http://swgfa.com/reply/21885 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:33:26 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/20700/Growing-Our-Community#reply-20700 feeds@yuku.com (sabacc) http://swgfa.com/reply/20700 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:27:22 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/20658/Growing-Our-Community#reply-20658 feeds@yuku.com (Raiza123) http://swgfa.com/reply/20658 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:58:34 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/20125/Growing-Our-Community#reply-20125 feeds@yuku.com (Knightfr0mOssus) http://swgfa.com/reply/20125 Tue, 18 May 2010 00:12:50 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/20123/Growing-Our-Community#reply-20123 Knightfr0mOssus wrote:

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I'm going to probably start attending 501st events as a handler over the summer. we've got tons of 501st members here, so maybe I can get them to get connected with the GFA. And as far as First Coast Jedi Knights is going, I think we can finally get back together during Ancient City Con.We've actually got a few 501st members in the club already.

   ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Chris Wyman) http://swgfa.com/reply/20123 Mon, 17 May 2010 19:08:54 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/20122/Growing-Our-Community#reply-20122 feeds@yuku.com (Knightfr0mOssus) http://swgfa.com/reply/20122 Mon, 17 May 2010 17:47:41 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/19444/Growing-Our-Community#reply-19444
I think a proper website is key, but we've had virtually no movement in that area, despite one lead from a developer friend of mine. Ideas?   ]]> feeds@yuku.com (sabacc) http://swgfa.com/reply/19444 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:56:00 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/18735/Growing-Our-Community#reply-18735 Astromech.net and the yahoo group: R2 Builders.    ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Aaronb1) http://swgfa.com/reply/18735 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:43:03 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/18734/Growing-Our-Community#reply-18734
We've got Dale as a connection to the 501st, but who else is a member? Aaron, I know you are getting involved with the R2 Builders. Do they have a website? Once we have a website we could link to one another. What other groups are out the that you'd like to see connected to the Grand Florida Alliance? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (sabacc) http://swgfa.com/reply/18734 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:29:17 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/13847/Growing-Our-Community#reply-13847
I am making more sets of those cool magnets for the next meeting. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (DarthShader) http://swgfa.com/reply/13847 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:13:11 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/13844/Growing-Our-Community#reply-13844
Never even thought of CraigsList for this sort of thing- can you be our liaison to that community? I've asked Dale about the 501st, even recently, but he's drummed up no interest at all. Audrey, or anyone that's got a significant connection to the 501st, can you help us out?

I brought Star Wars books for the attendees of our last meeting and will try to keep bringing party favors. Dale was awesome about that in the past- his SW miniatures went over really well. Anyone that has items they no longer want- bring them to a meeting! You'll often find happy homes for your excess.

The consistency of meetings is great, but it's always been a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (sabacc72) http://swgfa.com/reply/13844 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:25:47 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/13842/Growing-Our-Community#reply-13842 tie in swapping/trading/selling as an event at every meeting.
Chris's idea about show n tell sounds like a winner as well.
I am also posting links to our groups over on Craig's list, and will post our meetings in their "events" section.
Contests & prizes for attendees. SW fans LOVE free stuff, don't we?
More frequent/consistant public meetings & outings. People need to see our group to know we exist.
Contact our local 501st & Rebel Legion to see what they have happening
Keep our forums busy & active so that others will want to participate.
OrlandoStarWarsFans web domain name or something that will bring folks to the forums
Charity or fundraising event that will allow for networking

Campbell, I will be more than happy to assist you as much as I can. Let me know how I can help. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (DarthShader) http://swgfa.com/reply/13842 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:13:05 PST http://swgfa.com/reply/13838/Growing-Our-Community#reply-13838
Anyone have any new ideas to build the Orlando System? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (sabacc72) http://swgfa.com/reply/13838 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:37:23 PST http://swgfa.com/topic/408/Growing-Our-Community
Let's all agree on an official "Orlando System Welcome Flyer". This is something that I could download, print on my printer, and then go pin it up in the laundry room of my apartment complex. Everyone else can do similar. I can do the same thing to the complex across the street from me. I guarantee that hundreds of people will see it in the course of a week. That's gotta result in some Star Wars fans finding out about us. But, step #1 should be for us all to agree what it would say. It should be, in my opinion, one page long, and give the website and a link and any kind of official... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Darthovsky) http://swgfa.com/topic/408 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:13:18 PST