Ralph, you where in Hayward, and you happened to have a few coins with you. You by no means delivered any ordered coins to Hayward. You were on your time. Not acting on behalf the the WGA or the WGA BOD. You showed up late, cooked your lunch, sold coin and left early. No one asked you to bring any coins to sell in Hayward. So please stop acting like you did a great service to anyone by delivering a coin to Hayward.
And no attacks on you. Just stating what you have said in the past. You have stated that you are unwilling to drive 2hrs north to help set up an event and I could go on but I wont.

My original statement was a reply stating that going to an event to pick up a coin is not an equal opportunity. Using the same argument if the Campout were to be held in Copper Falls or Patterson Park. How may would show of from the SE part of the state to pick up a coin?

So to help ALL those people, who can not attend the camp out or the Bash, do a pre-sale to determine how much of an interest there is. then figure out the average shipping cost and then add a couple dollars for the handling fee and give that to whoever sends the coins out so they get something for their time. They should not have to do it for free and there is no extra cost to the WGA Spending $15-$20 for S&H is a heck of a lot cheaper that the $100’s in fuel costs.

cheezehead points out feelings some “Up North” WGA members may have. We belong to the association and would like to be part of many of it’s benefits. Members need to pick and choose what we can attend and participate in.

Making it easier for members who live “out of the way” is only going to strengthen the WGA.

I read this discussion and wonder why the response can’t be “we can do that” or “we can try that again” and “then” talk about snags that can be fixed.

@Team Black-Cat wrote:

@sandlanders wrote:

I just meant sell online before selling at any event.

Is there a reason for that? I’m not trying to be snarky, but the first coins out of the box are the same as the last ones.

Just so that there are still coins left in the box after an event so that people can still order them online. I am talking about the initial ordering chance, not an ongoing sale.

OK. The WGA orders 500 coins. No individual has ordered any of them yet online. How many do you take to sell at the event (WB for this year, it appears) and how many do you hold back for those who order online?

As I have said previously, not being on the BOD, nor being a “coiner”, I have little knowledge of what all is involved in coin sales and the timeline of making a coin. I just know that I did not like how things were done with last year’s coin. There was not an option to order coins and have them mailed to you. It was either pick up your order at the event (the fall picnic last year) or make arrangements to have someone do that for you.

That is what I am concerned with. If the mass mailing is a lot of work, that is what I am volunteering to help with.

while I don’t believe that the WGA has ever run out of a coin in the year it was minted, I would suspect that if there was a large enough demand and we would somehow sell out, there would always be an option of a second run of the coin.

I would also suspect that, while we would like to sell as many as possible at the WBCB, we would hold 30-40% of the coins (purely an estimate) for the online sales.

I would be willing to help. I would be happy to help mail these out after school is out for me on June 13th. Just send me the stuff and I will sit with the remote and watch TV and address envelops and stick stamps. I’m not kidding. I really don’t mind. I believe I could even recruit my camohat geocaching ladies group to help me – it would be a fun activity.

Was there a winning coin design picked yet? Did I miss it somewhere?

@LDove wrote:

I would be willing to help. I would be happy to help mail these out after school is out for me on June 13th. Just send me the stuff and I will sit with the remote and watch TV and address envelops and stick stamps.

We had a mailing party one year, and had about10 people do an assembly line thing. It went pretty well. Could be done again…just need a place for everyone to meet and work.

I wonder if the board would ask how many member would be willing to help make this project a sucess and make it happen. I bet lots all one would need to do is give some guide lines let it happen.

We have 3 Finalists. We have submitted them for artwork and quotes, to make a final selection.

It would be nice and easy to pick one and fly with it, but it doesn’t work that way.