Re: AUGD: Raffle Draw Software???
Re: AUGD: Raffle Draw Software???
- Subject: Re: AUGD: Raffle Draw Software???
- From: Dave G <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:06:11 -0500
If people are there for the door prize, how does the group benefit?
Respectfully that sounds more like a ponzi scheme than a way to create
a community. Members pay dues in hopes of a big payoff.
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 5:55 PM, Chris Hart <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> The prizes add fun to the meeting. The higher value prizes add excitement.
> Some members walk away with a nice surprise and the group gets the benefit
> of more butts in the seats and more members staying to the end of the
> evening.
>
> Chris
>
>
> ___ Dave G at <email@hidden> wrote: ___
>
>> I'm shocked groups *buy* door prizes. So let me get this straight.
>>
>> 1. You have members pay....
>> 2. So they can enter a drawing...
>> 3. To win the stuff they paid for
>>
>> Seems rather inefficient doesn't it? You can bypass step two by
>> having members pay...for the things they want to buy
>>
>> And if you have to somehow bribe members with prizes...aren't you
>> missing the value of the group?
>>
>> Getting donations and giving them a way, but *buying* stuff for
>> drawings? That makes no sense to me.
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 2:18 AM, Nicholas Pyers <email@hidden>
>> wrote:
>>> Does anyone have any suggestions on software that can be used to excite up
>>> Raffle Draws at User Group Meetings?
>>>
>>> Personally, I currently print out little paper slips (usually DL in size -
>>> 1/3 an A4 page) that I place on seats before the meeting.
>>> The slips have space for the entrants Name, Suburb and Email Address. There
>>> is a 'pre-ticked' box stating that winners agree to have their Initial,
>>> Surname and Suburb published on our website (and/or in our magazine) and if
>>> relevant their email address may be passed onto our sponsors (in order for
>>> them to supply some prizes direct to the winner). There is often a box to
>>> tick to OPT-OUT of 'marketing' emails from us.
>>>
>>> Then just before our 'Coffee Break' I remind people to fill in the forms
>>> during the break and place them in a box. Then at the end of the
>>> presentation, bring the box forward and manually draw slips out... On the
>>> back of the slips, I get an assistant to write the prize that was won.
>>>
>>> This works... but is so 19th Century :)
>>>
>>> Sometimes I duck in the 20th Century and have a Keynote slide that builds to
>>> show the 'current prize' we are about draw out.
>>>
>>> Surely in the 21st Century there must be decent software packages out there
>>> that can make this all happen???
>>>
>>> I'd love to see an iPad app that could conduct draws... Even a simple app
>>> that has a cute animation during a random number (we'd still have paper
>>> numbers to hand out) have it outputting the number to the projector. Have it
>>> gather the results that can be emailed to a Committee member.
>>>
>>> More advanced features could include;
>>> - the ability to include an image and short description of the current prize
>>> (obviously would need to be pre-entered).
>>> - the ability to enter the winners name as drawn (even better still have
>>> someone with another iPad or iPhone been able to enter these details in
>>> "remotely") and a summary of the winners is displayed at the end of the
>>> draw.
>>> - If we have 'remote' connections, then the ability for ticket buyers to
>>> enter their details in via their own iPhone or iPad would be a cute idea
>>> (with the ticket seller approving the purchase on the "main iPad" after the
>>> money is paid of course :) )
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyone interested in writing such an App, or know if one already exists?
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nicholas Pyers (email@hidden)
>>> Founder & Publisher, AppleUsers.org
>>>
>>> http://www.appleusers.org/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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