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« on: May 15, 2020, 11:30:20 »

From https://communityrail.org.uk/events-training/events-diary/

* Webinar to help you prepare your entries for the Community Rail Awards, 19 May.  Hosted by Nicky Forsdike.   Fully booked.
* Engaging local media, 30 June, 14.30-15.45, with community rail examples. Hosted by Rob Lawson
* Harnessing social media, 15 July, 14.30-15.45, with community rail examples. Hosted by Nik Schofield.

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« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2020, 05:42:16 »

From https://communityrail.org.uk/events-training/events-diary/

* Webinar to help you prepare your entries for the Community Rail Awards, 19 May.  Hosted by Nicky Forsdike.   Fully booked.
* Engaging local media, 30 June, 14.30-15.45, with community rail examples. Hosted by Rob Lawson
* Harnessing social media, 15 July, 14.30-15.45, with community rail examples. Hosted by Nik Schofield.



"Engaging local media" now fully booked too - has been for at least a couple of days.  I have to wonder where the limit on viewers comes from, or whether Community Rail Network should be running duplicate sessions.  Extra web meeting sessions are cheaper that extra train carriages  Grin
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« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2020, 15:27:35 »

If it's Zoom, you buy meeting space for 100. Then pay extra to up to 500 and more again for a max of 1,000. The add-on for 500 is £60-odd per month, so if you are on limited budgets, this can add up.
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« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2020, 16:36:42 »

If it's Zoom, you buy meeting space for 100. Then pay extra to up to 500 and more again for a max of 1,000. The add-on for 500 is £60-odd per month, so if you are on limited budgets, this can add up.

I think the question must be asked............Ooooooooooooooooooooooooo's gonna pay for it?  Wink
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« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2020, 17:29:52 »

If it's Zoom, you buy meeting space for 100. Then pay extra to up to 500 and more again for a max of 1,000. The add-on for 500 is £60-odd per month, so if you are on limited budgets, this can add up.

I think the question must be asked............Ooooooooooooooooooooooooo's gonna pay for it?  Wink

Indeed ... the average salary in this country is £30,000 per annum ... £140 per day ... and it takes somewhere between 5 and 10 times the length of a training session to prepare material. Yes, I know that's a ball park figure and can vary wildly.   

It strikes me you have the investment of producing material, and also the admin setup of managing bookings, etc - much easier now with things like Eventbrite, but still not inconsiderable, and it seems a shame having made all that setup investment not to run a matinee as well as an evening show, or however you would define it, where the repeat cost would be a tiny fraction (Option a).   First run costs a lot then you just turn the handle tuning as you go - that's simplified, but it's a career / business lesson I followed with some success!

Sure, extra £60 per month is a big step up from £10 for 100.  But you are looking at an organisation account with a salaried team, not volunteers.  In perspective, average annual salary based on that £30k above is £700 per week, or monthly wage bill of around £50,000 (and that's before employment taxes and cost of providing working environment) across 17 staff.  Option b is a bigger session with this extra cost £60 cost

I would personally commend the idea of running each session (for they are mainly training sessions not interactive meetings) multiple times - option a. The setup investment is there - "please turn the handle not ones but perhaps 2, 3 or even 4 times".  Groups may be smaller, but that would give better opportunity for delegate interaction, as well as allowing everyone who was keen enough to want to attend to do so.
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