The DJU M.A.X Show... Sun 6th Feb 2005

[Gary 0]

Over the last few months, there have been quite a few posts where members have mentioned having piles piles of unused, but working sound and lighting equipment tucked away in their garages, lofts etc.

 

Effectively its all stuff which other DJ's could find useful, and you could make a few ££ into the bargain - as well as your other 'arf regaining some storage space that they've been on at you about clearing up for years...

 

Now this is only in the early ideas stage at the moment BUT...

 

Here's idea "PART I"

On a Sunday - in February 2005 (avoiding Valentines weekends) I "hire" (I might be able to get one free.... ) a smallish, easy-to-find (heated) venue somewhere on the M4, within an hours drive of London, the west etc, and we all bring along all our old kit with price tags on - priced to sell... we also bring along a wad of the happy paper £££. cash and (backup?) gear change hands - we all get to meet up, put a few names to faces, have a few lemonades - (Really - lemonades for those driving...), and everyones a bit better off -either in money/space terms, or equipment terms... between us, we must have XXX full disco rigs of SPARE kit...with no postage/packaging costs and post office queues...

 

 

Sound Good So Far...?

 

Here's idea "PART II"

I see if I can get 2 or 3 of the more mobile orientated gear manufacturers to attend on the same day too. This would certainly also include a representative from that awfully nice, Congleton Sound & Light place... http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif bringing along a few goodies for sale at their usual (special DJU) prices, maybe a couple of the DJ associations looking to press-gang a few new subscriptions...I mean...members... http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif

 

 

Possibly the second part of the idea is a bit of a pipe-dream, maybe the first part of the idea is too - but whats your verdict?.

 

 

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Edited November 14, 2004 by Gary

[ChrisPointon 0]

Nice Idea Gary, I'll happily support it and would be happy to bring along a few new 'bargains' at-less-than-retail-prices.

 

Your time scale is also spot on - the quiet bit between Xmas and the Wedding Season, not a good idea to hold anything this close to Xmas due to us all running around like headless chickens in preperation for the silly season, February sounds good, it also gives you / us plenty of time to make arrangements. http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/thumbup.gif.

 

 

[YourBigEvent 0]

Count me in too

 

 

 

 

[joe 0]

QUOTE (ADS Entertainments @ Sep 30 2004, 11:44 AM)

Count me in too

Yeah, nice idea http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/smile.gif

 

Would be nice to meet up with everyone even if I didnt buy or sell anything http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/smile.gif

 

Joe

 

P.S Gary, you've posted twice, once with the poll and once with out one. [Admin comment - Gary's duplicate post removed] http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/533.gif

[BigBen 0]

Fabulous idea - count me in.

 

Me and the rest of the north-west boys could hire some transport to save on costs - need a big boot though!

[ChrisPointon 0]

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Me and the rest of the north-west boys could hire some transport to save on costs - need a big boot though!

 

It could be arranged with enough 'support' and a token payment towards a suitable hire vehicle, although you may have to drive down to Congleton, still it beats going all the way down the M4 yourself http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/smile.gif

[DJ Marky Marc 0]

im up for it ! might even have some spare cash after working all the way through Xmas http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[ChrisPointon 0]

Seems to be that the best course of action would be to post here and give Gary an indication as to whether it is worth persuing booking a village hall / hotel etc.

 

Then perhaps promote the 'idea' to see if we can get more interest from members who don't visit frequently (I.e promotion on the forum 'newsletter' to all 2000 members).

 

Then, if it goes ahead, promote the details on a website, i'll happily sort this.

 

But at the moment it is just an idea and not a potential Plasa Rival! http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif , just a place for us all to meet and have a drink and sell / swap gear!.

[Eskie 0]

Yeah I'm up for it; although I feel it's vital that Gary has a word with those girls on the Gemini stand at Plasa, because I found their knowledge of mobile disco's to be top-notch, and therefore we really need them to be there also http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/whistling.gif

 

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[High Fidelity 0]

Yes I'm interested. Nothing to sell but would love the meet up, would even be prepared to contribute to the cost of a venue if necessary.

 

Was going to ressurect the "Instead of Plasa" thread to try and get a meet together, but this would be even better.

 

Count me in. http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/thumbup.gif

[tonyj 0]

ok this sounds a good idea, i'm up for it..

 

 

[C.S 0]

Good idea Gary but an impossibility for me,mind you i might be able to bring a woman for esk as he is obviously desperate! http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif

[ChrisPointon 0]

108 topic views and only 11 votes http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif

[paula 0]

I aint got nothing to sell! so I'll keep the bar going! http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif

[Paul Forsyth 0]

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Sounds good to me

 

Vinnie

[Steve 0]

Great Idea, nothing to buy due to lack of transport space....not a lot to sell due to having a recent clearout!!! But would still go anyway, a bit of a drive from Yorkshire but ill try and time it with a works trip away!!!

 

Steve

[Kingy 0]

Can I make a bit of a suggestion here...Have it more in the Midlands area, central for the whole country and the Birmingham area has excellent communications network!!

 

Not everything in this world has to be geographically lower than Oxford! http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/tongue.gif

[ChrisPointon 0]

LOL Kingy

 

When you next call into the Petrol station to fill up, it is possible to get more than £2.50 worth in there! http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/smile.gif

 

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But, seriously I think Gary has chosen the M4 corridor, simply because 80% of our members are Southern Based, at least the active posting ones. If it was my Decision you'd all be travelling North, but then we'd only have 2 people attending.

[jackwabbit 0]

We are very interested, nothing to sell but always up for a bargain all we need is a larger house to keep it all in. Sorry Kingy but Birmingham area would be the last place we would want to go to from where we live

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I have had to do this journey many times and it has always filled me with dread, always stuck in traffic going nowhere.

 

P.S.

Anyone taking a small van to the jumblesale for £5

Edited October 1, 2004 by jackwabbit

[ChrisPointon 0]

Wouldn't be too bad on a Sunday, certainly has to be better than the traffic around London http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/scared.gif , although I must admit that Birmingham can be just as bad during Weekdays, 50 mins to drive Sandbach to Birmingham then 1 hour held up on the A38 http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/mad.gif .

 

Weekend Motorway Traffic, especially away from the Summer Holiday Season isn't too bad, I drove down the M6 - M5 on a Saturday to meet Andy at Exeter and did it in less 3 hours.

 

 

[Kingy 0]

Traffic, sadly exists all over the country!

 

I just think that more people may go if it was more central. I know I live here, BUt, put that asside for a moment. Wouldn't it make more sense to have PLASA at the NEC...airport, motorway, trains, even a bloody canal!!

 

I cant see many people wanting to travel from too far up north down to the M4 corridoor, just like not many ( ADS being an odd exception) bothered travelling up to Blackpool last year.

 

Only a thought.....

 

Oh and Chris, can I legally buy more than £2.50 worth of diesel at a go? My wife says not! http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/tongue.gif

[BigBen 0]

Stoneleigh Park is just a bit further away from the NEC, slightly nearer to the M4 and therefore the South-East. Having attended an event here earlier this year I know it has good access, everything is on the ground floor and the access doors a so large we could even drive our cars straight into the venue - almost like an indoor car boot.

 

May be far too expensive...I fear we may end up meeting in Chris's front garden with a large number of extension cables!

[ChrisPointon 0]

I think the NEC and the cost of booking it may be a little bit excessive for what after all may be less than 50 members, and then only a precentage of them (6 so far) would be attending with a view to having some form of stall to sell / swap their old gear. Booking the NEC with only 6 stalls would get us all laughed out of the industry. Aston Community Centre would be more 'us' http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif .

 

I think Gary was working along the lines of my thoughts, in that it's probably only going to end up being the size of the local Scouts Jumble sale, probably held in some form of hall or hotel function room - whichever works out the cheapest. I think we may be pushing our luck to get the manufacturers out of their warm beds on a Sunday for this sort of scale, but I'm happy to mention it to them, some of the smaller ones may be interested, but I wouldn't insult the Larger ones by asking them. Hopefully the Associations would also lend their support.

 

Sure, i'm happy to promote it on the WWW in the form of a website (So the sooner we can get the details arranged, the site built and googled the better), and through any other associated medium, WWW presence may boost attendance, it may also promote DJU as well, but realistically I think the best that we can hope for, would be the equivalant of a local Wedding Fayre.

 

It seems that the talk on arranging a Plasa Replacement is beginning to filter out, and not ONE person from DJU has volunteered to act in a representative capacity to look into arranging something like this. Exactly as I expected. This is because the cost and workload for something like this would take a team of dedicated individuals with the time and financial backing to make it work.

 

I think Gary's idea is more realistic, and certainly workable. After all the costs involved on this scale could easily be raised from donations, or a very small admission charge http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/smile.gif .

 

So, unless anybody has a magic solution to get 3000 people through the door on the day, lets keep our feet on the ground, and remain realistic http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/smile.gif .

[Kingy 0]

I didn't mean use the NEC !!!

 

Just using that as an illustration, as I look at the map it seems to be ROUGHLY in the midle of the country.

 

Thats all I was getting at.

 

There are loads of venues around here that would be perfect, as I am sure there are in Sunderland, Portsmouth, Liverpool, Dover, Edinburgh and Cardiff. Just thinking of finding the middle of that lot...... http://www.dj-forum.co.uk/html/emoticons/wacko.gif

[High Fidelity 0]

I tend to agree with Chris that as more members are from the sourthern end of the country then we would be more likely to get more people attending if the venue was towards that neck of the woods.

 

I would of course prefer somewhere in the Midlands as it would mean a shorter drive for me.

 

But having said that, I don't really mind where it is as long as it's somthing more than a 15 minute meet up in an aisle somewhere.