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INSUFFICIENT, THEN YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER PROMOTING EARLY TICKET SALES,
OR POSSIBLY HOLDING A FUNDRAISER.  STEP TWO DETERMINE THE SIZE THE NEXT
STEP IS TO DECIDE WHETHER YOUR HAMFEST WILL BE SMALL 100 OR FEWER
ATTENDEES, MEDIUM LESS THAN 1,000 ATTENDEES, OR LARGE MORE THAN 1,000
ATTENDEES.  THE SIZE WILL DETERMINE MANY THINGS LOCATION, HOW MANY
FUNCTIONS YOU SHOULD PLAN FOR, WHAT YOUR TICKETS SHOULD SELL FOR, AND HOW
MANY PEOPLE TO RECRUIT TO YOUR HAMFEST COMMITTEES.  EACH YEAR, DAYTON
HAMVENTION REQUIRES THE EFFORTS OF NEARLY 700 VOLUNTEERS AND ATTRACTS MORE
THAN 30,000 VISITORS.  FORTY ONE COMMITTEES MEET MONTHLY THROUGHOUT A YEAR
OF PLANNING.  DEPENDING ON THE SCOPE OF YOUR HAMFEST, YOUR CLUB MAY NOT
NEED TO COORDINATE THAT FREQUENTLY.  STEP THREE ESTABLISH COMMITTEES ONCE
YOUVE DETERMINED THE SIZE OF YOUR HAMFEST, YOU NEED TO RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS
AND ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE.  AT MINIMUM, YOULL NEED 10 VOLUNTEERS TO HANDLE
FINANCES, VENDORS, THE FLEA MARKET, TICKETS, FORUMS, PARKING, MARKETING, IT
INFRASTRUCTURE, CLUB MEMBERSHIP, MAIL, TALK IN FREQUENCIES, PROGRAMS,
AWARDS, LICENSE EXAMS, PRIZES, COMMUNICATIONS, SIGNS, FENCES, SECURITY, AND
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