Meeting Discussion - 13/4

Recently, we've been finding that things have been discussed in class and on our group chat (where group decisions are usually made) have been getting lost and forgotten, and a lot of misunderstandings have arisen. To combat this, we all agreed we should sit down to discuss anything that is on our minds at this time.

To ensure the meeting was as efficient as possible, I created a short list of points to discuss. Each of these, along with basic notes on our responses to them can be found below...

1. Clothing - Wear your bird colour, with badge, when not cosplaying. If anyone wants a shirt or anything contact Gee. Pins to Daniee.

2. Table cloth/layout ideas - Alex black table cloth. Print logo and stitch it on. Easels (for 'read me' versions of books), business cards under these. Lucky dip - free if you buy - stickers, sweets? Paint easels our colours! Test layout before con - Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday before.
   
3. Schedule (who's at table when) - as message in chat states. Send screenshot in chat. Learn each other’s pitch.
   
4. London transport - look for oyster cards we already have and post in chat about it. Daniee to get directions.
   
5. Payment tracking (table counting money/sales) and float - £10 to float each. Alex £10 note. Katy two £5 notes. Daniee £5 note and five £1 coins. Meg ten £1 coins. Gee five £1 coins and ten 50p. Spreadsheet - on phone and on paper. Gee to make spreadsheet. Separate spreadsheet with total spent on group stock.
   
6. Comic Nest merch - everyone draw birbs that are themed on their comics, including colour. To put in freebie jar. Deadline: 30th April.
   
7. General merch - four pieces including comic? Alex - unsure, sticker packs, 2 A6 prints? Katy - just prints (including gothic horror)? Daniee - 1 A5, 1 sticker pack, pins. Meg - 12 sticker pack, 6 sticker pack, stickers. Gee - A3 poster, temp tattoos (?), badges.

8. Comic pricing - Needs to be equal so no one accidentally undercuts. Lil commissions for some people (not Meg or Gee). Books - £5. Meg sticker packs - £2 (6) £4 (12). Indiv sticker - 50p. A6 - £2. A5 - £3. A3 posters - £3. Daniee sticker packs - £2 (5). Pins - £1. Temp tattoos - £1. Badges - £1.

9. Other items - Birb heart LED lights (Gee) for table? Extra money for night outs. Who's out when - Saturday night - Katy, Gee out. Thursday night - Daniee out. Alarms for shift time. Keep phone on loud. Gee needs ~12-3 ish off on Saturday. Laser cut bird to be used for promo photos during weeks before. Gee has camera/can take photos if needed.

Whilst discussing points (2) and (5), I sketched out ideas of what we were planning the table and spreadsheet to look like. Here's what we got from that...

Later this evening, I redrew the sketch digitally to clear up what our layout intends to be. I also did this to scale, as we were all very aware of the fact we were unsure of how to gauge table size. You can see that (with key) below. You can see that there is a lot more red (my colour) on the table than others. This is because, while everyone else has two products pinned up on the con grid, whilst I have one poster which is too large for the grids, so has to lie on the table. I'm also having a cardboard cut-out of my character on the table to attract customers.