OK Oregon Fans - Where are you?

[Sparky]

Edited 11/12/02
We have now formed the Pacific Northwest Farscape Fans.
We have many November and December actionable ideas, but we are few.
Help us by contacting us with a desire to help. There are ways!

Two of us have identified ourselves, but come on, there have to be more 'scapers in our fair state. Make yourselves heard. We can take some action AND we have neilson market homes in PDX.
Let's plan to make a difference!
We have ideas and plenty of time...

"Never believe that a small group of people cannot change the world. Indeed, they are the only ones who can."
--- Margaret Meade

[Rhonda]

Hey Sparky! :hi:
Sparky and I have already talked about some plans, we'd love to include some more Oregon scapers! (Did you get my latest pm by the way Sparky?) Don't be shy! Heck, we don't even care if you're an Oregonian, any Vancouver, Wa and vincinity out there? :D

Edit: For heavens sake, it would help if I checked my own pm's every now and then wouldn't it? :D Thanks for replying Sparky! :)

[rorykearn]

I'm here...I'm here

I posted a few messages elsewhere and had given up on any OR area Scapers. I'm so glad I checked the boards again. I live in Beaverton and would be happy to join in and help any way I can.

Rory

[Rhonda]

:thud: Sparky and I aren't the only ones? Awesome! Also, feel free to throw ideas in the air, we welcome all opinions! Glad to have you aboard!!!!!!! :D

[Sparky]

Now we are a trio of Oregon fans. How about getting together next week and plotting out a publicity campaign?
I PM'd y'all with my phone and email address.
Give me a call!

[Rhonda]

:trans: Sounds cool, let's all try to come up with a day good for all of us and a place we all agree on. :cool:

[Sparky]

I can meet any night after work, except Friday, Sat, Sun this week. Next weekend's ok
As for place, how about Wash. Sq or Rainy Day Games (Bvton-Hillsboro Hiway)? I would prefer the game store.

[brody]

I live in Phoenix (just south of Medford and north of Ashland), sounds like you're all a ways north of here. Damn.

Um well... I'm pretty much just sending emails and stuff so far, and not a whole lot else. I'm trying to tell everybody I know to boycott sci-fi, as I HATE them now... oh, and I know of one guy who I work with who has seen 2 or 3 episodes, but he never really got into it, and to be honest if he'd known there was pre-marital sex in the show, he'd probably have never watched it in the first place... oh well.

other than that, nothing spectacular going on here...

[Rhonda]

Hey Brody, thanks for everything you're doing. Too bad you're so far south, that's like what a 4hr drive at least? You might try an idea I heard about here (sorry I can't give credit right this second, my mind is blank) of making copies of the first 2 eps on videotape and leave them just laying around somewhere (with a big free sticker on it) with a little insert on what the tapes are about and etc. People looooove free stuff and once we get the hook into them Farscape can just reel them in! We just have to hook em! And if you ever need some ideas on what to do next there's always the Friday To-Do list! Good luck on everything!:aok:

Edited to add: http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4558 That's where I found the idea, sorry jfranka! :P

[brody]

but I don't have tapes of any old episodes... I know I can get a ton of dvd-rips off of kazaa, but they won't play unless the person already has the DivX codec on their computer, and that would seriously limit the number of people I could expect to get interested... I would really love to be able to burn CDs of the first few episodes... in my area, though, not too many techno-savvy people, so I doubt it would work out well... hmmmmm...

Video CD could work (runs in most DVD players), but I could only get one episode per CD, and I would need to convert from DivX to VCD, which I actually don't know how to do... anybody know of any software that does that? Maybe I should post this on another thread to get more people's attention...

[Sparky]

Welcome to the Oregon group brody!

The only way I know to get tapes is to make 'em off tv.
My neighbor has a TIVO that he taped from.

Another cool idea I saw was making bookmarks and leaving them in bookstores, cafes, or wherever people gather. The book marks would have some catchy phrase to raise interest, and then tell
about "watch Jan. 10 on SciFi" or Rent Farscape at Blockbuster or
Hollywood, or whatever vid store carries them.

I have personally converted 3 people by inviting them to
Farscape fests on weekends, where I show 4-5 eps.
in a night. This doesn't cost me anything. I read about
a woman who invited 15 people to watch one day, lunch and dinner included and ended up with over 100 letters written during the "festival" .

One fan in Idaho got the local library to let her/him show
Farscape every Friday nite. I have checked around and can't
find any libraries that show movies, tho. I can't afford to rent a theater, so...can't do it.

I also kinda like the idea of leaflets or half sheets with
a mysterious phrase and info on renting it (to get them hooked).
If they are hooked, they will find out where and when to watch it.

'nuff said, it's nice to know you are here. :P

[Debrina]

Another Oregonian here and just joining the ranks. I'm a new Oregonian.....

I've been reading the forums since I heard about the cancellation and decided it was finally *time* to register. Don't know how much help I can be, but the show *is* worth it.

:)

[scape_sister]

Hello from Vancouver, WA!!!! I don't know where all the smegscapers are but now that I've found you guys, well its a start. I'm really upset that we didn't have a rally. I am interested in the make a wish event but need help are you guys up for it? let me know!

a vary happy pacific northwesterner,

Sarah aka scape_sister@yahoo.com :rollin:

[scape_sister]

my email addy is scape_sister@yahoo.com, sorry for the typo!

We can do this! I'll drive to meet you guys! Since all of you are in OR, I'll come to you! Tell me when and where and I'll be there if it is on the weekend or after 3pm on mon-fri.

Sarah from the "couv"

[scape_sister]

for some reason the bottom dash in the middle of my email addy is not being posted along with the rest of my message. Check my name on the left to see the correct version. Now I feel stupid!

:headbang:

[Rhonda]

I am soooooo glad to hear from you two! :cool: It's great to have someone from Vancouver scape sister! Thanks for joining us! Sparky and rorykearn have already gotten together, from Sparky's e-mail it sounds like it went very well. I couldn't make it because I had to work (sigh) and I don't have a babysitter at night because my husband works swing shift for Kaiser Permanente at the Nicolai data center (I think it's called that, he's an NT systems admin) in Portland. Just a hop, splash and jump from you scape sister. We will definately let the both of you and all the world know when the next meeting is. I'm so so so happy, this made my day!!!!:bounce: :bounce:

[Sparky]

Hi debrina and scape_sister!
It is great to get 2 more folks in the Pacific NW
to work with. :cool:
What rorykern and I decided was to make some half page flyers, see if we can hand em to folks going into blockbuster or Hollywood, and do a guerilla bookmark campaign.

Well, we had lots of ideas we are lookin into.

Hopefully we can all meet some day. Rhonda
has suggested lunch Friday. So let's see if we
can all get together.:hi: :aok:

[Debrina]

:hi: Hi all,

Sounds good, if we make it an early lunch.

Since, I'm new to the area...just give me a reasonable destination (mapquest is my friend) and time in a PM and I'll see what I can do.

:)

[Sparky]

2 ideas for a meeting:
Lunch Friday 11-12-ish
Sun Afternoon (more time for us to talk?)

Place: somewhere off I-5 and 217-ish is midway between most of us,
or at least same driving time ('couv to 217 = 20 min? It's been about 8 yrs since I drove that route.)
It would be good to exchange our real email addy's so we don't have to count on seeing the PM board to discuss things.

What rorykern and I are looking into:
*half page flyers for video stores - involves city/county rules
about leafleting on public sidewalks
*guerilla bookmarkings: book marks with mystery, critics say quotes, rental info and date for watching S412-22 leave in bookstores and Coffee shops (u no who), which should reach half the population
*Free showings: looking for cheap or free space at libraries, etc, portable dvd player and projector + free advertising in calendars on
radio, tv, newspapers, newsletters.....
*One local radio show contact for mention by talent of campaign
* I forget what else,but that seems like enough for 2 brainstormers and pizza.

If we meet for lunch Fri. at 11-12, we can talk other ideas, or divide our tasks.
Farscape: Puts the sigh in Sci Fi.



:D :think: :think: :rollin:

[rorykearn]

Welcome to everyone on the OR list. This is exciting.

The only other thing I can think of that Sparky left off is that I'm looking into advertising in a local paper or two....that way if we do have a video/DVD showing of eps somewhere, we can invite the general public.

I've found some reasonable advertising so far.

I'm up for the meet tomorrow. Wherever and whenever it is.

Rorykean

[Rhonda]

:( I should have seen this coming...I can't meet with you all tomorrow. My husband's speedometer broke on his car (so he'll spending tomorrow morning looking for a new one) and my kids have the day off from school (Oregon has the shortest school year in the country...they have a total, not including weekends, 31 days off from school) and I'm stuck anyway since my husband will be using my car. I can't be there on Sunday either because I have to work. Sigh. I'm so frustrated. If someone will be so kind as to e-mail or post here what goes on in the meeting (like Sparky did for me last time, thanks Sparky) I will be very grateful. I'm sorry everyone, I really thought I could make it this time.

[Sparky]

Rorykern,
Great news about the Beaverton Library screening room, and the calendars. Since Scape Sister can't meet til after 3, and I have
to work til 5, let's get together Sunday. You can call me Friday or I will call you. Then we can set a time if Sun's ok w/ you so our
sister can join us. Debrina: can you PM me and try to get together Sunday. rorykern has some exciting news for showing free movies to the uninitiated folks out there for free.

Publicity will be the trick and rorykern has some leads on free community calendars and newsletters.

See ya soon I hope!
Sparky:P

[rorykearn]

OK, Sunday's fine. And I do have good news. On a couple of fronts. And you know, it's not going to take much to get ourselves on the radio....if I can wrangle it.

We'll talk today on the phone.

Rorykearn

[Rhonda]

Could you please post or e-mail me at espytwo@yahoo.com (yes that's my real e-mail now, I'm fed up with Excite) what time you all are meeting on Sunday? Even though I'm working I might be able to meet with you depending on the where and when. Thanks! :)

[rorykearn]

email on the way

As soon as we know when we're meeting, we'll email you. Sparky and I will be talking on the phone soon.

Rorykearn

[Sparky]

Hi all,
I decided to set a date, time , place and see who
can show up. Sounds like S_Sis and I can do it.
Sunday 2pm Powell's Books in Cascade Plaza across from
Wa. Sq. Gave S_sis directions. Please come if possible.
Tried to get in touch with rorykern and sent mail to
Rhonda, before making plans, but couldn't talk to them.
Feel Freeeee to call me, but use my real name if someone answers,
I am not aka Sparky around home. :D :D :D

[Rhonda]

I don't get off work until 4:30-5pm. Sigh. But at least my husband found a new speedometer and is putting it in his car tomorrow so I was only without my car today. Maybe I'll be able to make the next one, just let me know when and where. :P

[Sparky]

For Rhonda and Debrina,
scape_sis, rorykern and I and a friend of rorykern met today and
came up with some PLANS. Basics are:
Leaflets outside 3 Block Busters and inside 2 malls, guerilla bookmarking, and free showings of FS at Beaverton Library 3 or 4 times before Jan 10th.

We are also gonna get T SHIRTS!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSs!. There are a lot to chose from, and they sound great. It will really
help with the mall thing. Scape_sis said she handed out lots of flyers at the 'couv mall, and many people who were fans didn't know it was cancelled, so she got to a lot of the casual viewers who didn't know about the cancellation.
rorykern has some great ways to get free publicity for the showings. Scape_sis is going to KUFO event tomorrow to hand out flyers and talk to the DJ there (free Spiderman giveaways by the station).

We actually came up with dates for our actions, but I will post them later. We need your help. Some of us volunteered kids and parents, but we will do much better if we
1. have more people
2. can work in shifts or cover different dates rather than all of em.
Please think about which eps we should show, maybe 2 each time. We should be ready to suggest and agree soon.

More details coming your way... tomorrow.
rorykern and scape_sister: I had a good time, its an exciting plan, and clever!!!

[Sparky]

CHECK THIS OUT! Graphics and bkmrks
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4551
http://www.pgniteshade.com/gigienthusiast/bookmarks.html
and
http://groups.msn.com/TheDarkSideofJohnCrichton/savefarscape.msnw?Page=4 see page 5 too.

woooohoooo:D :D :D
My finding it tonite is a good omen, it has to be a lucky sign. I looked for the bkmark thread before and couldn't find it. There's good info on paper stock too.
:joy:

[Rhonda]

Wow, sounds like a lot was accomplished. Wish I'd been there. I love the t-shirt idea, can't wait for that! My favorite bookmark page is http://www.pgniteshade.com/gigienthusiast/bookmarks.html I love the blue! My own humble opinion of course. I'll get some of those done this week so they'll be ready to hand out/strategically leave around. (A huge thank you to the creator of those book marks by the way!) We're supposed to be having rain soon and with the holidays sneaking up it will be prime hunting...I mean information sharing with the general public...within a couple weeks. I'll start mulling over ep suggestions, I'll have to keep in mind the ones that even a newbie could understand. I'm steering toward 1st season eps I believe, I'll let you know. Thank you so much for the update on the meeting! I really appreciate it! :)

[scape_sister]

:spin: scape_sis checking in! I went to the Kufo event today! I won two DVD's!!! Anyways here's the scoop. I got there about 12:10 pm (I don't get out of class until noon) and there was a small group huddled around the kufo swag team and Boomer (I think he's the guy the DJ's tease/make fun of/ or make him do the street work) Anyway I walked right up and gave him the flyer and introduced myself and our cause and he said he remembered the show ("It has that blue guy on it, right?"). I calmly told him it was a woman (Zhaan). We all laughed. He said he'd talk to his boss (the main DJ's) and try to talk about it!

I think I made a memorable impression, since somehow I lucked out winning two DVD's!! ("The savefarscape chic won a DVD!") Applause then followed. I printed 30 copies of the flier and passed out 17. I had to get back to class at 1:10 pm. I gave up lunch. (some lifesavers, literally saved my life!) So I was only there from 12:10 to 12:50 (drive time). But I got a lot of positive responses.

It wasn't very busy there but it was Monday. It was a very big Blockbuster so I feel that it would be the best location in Vancouver for our little stake out. I bet it'll be swamped on fri or sat. If the radio station picked that location, we should just follow their footsteps.

Well going to check some other things out. Talk to you ladies soon! I had a great time on Sun!;) ;)

Sarah

[Rhonda]

:aok: You totally rock sister!!!!! Awesome! Congratulations on your win too! I wish we had some smileys that did the wave. :D

[Sparky]

All right Scape Sister, you totally rock!
Cool that the "street man" announced you as the 'savefarscape girl" :cool: It's action-oriented folks like you that will make this work. Passing out flyers less than 24 hours after our get together was great.

I am working on our secret production tonite.
:aok:

[scape_sister]

Ok Jenn, everyone,

I finally found the link to the flyer. If you haven't found it already. here it is and some other ones I think you or anyone in this group should look at.

www.atlanta-midtown.com/atl_farscape_flyer.pdf

www.atlanta-midtown.com/fars...ewingparty.pdf

www.atlanta-midtown.com/gen_farscape_flyer.pdf

If these don't work then go to Frell me Dead, then graphics, then New Save Farscape Flyer.

Sarah :D

[scape_sister]

Hello one and all! I saw the amount of views on this thread and there is 267!!!!

There is no way that the four of us has made all those views! We know your out there!

Please, if you are a fan in our area we would love to have your support. We have only met twice and have come up with a fun way to give Farscape recognition. Please post here and let us know-- we let you in on all the news!!!! Its easy, were very flexible and understand about the time issue. I finally have met some scapers and had a great time at our meetings. You will too!

scape_sister :aok:

[rorykearn]

Hi, all! I've been away....not feeling well.

Scape sister, you are AWESOME! That is great about the KUFO thing! I loved reading it. Thanks for the flyer, I'm working on that right now.

The meeting yesterday went well. I'm going to the mall tomorrow to hand out bookmarks....and since I'm going to go to Best Buy for CD's, I thought I'd make a few about buying the DVD's and see what happens.

Also, I'm oging to send out the email about T-shirts again, since I'm ordering shirts tomorrow or Wednesday morning....and want to make sure everyone that wants one gets one.

Rhonda and Deb....if you want let me know ASAP.

Also, meeting next Sunday at my place, I'm downloading music vids now too, I have about 15 already on CD for viewing....I'll send my address out to our group in email.

Jenn
aka Rory Kearn

who is feeling much better today

[Sparky]

The major malls, and Fred Meyer do not allow
handing out flyers or bookmarks, and security will
kick us out if they catch us doing it overtly. This includes
giving anything out in the parking lots.
That leaves checking with stores, it is up to them about letting us
do it in their stores.

Next Step?
Pioneer Sq is only open public area that may have
shoppers on 11/29, that I can think of.
There are sidewalks in front of Clackamus, but they
are surrounded by turn lanes and cars, not pedestrians.
Sidewalks are not conducive, since 95% of people going
to malls drive.
What does that leave? More Block Busters?
Should I check Fry's, they sell ALOT of S1. dvd's.
(fun fact, 80% of OR's population live w/in 30 miles of
Fry's - Wilsonville. That doesn't mean they all go there,
but it is the GO TO place for video, music and PC games
south of PDX)

[scape_sister]

I haven't checked but I'm sure Vancouver Mall has the same policy. As for where to go now, I feel Pioneer SQ is our best bet.

Also, I feel we should make guerilla trips to stores together, since we can't use the malls. I feel we should target these stores in our area even if they are located in a mall.

Fry's (Sparky's idea sounds good)
Best Buy
Suncoast
Barnes & Noble
B. Dalton Books
Walden Books
Gaming stores
libraries
colleges
etc. any more you guys can think of

I think on the dates we wanted to do the malls, we should meet up and do this instead, might be able to hit multiple locations in one day. If we recruit others we can meet up, split list of locations, then do our job.
I also feel Blockbuster jobs could be expanded possibly?
What about guerilla-ing the sci-fi, romance, action sections of dvd's and videos in movie stores?

Let me know what you think

scapesis

[Rhonda]

O.k, maybe it rains too much or maybe it's just a bad idea but if we can't go in the mall and hand this stuff out (or in the parking lot) what about putting flyers/bookmarks under windshield wiper blades on cars? I'm just worried about being too obnoxious though. But hey, ya never know when a bad idea might spark a better idea in someone else's head. I've also been thinking maybe places like Wunderland and where teenagers hang out. By the way, thanks for keeping me updated on your meetings. The next one that is not on a Sunday (I work every Sun) please let me know. But then again, I haven't called in sick in almost 2yrs, maybe <cough> <cough> ;) I might be able to make one soon.

[Sparky]

Good to hear from you:cool:
I thought of the car thing, so I asked bout the pkg lots.
No deal. BUT, I love the guerilla thrill, so we can storm the stores and goodness, there have to be 10 Starbux in a 5 block radius of
any mall, with tables and newspapers to put flyers in.

Since Jenn is stuck at the conference;)
I can meet you Saturday if you are able. Scapesis may be
able to. You know we can use help, with our schedule and the food drives.

Afternoon is best for me. Can you meet Saturday?
We have some vids we need your input on for our food
drive.

You can call me at work or home.
:aok:

[Rhonda]

Well, Saturday is my birthday. "MY" day so I should be able to get away with anything I want (hee hee hee) as far as I know my family doesn't haven't anything planned for me in the afternoon. My husband is asleep now so tomorrow I'll make sure, but I really don't think it will be a problem. I was soooooooo bummed not to be able to go to the Burbank Con (especially because it's during my birthday) so this will be the next best thing! :D

[rorykearn]

stuck at the Con - hehehe

:-)

I think the guerrilla thing is good....and I agree that it would be easier to do it together. I've done it on my own....and it's a bit nerve wracking. We could all spend a few hours on a Sat...a few Sat's between now and the return of Farscape in Jan and meet somewhere, pick a car and drive around and hit places with bookmarks.

The only place I can think to add to the list of stores already mentioned is Borders. We can pick an area, like Clackamas and just drive from store to store.

I think any DVD that is sci-fi ish is a good one and then the romance ones. Plus books, which I had a lot of fun doing.

So now I guess a meet is on for Thursday, and you all have fun on Saturday. I promise I'll take lots of pictures and lots of notes and come back and tell you all stories.

Rory

[rorykearn]

Change of plans.

I'm going to meet Sparky on Thursday and she'll get your shirts to you, Scapesis.

Rory

[Sparky]

Meeting Saturday
Hi Rhonda,
While our BBusters here will NOT let us hand out
bookmarks, Sarah and I are meeting at Powell's
books, Cascade at 1pm tomorrow. Please come!!!:)
We need to finalize what we will do for canned food drive
at Beaverton Library.

Also, guerilla marketing!
Hope you can make it.

:rollin:

[Rhonda]

:D I will be there!!!! Can't wait to meet you and Sarah! I would've called you but I didn't have a chance until after 10pm and I have strict etiquette rules on when to call people. But I will definately be there! I'm so excited! What a birthday present to me!!! :party:

[Fianna-Garou]

Ahhh! More Oregonian Scapers!

Yay! :aok:

Finally stumbled over here after just viewing the main pages for news.

Better late than never I guess.

[Fianna-Garou]

Oh...man, replying to my own post ::sheepish grin::

What about sneak peeks for movies? Easier to catch people out front of those since you tend to have to line up a good deal before the start of the movie.

Mind you, there's more than the ones I've gone to. But for the local Portlanders, youbored.com is where I register for alot of sneak peeks.
They typicall hold theirs at the Lloyd Center. Occasionally inside the one at the mall, and once, all the way out here at the Tigard Cinema.

You may not get tickets for said movie, but they do list where and when they'll hold it.

-FG

[angharad]

yoyoyo! <wave>

Thanks for posting this!
I kept thinking I can't be the only fan in the state!

I work weekends, or I'd be helping out at OryCon...
I keep thinking somebody should also post flyers at PSU. I wish I had enough time (and tape) to do that.

[Fianna-Garou]

Ride past PSU on the bus...but wouldn't know where to post anything.

There's also the PCC campuses. I mainly think of the Sylvania campus.

But I haven't done anything around the colleges for a couple years...

Hobbyshops/Games Stores?

I know it's all the way across town from me, but Bridgetown Hobbies & Games over on 33rd and Sandy is where I tend to go. And they DO have bulitin boards.

Or could see about putting something on top of the case. They have a few fliers around there.
And...they carry the Farscape RPG! "See the game? Watch the show!"

Costco investments in Scotch Tape. My issues revolve around printer ink. And...I'm a pansy!

-Fi

[Sparky]

Finally!:cool:
We have formed a titled group so we can have a charity event.
A big Pacific NW Farscape Fans Welcome!
Putting up flyers at PSU and other colleges is a great idea.
We have bkmarks that Scape Sister put the mini-flyers on,
and they could go in a pile near the food area (lower Smith Hall) with alternate newspapers and advertisments.
We are having some new bkmrks made, and we have a watch farscape flyer and a primer that would be good for
converting family and friends.

So if you want, we could meet and pass the material around, or maybe PM it to you?

Movies with canned food drive is
12/14 1-3, 1/7 -7-9 at Beav. Library and
12/17 at Marshall Center, Clark College (WA) from 6-10PM.
We actually need help deciding what to show.

We can use any help you have time for. I could send the schedule of events to you, but we don't want to post it here.
(I think).


:think:

[Sparky]

I dropped by Wa. Sq Suncoast and they were out of bkmarks and wanted more, so I gave them about 40, but I think they could go thru 100's. YIKES it was so crowded! I gave a few mini flyers w/
food drive, but they could use more.

I guess I will be chopping bkmrks tomorrow.
I can't get to Clackamus Suncoast, but they may be out too.

They are really big fans.
They have the BOS1 and 1st season at EYE level
on the wall.

[Sparky]

Some of us signed up for the meet on 12/4, thru this fee service. I have a feeling we will see a lot more new people ( like this week!) due to all the publicity kicking up now

Go vote for a meeting place or suggest another one. Then they tally the votes and that's where you meet.

www.meetup.com
:hi:

See, Fianna-Garou we always reply to our own posts!
:D

[Fianna-Garou]

No cash here, but if it's local to tri-met, and not too late, I can get to quite a few places and cheer lead. (I even have a Farscape shirt, good for all Scaper occasions)

"Squashington Bear" (As my mom jokingly calls Wa. Sq.) is VERY local to me.

Southwest busses are such a bitch though. they never run late enough!

I'll try to make it to some of the Beaverton Library thing, I havent actually been into the new building since they moved out of the old grocery store. So, unless my holiday temp job finally decides to schdule me, I'll show up.

Whatcha trying to consider showing? As sad as it sounds, I'd consider some of the slight more serious episodes of Farscape. Nerve and Hidden Memory are a GREAT place to start. That's where I started, they have a great hook to 'em.
I know how easy it'd be to scare people off with some of the crazy ones.
Although, John Quixote might have enough raspberries, without being considered as much of an acid trip as Wont Get Fooled Again.
Gotta shot Green Eyed Monster. Some of the classic, run the ship ones. Through the Looking Glass and Beware of Dog come to mind. They're not the most arc hooked episodes, but they definitely showcase the show's action, and humor all at once. Oh! I Shrink Therefore I Am.

I'll stop, slap a mute on myself.

-FG:D

[Sparky]

Hey, if you can't make it, send some friends!
It would be a news item if we were to raise
some significant amount of food, significant being
relative. We think we will get free publicity for
the food drive, since it is a good community bbd item
or local paper calendar thing.
ooo, if you are close to WA SQ and we get lots of
bkmrks to you, you could supply our friends at Suncoast,
regularly.

You could look at the videos on farscapefantasy.com
and nominate 5 or 6 that would be good to show
to new comers to the show before and after the ep.
Vids we are considering are:
This Woman's Work, Kiss, Superman, Bed of Roses, Smile.
It took us about 2 hours to come up with that, but we
had fun watching them. We rejected Fly, You can't get a Man with a Gun (cute), Wonderful (one of my faves),Cry, The Companion.

Here's a short list we came up with, after ruling out some of the
complex ones or 2 parters. We only have enuff time in
Beav lib to show one and some vids.

Throne for a Loss The Way We Weren't
The Flax Family Ties
Out of their Minds Meltdown
Green eyed Monster (it's unanimous)
Scratch and Sniff
Crichton Kicks
Nerve and Hidden Memory (maybe at Marshall) where we
can show two eps.

None of us saw the premier for a long time after we
started watching, so we thought we would skip it and give
a short intro to the movie about how John got there.

Sounds like Green-eyed has a lot in its favor.
We are trying to get friends/family who haven't seen it to
help us by showing as much of the above to them before
12/12.

:P

[Fianna-Garou]

Meltdown might be more...sensual than you want for some people. I loved it, but some folks would probably be moderately outraged. I can imagine the sniffy huffs people could go into.

And Scratch'n'Sniff is just...odd. I mean it's good, but the style of storytelling used for it, might turn people off, because it can be hard to follow. Not everyone finds Crichton's train of thought the easiest set of tracks to trace.

Crichton Kicks is also another oddball. Crazy drunk, with shaggy beard, writing out math equasions on every surface avalible. And some snobby red chick. "What the hell kinda show is this?"

They're good in that they're reasonably stand alone. But not so good because they're some of the more oddball episodes of the show. I seem to recall some of the debate surrounding Scratch'n'Sniff when it debuted. It was one of those polarity episodes. You love it, or you hate it. There didn't seem to be a middle ground on it.

Picking episodes can be so hard.

I gave up on converting my parents. Mom never watches TV, and dad is such a snob about Sci-Fi. I'm tickled he watches CSI. And not all sports and news all the time.
My older brother converted me. I've gone on to trying to convert folks I know online.
Fi's famous lead in: "So? You get sci-fi channel?"

I'll go look at music videos. I never DID get a chance to look at that Higher one. I hear it's fantastic, but I've only seen it put out through RealPlayer, and I'm on a 56k so it ends up being freeze frame with good audio.

I've seen some of the ones over there, they're okay, but AnnieBW does some of the best music videos I've seen
(Spit it out, Cant Get A Man With a Gun)...
I know I have her webpage...

http://umsa7.ums.edu/~anniebw/farscape/index.html

The Farscape Muppet Show is PRICELESS.

Anyway, yeah, I'd do bookmarks at Suncoast. I actually have a holiday temp job at Babbages, which is a couple doors down from them inside the mall. I just wish they'd schdule me...Which, they should do for more of december (Holidays!). That's beside the point.

Anywho...music video checks...check.

-Fi

[Rhonda]

:hi: Welcome Fianna-Garou and angharad!!! So glad you've joined us! Sooooo, Suncoast wants more bookmarks? I will see how much I can accomplish in time for the day after Thanksgiving. That's really great to hear! I know Christmas Eve is a terrible time for them to be showing Chain Reaction but hey, maybe someone like me who always does the bulk of their present wrapping on Christmas Eve will be tempted to watch.:D

[Sparky]

oh, great, another wonderful bunch of music videos on annie's site to watch.. Now how will I get my paid work done?
The first video that I saw was the one with the quotes about how good FS was. It may be a contender. I will try to find it.
My favorite music is in Adiemus by birgit, and it's on farscapefantasy.com, but the music is not average. So far, 3 people who don't watch FS loved Adiemus, and it almost brought tears to a guy at work who said, "you don't realize how deep and rich it is, but this brings it home." he's the one who showed me to dani moore's site.
Thanks FG for your insight on the eps!

[Fianna-Garou]

:( Not fast enough modem to look at all these. I've looked at a couple and I'm thinking "I wish I had a faster connection, so I could look at these faster....this is so SLOW!" :grr:

Ahh...well.

Have fun with those new vids. I still think she does some of the best ones.

When Dallas' collection was smaller, I did look over the ones he had...
I hate to be a critic, without offering something up in exchange. But some of those are pretty bad.

I'm almost never that...nitpicky! :eek:

::sigh::

Annie's got new ones, THOSE I gotta see!

-Fia

[Sparky]

11/29 1 PM Pioneer Square handouts and meeting to decide dates for other stuff. Meet at "top" of square by Coffee vender. Bring bookmarks, flyers or mini flyers.
11/30 ??? More other stuff??? we'll decide Friday.
12/2 Deadline for print media abt food drives ads
12/4 8 PM No location yet. Farscape Meet Up www.meetup.com
12/14 Beaverton Library 1-3 PM Pacific NW Farscape Fans' Food Drive and videos - Non Perishable food donations
12/17 Marshall Center 6-9, Clark College, Vancouver
Pacific NW Farscape Fans' Food Drive and videos - Non Perishable food donations
1/7 Beaverton Library 7-9 PM Pacific NW Farscape Fans' Food Drive and videos - Non Perishable food donations

We need to meet at Beaverton Library a little earlier than 6 to set up.
Can meet at Marshal Center at 6 to set up, open doors a little later? Are these the right times for Marshall?
Decisions: Need to decide what to show
(help) Dates for our "other stuff"
More Food Drives in Vancouver at free site after 1/10?

[rorykearn]

I'm back

Well, I'll go to Kinkos on Friday and make up more bookmarks. I'm close to Wash Square too, so I can check them. I also visit Clack Mall often and will check there. Can someone send links to the "blue" bookmarks. I've read emails about them, but not seen them.

Nice to see new people on our board. I've signed up at Meetup.com, but noticed that we don't have a host. Anyone want to volunteer.

I'm still trying to verify the Beav Library dates. So far no luck getting someone to get back to me. And then I left town.

The convention was wonderful. You can view my pics at:
http://www.crichtonisms.com/conphotos02.shtml

I'll see you all on Friday.

Rory

[Fianna-Garou]

Well, I wish I could come to the meetup, but 8pm for someone limited to Tri-Met, is pretty horrible. my local route stops running in the 9pm hour. which is...::sigh::...a pain in the ass!

I'll see if I can show up to the thing at Pioneer Courthouse Square. Can always use another person in a Farscape shirt!

-Fia

[Sparky]

Hope to see you at Pioneer Square!
We all have Farscape shirts too. ;)

[Sparky]

The Farscape Meet up sent me this mail. The deadline to change location is passed. Looks like this is the final vote for where to meet.
Who is the host? did we decide for one of us to volunteer from PNWFSF?
I seem to remember Scape_Sister said she would sign up, and we would all (3) share "duties" for greeting others.

The Farscape fans have spoken... The Farscape Meetup
in Portland, OR will be:

Wednesday, Dec 4 @ 8PM
Bridgeport Brew Pub
1313 NW Marshall St
Portland, OR 97209-2806
(503) 241-3612

We hope you can make it to this month's Meetup. Click
on the link below to confirm that you'll be there:
http://farscape.meetup.com/rsvp?e=70599&v=13533

[Rhonda]

:( Sigh, I will not be able to attend. Being a Weds and I have nobody to watch the little ones. My husband works swing shift and my mother-in-law has church choir practice. I wasn't able to make it to Pioneer Square Fri because my husband was covering the day shift for a guy who went on vacation and everyone else was out shopping. Insane, I do online shopping for the majority of my Christmas presents because the crowds, traffic and parking just get to me too much. Plus I'm a major browser and it's easier to browse online than in the actual mall. So, enough of my rambling, how did Pioneer Square go?

Edited to add: By the way, I'm getting DSL this Weds, I'll be able to watch those fan vids in lighting speed, I'm so excited!

[Fianna-Garou]

I also had...a really off kilter day yesterday, and so wasnt able to make it to the Square.

I woulda posted yesterday, but my browser did NOT seem to liking these boards.

How DID it go?

-Fia

[rorykearn]

The Pioneer Square itself was a bit tough. Surly crowd, over all. But we walked over to Pioneer Place mall and went into a few stores, Electronics Boutique, Sam Goody, Waldenbooks, and The Game Trader. We ended up leaving a ton of bookmarks with the store managers and spent some quality time at Waldenbooks. :-)

Rhonda, I wish I could help with babysitter woes, as I have a daughter who babysits. But don't remember where you live.

Everyone, still haven't confirmed the Beav. Library. So I'll be going in there on Monday morning and then calling WW to place the ad.

I just checked the meetup site and we still don't have a Host. I wish the time was a 7 PM too, but I can hack 8 PM, just be a late night for me....but then I don't have a job, so what am I complaining about. :-)

See you all Wednesday.

Rory

Oh, and I can give rides home to people on the Westside, if you can't get bus service home, but would still like to gather at the Meetup.

[rorykearn]

Yea! Our thread is at the top of the Americas board again.

Rory

[Fianna-Garou]

Humm, ride home, I might be able to make it. Well, I still need to scrape together bus fare.

Least I'm old enough to go into pubs now!

Bummer about the grouchy crowd. Perhaps they hadnt had enough coffee from the Starbucks, you know how surly folks can be without their hit of caffine!

Tried Babbages in the Washington Square mall? I can't since technically, I'm an employee there.

-Fia

[Sparky]

Rory: Thanks for the Pioneer Sq. update. Someday FG and Anghard will know what we mean by quality time. Something in the Mist? Do you still have that cd with the videos you made for S_sister, cos FG mite be able to use it.

S_Sister: I will bring your dad's shirt to the meet up!!!!
(Rats! I wanted to wear it today, but then I woulda had to wash it)

Rhonda: you're gonna love DSL! We MISSED you. : (
Soooooooo,
How about we (who talk on this forum) meet at 7 or 7:30 PM and when the other 3 or 4 from Meet up show up, we can stay another hour to get to know them. .. we can get some organizing and decisions made on current schedule before 8 in place of the weekend meeting... I think we can and should change the day to to Saturday, but it is too late now -- we have to meet the others first.
What do you think of that?

The important thing is to meet the others, and if we meet a little early to solidify some of our plans, then we can focus on meeting new people at 8-9. I am always uncomfortable with strangers, so I can't see a long party thing going on.

Oh, OK, I will be the host.
But ya gotta help me.
Hey, we have more pages than anyone!
Yay!
Oregonians for Farscape are on the move..

:D
:trans:

[Fianna-Garou]

Yay! a host!

We'll see, I might not be able to make it...simply for lacking bus funds, which was one of the reasons I couldnt make it to yesterdays. (The other being that I slept until 2 when the dog woke me up cause the Mailman had an air-mail package from the UK relatives. Guiltily kicks herself, lightly.)

Some holiday job, I've only worked one day on the darn thing! Well, it's december, perhaps it will FEEL more like the holiday season now. It sure SMELLED like winter when I stepped outside today!

-Fia

[Rhonda]

Rory, you are so sweet. I live in Canby, but my biggest problem with babysitting is my oldest son, who's 8, has mild autism. His routine is almost unbreakable without major upset, especially on a school night. And unless you get to know him, he'll drive you up the frelling wall. The lady who watches him after school 2 days a week took about 6 months to finally understand him. My other son, who is 6, fortunately does not have autism, is very happy go lucky and just a sweetie. But considering my 8 yr old, I just won't put your daughter through that! :)

This week I'll be getting those info pamphlets and cool blue bookmarks done. If I can't make it to the first library date I'll mail them to Sparky, and maybe some blue bookmarks depending on how many I can manage to have made. I'm aiming for "lots and lots".:D

[Sparky]

I got mail today that said only 3 people confirmed the meet up and it will be cancelled w/o min. of 4, so if anyone is reading this that didn't confirm going, please confirm (if you want to go).

((Rhonda)) I can't find the blue bkmrks anymore, they are
off the site I saw them on. Do you know where they were moved?
Or do you have them saved from before? I couldn't find a place on the former bkmrk page to send a message, about where they went.
:eek:

[Rhonda]

I should have them saved somewhere. If not, well, I'll just have to find another kick-a** bookmark, with all the talent around here it shouldn't be a problem! :P

[Fianna-Garou]

I wanna come, but I cant promise anything, so I really cant RSVP one way or another.

And the page wouldnt load either.

Hrumph!

I hate being broke. I wouldnt mind not being on the schdule for work, if I had a bit more in the way of spendable money.
Talk about a blue funk, I needed a chocolate cure, I made brownies!

Is there a possibility for a more SW meetup? At an earlier time? or on a weekend?

-Fia

[Sparky]

Hi,
I will be hosting the meet up at 8PM.
Please go to farscape.meetup.com and confirm you are
coming. Looking forward to meeting Farscape fans from the Portland area.

[Fianna-Garou]

Ya'll still doin the 7-7:30 early gathering? or should I pop in at 8?

Whodathink, I'm gonna be able to make it.

-Fia

[Sparky]

FG!
Come on down, we will be there between 7:30 and 7:45,
can't make it at 7.

[Fianna-Garou]

I'll be hoofin it from the bus mall, but I'll make it down there for awhile!

See ya then!

-Fia

[scape_sister]

I contacted the Independent today and they will be emailing me
info about advertising cost and production dates.

Back to finals,

scapesis

[Fianna-Garou]

I'm a no-go for saturday.

::flails her hands::

-Fia

[scape_sister]

Just finished a final!!!!
two more to go!! on Wed.

When are we meeting this week to go over last minute things for next tues?

I will be calling Columbian today to find out about advertising. We need press release? My brother watched green eyed monster and out of their minds. He liked both of them but had trouble with out of their minds because he doesn't know the characters and then they switched! It was a little confusing so he didn't get a lot of the inside jokes that we get because we know the show. I think the flax, or throne for a loss might be better. the flax could be a possibility (focuses on John and Aeryn relationship).
(throne for a loss focuses it's humor on fighting, and violence). Good episode though.
Also what about farscape undressed (hard to get on cd?) Ben and Claudia are so cute together.

Be back later,

scape_sister

[rorykearn]

Good luck on Finals, scape sister. I haven't had any luck finding anyone who can burn eps they've copied onto their comps onto DVDs. I'm still trying.

Rory

[Rhonda]

scape sister, for character info for Tues I made 50 copies of the primers that Sparky gave me last month. Whatever is left can go to the next function or to people we're showing FS to. I'm starting to think 50 isn't near enough. I think I'll make more just to be on the safe side.
The episode I'd like to show is Nerve. (is that the "my side your side" with Stark or is that hidden memory? I can never keep the show's names straight) But I fear it might be too dark. Whatever you guys pick is fine with me. I trust the judgement of this group!:)

Edited to add: I have season 1 on DVD up to A Bugs Life (volume 9) I also have Aeryn, Zhaan and Chiana action figures mint in the box. Would you like to give one away at each event? I just started buying the figures so it's no problem to start over.

[Sparky]

Hi all,

Scape Sis, we didn't set a time, and I am very busy until Thurs.
If we want to meet Thurs or Fri or Sat, ok by me.
I reallyl can't before that. Your last final is Wed ! Good Luck!!

Hey Rhonda,
I think 50 flyers are plenty, for Marshall. Since you can't come to the showing at Clark College, hows about we get them from you Fri or Sat?

You are saving a blue john bkmk aren't you? heheh.

Rory, SS and I have talked with the Seattle folk, and are discussing a little ride up to Seattle in Jan, (if weather is good), any chance you could go on a weekend? We have a long lead time...?

[Rhonda]

As long as we leave on a Saturday morning! Can't miss my Farscape Fridays!!!! :D If I can get the time off work I think it would be a lot of fun. I've only been to Seattle once and it was just to pick up some car stuff my husband bought and then turn around and come home. Sounds like a lot of fun!!!!:P

[scape_sister]

Rory,

maybe this thread can help. People are offering to burn cds

www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5543

If we can't find any from s3 then rhonda's idea of nerve is a good one. I understand s2 has been released until "the ugly truth". I am going to look at eps up until then. Throne for a loss might be a definite possibility. Not our 1st pick but may be our only alternative. I found two things in the Columbian to get our info out.

Mike Bailey-Bits 'n' Pieces
His column appears on Mon and Wed.
Call at (360) 759-8050
fax at (360) 699-6033
email mike.bailey@columbian.com

Also:
FYI Calendar
Editor Mary Ricks
Items should be forwarded to her by noon the day before publication.
Items for Sunday and Monday publication must be in by noon Friday. They may be brought to Ricks at The Columbian, News Department, 701 W. Eighth St. (I know where this is)

mailed to her at Box 180,
Vancouver, WA 98666.

emailed at mary.ricks@columbian.com
phone (360) 699-6047

Since we only have six days, and for the FYI calendar until noon Fri. Lets come up with something fast about the Marshall Center.

This is what I have so far:

Dear sir/madam,

We are a community group called Pacific NW Farscape Fans and we will be hosting a food drive/video(right word?)showing at Marshall Community Center on Tuesday, December 17th at 6:30pm. A donation of one non-perishable food item will be appreciated and will be benefiting the Oregon Food Bank and Salvation Army. People will have the option to stay and enjoy two episodes of the hit series Farscape, and a couple of fan made videos, while helping needy families in our region.

The FYI calendar info should just be a summary and info of dates and times and address and an email for more info.

Input appreciated.

scape_sis

[Sparky]

Hi Scape Sister~finals_beater!

Send those places the announcement. I would make it less passive sounding this way:
We are a community group called Pacific NW Farscape Fans and we will be hosting a food drive/video(right word?)showing at Marshall Community Center on Tuesday, December 17th at 6:30pm. A donation of one non-perishable food item will be appreciated and will be benefiting the Oregon Food Bank and Salvation Army. People will have the option to stay and enjoy two episodes of the hit series Farscape, and a couple of fan made videos, while helping needy families in our region.
We are a community group called Pacific Northwest Farscape Fans. We are hosting a food....
For donation of one non-perishable food item to benefit the Oregon Food Bank and the Salvation Army homeless shelter, People can enjoy two episodes of the award winning series Farscape. The Science Fiction show features an earth astronaut's adventures on the far side of the universe. Help feed the hungry and enjoy a movie or two.

What do you think

[scape_sister]

Thanks Sparky,

I'll mix yours and mine and I think we have it! Your right assertiveness is the key!

scape_sis

[Sparky]

I have the equipment, tried it all out, it worked perfectly.
A friend who worked in audio visual set ups for 10 years is
coming with me!

What I didn't get were the primers from Rhonda. Scape_sister
said she could bring them. We need a box for the food donations.
I will try to get one. Scape_Sistser said she would make
feedback forms w/out the WWeek question too.
She will bring the CD too. We never agreed on the videos (music), but there were a lot to chose from. I am bringing
Flax and Family Ties. Jen has TFAL I think.

We will have a lot of bookmarks too.
We didn't advertise any door prizes, so I don't think we
need anything else.

The speakers only have about 10 ' of wire, but that should be ok.
We need to elevate them. I think we can use chairs.

Call me at work, if you think of anything else. I will leave
by 4 PM.
Here we go!:D

[Rhonda]

Sorry I missed your call today Sparky. We didn't get home until quite late and it wasn't until after the kids were put to bed that I thought to check my messages. Sorry I was so dense on getting those primers to you. I hadn't heard anything so I was starting to think you all didn't need them. I guess I should have gotten out of my Christmas daze and found out. My fault completely. I'm very sorry. If there isn't a meeting planned in the near future why don't you pm me your home or work address so I can at least mail them to you for the next library date. (Or let me know where you work and I can drop them off.) The bookmarks I have planned will be done this week, I can send (or drop off) some of those to you too. I wish I could be there for this, it sounds so exciting. Please, please let me know how it goes. Best of luck to you all and it's a great comfort knowing who will be representing Farscape! You guys rock! :beer:

[Sparky]

I hope people show up. We didn't do much advertising done other
that what Scape_Sister and her amazing flyers at the college
will bring. We have the other one 1/7 at Beaverton Lib, so we can use the primers there. We will probably meet before that. We can only show ONE there.

Wilsonville Lib has a room and large TV for free that holds about 15 people. It is a place to continue to hold more if we want in JAN and FEB.
The ratings have to be constant, not one good night followed by
declining ratings, so more would be better. Food drives are a all time high this month, so people may be tired of giving, but ready in
Feb or March.

I will let you and FG and Angrahard know how it went by posting an update here.

[Sparky]

:cool: We did it! I think we learned quite a bit from this, but a big thanks to Scape_sister, rorykern, michael, Sparky and Rhonda for
our first ever food drive. Every can or package of noodles helps someone who had less than they need. Yay US!

rorykern has some good leads now for better attendance, and we may need some help spreading the posters around.
Anyone interested?

[Sparky]

Hey Oregon Fans! I just saw this again, and I thought why not, we all travel around and some of us go to school even?
I don't know why it didn't sink in last Oct. when I saw it first, or why this seems like a good way to reach a lota folk all of a sudden to me. Could even advert. the food drive.
from anotha thread:
Originally posted by anomia
Humm...I'm envisioning Farscape flyers taped on the inside of stall doors in theater bathrooms across the nation this holiday season! A captive audience for Farscape advertising!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This idea rocks! Hubby and I are going to the movies this week and we are smuggling in tape and flyers!!


__________________

So we make our leetle flyers (posters for S_S) and take them shopping and to movies with us. I would really recommend just the ones that say 12/24 and 1/10, or the business cards would be great!

CHECK THESE OUT!! WISH WE COULD AFFORD THESE, BUT THEY ARE SO COLORFUL
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5385

But we could print them on paper instead of card stock, and color copy,, anyway, we could at least do some flyers with them and tape them up in bathrooms at malls (ick) or movies, or Schools.
You know they aren't checked or cleaned more'n once/day, so they would last. THis is a good idea for when school starts and the season is going on .
:D :D :D :D :D :D :aok: :aok: :P :cool: :cool: :cool:

P.S. The meet up - there are 12 listed, and bridgeport is back. Last time I think putting this url in the little msgs got people to come here. Is that how FG and AH found us?

[Sparky]

I don't think I can go in Jan, and it has me as the Host, even tho I didn't sign up for it THIS TIME.
So since none of the people who went last time really liked B. Pub, we should vote on a nice quiet place like Borders and
CHANGE THE LOCATION by voting on another place. I think we should or some of us should change the blurb under our names at the Meet up site.
Time for bed.
:snore:

[Fianna-Garou]

Yeah, that's how I found you guys.

I knew about watchfarscape.com since it was still wdsection. But not a specific group-o-scapers.

Sorry I havent been on the map. Between this, and that, and the other, I've been brainfogged. (Happy Holidays).

What about Borders downtown, and...I think we all wanted to do something earlier than that god-o-clock time we ended up with last month.

-FG

[Sparky]

We are having a meetup Sunday at 2 pm, Powell's books coffee bar on E Burnside.

The Pacific Northwest Fans Food Drive is happening January 7th.
We hope to see you there. Watch the Willamette Week community calendar for our ad!

[Sparky]

Due to various issues we WILL NOT MEET TODAY.

we will meet next weekend. Location and time to be announced.

[Sparky]

Our food drive is on the front page of this site!!!
Thanks rorykern for writing it up and sending to the web master. I want to copy it to the campaign commando reports too. Many posters mentioned they never go to the front. It is so cool to have our exploits up to inspire others. :D

How about meeting SATURDAY Morning? Not too early (10 or 10:30?) , but that leaves all afternoon for family stuff. We could meet at Powell's downtown or ? Cascade?

I was mistaken about Sunday being better for us. Saturday is best for 2 of us.

:aok:

I hope y'all have a great New Year.
Reply to this thread if you can't meet Saturday

[Sparky]

Meet us at Cascade Powells Books 11 AM Saturday Jan 4.
Plans for the library show/food drive. Media actions, maybe...
monkey business....

[Rhonda]

:bounce: I'll be there! If I manage to come sans children I get a mocha!!! I love mochas. A lot.
Monkey business? I love monkey business. :P

[Rhonda]

O.k, I'll be there without the children! Yay!:D But because I got a bit caught up on the voting thing I'll be a bit late. I haven't even showered yet and the meeting is in less than an hour! Sorry sorry sorry sorry!!!! But I'll get there as quickly as I can!!!! Make sure the mocha guy doesn't go anywhere!!!!:P

[Rhonda]

My husband heard a Farscape commercial on 1080am KOTK a little bit ago. He told me it said something about Star Trek being saved 30yrs ago but couldn't tell me much more because he was in heavy traffic. I can't seem to find any radio ads though with that type of dialogue here though. Did I miss something at our last meeting????:D

[Sparky]

(((Rhoda))) I don't know anything about it, we haven't met since that monkey biz at P's B. I mean, rorykern and i did the library movie, but only one person came. They are interested in helping tho. I can't meet on Sat. Nothing is set up.
The radio ad must be a free spirit!

[Rhonda]

Even better! Check out "Get your radio ads here" in campaign strategizing! It's so cool!!! Here's a quick jump to the ad http://www.jmaxproductions.com/Farscape/diy.html courtesy of JMax, it's so incredibly cool!!!!!!! I wish these guys would join our little NW group, sounds like they could give us some great tips!!! <hint hint wink wink if you're reading this gentlemen!!!> I was just so happy to finally hear the ad, it was even better than I thought it would be!:D

[rorykearn]

The radio ad is on 1080 AM radio, I'm not sure of the radio station letters. I haven't heard one yet.

Rory kearn

[Rhonda]

It's 1080 KOTK, my husband listens to them a lot. BTW, I called Oregon Live.com and it looks like running an ad on there can run as low as 250.00 a month. The guy is supposed to e-mail me with all the info and we're going to talk on Monday. Don't worry, I don't expect any outside funds. I didn't run this by anyone's approval, just a little something I wanted to check out. Now that I've almost recovered from Christmas, I have some extra funds. yay!!!:D

[Sparky]

Wait a minute, Rhonda, the FWA IS giving away money. Portland is in the top 26 markets, and has a huge sci fi following
(note Orycon).Send them mail, it doesn't hurt to ask!
In fact, I rather think they might help out with radio ads AND newspaper ads. Give them a call.

[Rhonda]

Hmmmm, didn't think of that. I didn't think they would help with a web page ad. I'll have to go check out that thread again. Thanks!:cool:

[Sparky]

You never know, I would think they might.
I just read this over at
http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=6603
According to Time Warner San Diego, Farscape’s ratings were at a 3.3, while Stargate SG-1 received a 2.8.
San Diegeo seems to be a big science fiction area! Time Warner posts the top 10 shows for all of their cable channels I think. What this means is that Farscape outperformed SG1 in San Diego, and that it got a lot higher than the national average in San Diego.

And of course its good news, it's just good news local to San Diego.

Wahington, D.C. is also a market that does a lot higher than the nationals for science fiction. I think local numbers would be more accurate than the national ones. You have a number closer to what is actually out there. I could be wrong, and I probably am, but it just makes more sense to me that 5000 people nationwide dictate what 10 million people watch.

So I wonder what about pdx? It is a big sci fiction area, with dedicated cons for sci fi and so is Seattle. Maybe we are more important if you look at the Warner stats? Maybe PDX ratings went above 2.0 for FS.Next time we do more posters, we should PUT BOTH TImes on it, but encourage earlier showing somehow. Just a thought, PDX ratings might be important, so who knows how we could get them?

[Rhonda]

Even though PDX is only 26 (I think) in the Nielsen market, I think we have great potential in bringing up ratings. Not to pigeon hole people but we have an enormous amount of techies. The NW has Microsoft and Intel and tons and tons of other computer and robotics junkies. On the flipside San Diego is home to tons of Navy people who would tune into Farscape because of the weapons, great tactical maneuvers or sheer luck from the lack there-of, intensely witty humor, not always winning "just because you're the good guy" and awesome fight scenes so I can completely see why San Diego has a high rating for Farscape. (They might also have a big techie community but that I'm not all that sure of.) I think most people in the military would love Farscape. Honestly, Farscape can reach soooo many people on so many levels that I'm going to go all out now and do as much as I can in hopes of reaching just one....frelling....holy grail to Sci Fi....Nielsen box!!!!

[Sparky]

The high tech people have Babylon 5, Xena, and Star Wars action figures all over the cubicles. This area is teeming with people who will love FS, if they can be made aware of it in time!

[Rhonda]

At least we're doing more on trying to achieve that than Sci Fi ever did! :aok:

[Sparky]

That's right Rhonda. It is amazing how much a small group can do with determination and imagination. I am in awe of Terra Firma.
Wow.

[Rhonda]

Me too! I absolutely loved it! My husband actually went to my Mom's on Friday and hung out (well, fixed a bunch of their computer stuff too) and waited until it was done taping just so we could have our Farscape Friday. The crazy thing was, after he got home we kept looking at the clock like we used to. Crazy.
I was at the grocery store tonight and I was walking around I noticed an ad for car insurance on the inside end of the cart. Hmmmmm, I thought. Everyone buys groceries!!! If I have time tonight I'm going to see if I can find some web sites on this and what the $$ might be.

[Rhonda]

O.k, went to adcart.com and sent them an e-mail. Seems like it might be massively expensive, but it doesn't hurt to ask. Heck, the San Antonio sign is only $150 a day!!!! I'd love to find something that cheap with that much exposure around here! Anyway, I'll let you know what adcart.com says if they respond.:D

[Sparky]

OK, But don't try any monkey business, because you never
know when they "clean" out the carts.;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
heheheheh

[Rhonda]

Oooooooo, wicked idea. <cough cough> I would never do that, maybe. Now my little brain is comparing this to a "taking forever" red light at 3a.m and nobody is around.
Hmmmm, had another idea and this one won't get me in trouble! I'll let you know if it pans out!:)

[scape_sister]

Hey ladies!!

I have internet access!!!
I just did it an hour ago and have been sorting through all the email!
Bummer about Beav. but I think it was a success because we got one more contact!! Welcome Greg!

I am so jazzed I don't have to go to my parents anymore!

When is our next meeting. I think we should meet and decide tactics to advertise Farscape Fridays! Posters, bookmarks, (I talked to suncoast at Vancouver Mall, I think they'll take bookmarks, the guy loved the show.)

Kansas and Terra Firma were awesome!

"It's called cop-porn." -Noranti, Terra Firma

(handcuffs, night sticks, reading of rights, various bodily searching, all in a very naughty way, comes to mind!!!wink wink!)

I laughed so hard. Trust farscape to surprise you with comedy when your not expecting it. It came out of nowhere and cracked me up!

Well back to the mountain of email!

scapesis

[Sparky]

Hey this is great, congrats to you and better for us!
I wonder how much those big long banners cost? A friend of mine stood on an overpass with a No on 28 sign. One person stopped to chat with him. We could freeze our butts off up there with some clever FS sign - would take 2 people.

Clear Channel has an empty billboard on Hwy 217, which about
100,000 cars go by. I bet that's expensive, cos you have to get an artist to make the sign, but what exposure that would be!
(going S. before Tigard exit).

I wonder if we all wrote to that tv columnist Peter Ames Carlin
he would pay attention. I don't even get an acknowledgement from him. He wrote about the LA TV show convention everyday, AFTER cable days, only about the lame network offerings. Nothing about cable. The Snoregonian needs a new columnist BADLY.
They have printed some "special to the Oregonian" columns by a new guy. Not enuf in my opinion. What a cushy job for Peter.

WWeek, I don't think they write anything about tv, and maybe the readers are not viewers. Maybe that's why Beav went badly.

I am in TN now, back next week. checking here when I get a chance. Can't get my local mail, tho, so excuse if I don't reply.
RHONDA - You GO, Girl!

[scape_sister]

I like these ideas,

thinking bigger may be what we need.

Lets find out about the billboard and ask the FWA for some support.

Sparky, I know about the trouble with Snoregonian. That one guy told me he'd try and get to it (sarcastically).

Anyone call Fox ptld. about the convention bit?

I will tomorrow, or is it too late? Oh, well worth a try if they can get a refeed.

That Variety cover is awesome.

We need to meet soon.

See ya when you get back Spark! Have fun!

Scape_sis

[Sparky]

Hey Scape Sister!
here's a web site with your slogan really
big on it;
http://homepage.mac.com/chryse/Guiding%20Star/Cancelled.html
ALL NW PACIFIC FANS: YOU'RE INVITED.

Can you ALL meet this Saturday?
:cool:

[scape_sister]

I talked to rorykearn this week and I can meet on Sunday. Or if anyone can make it during the week, I can meet Thursday or Friday. Farscape shows at 5pm and 9pm at my house. I can also program my satellite dish to change channels at a certain time. So even if I'm not home I just leave my TV on (like on cartoon network) then it changes to Farscape at the right time and changes back after its over. Therefore, Stargate, Dream Team, Tracker, or whatever else they show do not get my ratings.

Rorykearn said that if we met early Sunday (before noon, I think), it will be possible for her.

We need to meet and discuss some plans I know are twirling around in all of our heads.

The Farscape ad/commercial will be showing in Portland! Check out this thread:
www.watchfarscape.com/forums/attatchment.php?s=&postid=94729

Hope to see you soon!

Spark, glad you're back! We need you! Thank you for the thread heads up with my quote. I forgot where it was.

[Sparky]

I can meet Sunday in AM but we know that
Rhonda can't. I can also meet on Thurs or Fri daytime.
(this week only). SO if Sister, me or me or Sister and Rhonda can meet tomorrow or Fri, then we who can will get together w/RoryK
on Sun and co-ordinate actions....?
I hate it when Rhonda cannot meet w/us and this
would be a way around it. We have that new guy to
contact about meeting from Troutdale. Only roryk has the phone number.

What about it? I am up for meeting 2 x to get Rhonda's input.
RHONDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, can you meet this week?
Call me or post answer here.:cool:

[Rhonda]

:D Friday is good for me. Thank you for including me, I really appreciate it. :D I need some input from you all as well, o.k o.k, I need help making some final decsions and I'm stuck! :P Just let me know where and when.

[Sparky]

How about a fast food place in canby or in Wilsonville for
our usual, Starbucks in the T=way plaza.. oh, excuse me,
"Town Center". Do you know where that is? It is before Fry's. off of Wv Rd East of I-5 exit.
If you want to meet in Canby, you have to name the spot and give directions.

Has anyone made bumberstickers? Can you get special printer paper for that?

3:30 or 4 would be best for me. :-)

Haven't heard anything from SS yet.

[Rhonda]

I've been to that Starbucks quite a few times. I'm a coffee fiend, I have a gift for finding them. ;)
Time wise I guess I should have been more specific, I would have to leave by 3:15pm in order to get back in time for the kids. But anytime before that works. Yikes, I don't mean to be so difficult. I was thinking during day times. I'm sorry. If you guys meet without me I won't be offended. I understand completely. But thank you for thinking of me! :)
I haven't made any bumperstickers yet. Oregonlive.com sent me their proposal. Total monthly impressions would be 60,000 and it would be $250 a month. At the end of the proposal it stated "Campaign is for 3 months" so I don't know if they'll let me do just one month. I think I'll be focusing on getting an ad in the Oregonian. I've called them a couple times and they're nice but I haven't gotten very far. The 2 people that apparently can help me haven't been there when I call. I remember seeing something on ads and prices on their website so I think I'll go back to that and see what I can figure out. Now that we only have 8 eps left I feel that major public advertising is essential. Adcart.com pretty much have ignored me so o'well, their loss. I wish we could get a billboard like the one in San Antonio, any ideas on that?

[scape_sister]

Friday is good before 3pm because I need to be home for my daughter. My boy will either have to come with me (fast food w/play area would be good) or maybe I could arrange some quick babysitting. Sunday will definitely work for me.
I wish we could have a Farscape party at my house!
I have surround sound now, and Farscape in 5.1 sounds great!
I'll have to think of something.
Items I want to address:

Long banner w/Farscape message, standing on an overpass? (mentioned earlier)
Farscape Billboard? $$$$
Schmoozing Sci-Fi together (pay rorykearn for use of her phone, fax, and computer?)
Staging a portland/vancouver/beaverton (and surrounding suburbs) rally?
Mailbox flyers
Valentines day postcards, bumperstickers, etc.
Losing my mind....definitely!

nfearme's(sp?) site is cool. I wish the I Love Farscape stuff could remain. I noticed that nfearme was from WA. Do you know where, Sparky? Wasn't nfearme posting here before?

Back to top

Just kidding, I'm really tired!

[Sparky]

YIKES, I meant I could meet Friday, early if I rearrange
things a little. Actually I was heading over to my
new convert's house in a.m. (big screen tv) to
watch a little FS in A.M. You all could join us.
We will have coffee and Cinnamon rolls. But then we
wouldn't get anything done, hmmmm?

I can meet at the Starbucks Friday, say 9, 10, or ?? and
move my movie time with my new convert to afternoon.
Unless you WANT to come watch a few eps and then
Coffee and Cinnamon rolls, Hmmmm? We could still do some strategizin at her house.

She won't mind, (she already bought DVD's because she couldn't wait for more), but she has 3 cats, 1 dog, 1 bird, so if
you are allergic to anything, we can meet at Starbux.


Let me know, I can send directions in email to you.
I am sad about the I heart FS thread too, I LOVE
that stuff. I can't wait for my bonus in Feb.

[Sparky]

Oh yeah, and I think NHFearme is from Seattle.
We had a dialog w/ all the Seattle area people when they posted about the meet up and we said we would all go up there
sometime. (like just before the 5th season!).

[Rhonda]

I think watching FS and drinking coffee and having cinnamon rolls would be great. A little inspiration before strategizin. Everytime I see an ep it tweaks me a bit to get more done. I love Starbucks too, so either way I'll be happy!:P

[rorykearn]

I can meet Friday morning, no problem. After about 11 AM though, as I have to buy concert tickets online at 10 AM. Bon Jovi and the Goo Goo Dolls...yea!

ANd I can meet on Sunday. Saturday this week is bad, as my kids have ballet auditions. But Sunday will be great.

And yes, meeting two times is fine with me. Just set the times and I'll email my NE PDX friend and call Troutdale.

Rory

[rorykearn]

Oh, and I don't know if anyone has addressed this, but I can look into how to make bumper stickers. I'd put one on my car. I bet Kinkos can do them.

Rory

[scape_sister]

Friday is good! Sure I'll watch some eps at your friends house sparky. Coffee and rolls sounds good

I can also meet twice.
We haven't met in a while and two meets might accomplish something.

Sparky send me directions!
I'll get a babysitter!
This will be fun!
I've been wanting to watch eps with you girls!

I made a bumper sticker back in high school at kinkos. I think we just bought sticker paper and drew on it. I;m sure Rory will firgure it out. She's our kinko's techie.
go Rory!

[Rhonda]

:bounce: This sounds like so much fun!!!!!

[scape_sister]

http://funvote.com/fun/sexiest_man/

Go here, Ben looks yummy!

I voted like 10 times!

It was fun, and looking at Ben made my day!

[scape_sister]

Rory,

I heard on rosie 105 that people are already buying the tickets now instead of waiting til Sat. email them. I heard how they are doing it by going to the website (Ticketmaster) then somewhere on the bottom you enter a code. I couldn't hear what the dj said because I was in the Taco Bell line making an order) but I'm sure you can find out somehow!)

Another thing, did you guys check out the thread I posted earlier? Not the voting one. The one that listed times when the commercial is supposed to air here in Portland?

I've been watching CNN and Fx but I forgot (silly me) that my satellite dish gets its signal from east coast (Farscape shows at 5pm at my house instead of 8pm on regular cable, three hrs difference). So I messed up. I was going to tape it. Maybe we can try tomorrow.

[scape_sister]

Here is the list for the airing of Jfrankas commercial! The thread didn't work when I tried it so maybe you guys can't see it! I should've checked it out before now! Sorry!

1/31 times:

CNN--1:36pm, 2:46pm, 3:??pm, 10:00am, 11:16am, 12:26pm.

Fx--6:40pm, 9:40pm

Just a heads up!

[scape_sister]

ONe OTHER THING!!!!

CSI is mentioning Farscape tonight!

Did you guys hear about that?

My Dad is taping it for me since I don't have local channels (CBS).

[Sparky]

Yum is right! Is that pic from What was Lost? Green water?
I can't vote so much as last time - sore wrist, tasks to do.
Thanks for the CSI reminder, I forgot. My vcr doesn't work, so I'll have to watch. Also missed those commercials, but will try
tomorrow afternoon. who paid for those -- Clarvey?

I am thinking the PDX area should have plenty of
sci fi fans, so maybe we could ask fwa for a newspaper ad.

Did you see that FS rating for Terra Firma was 3.3 in SanDiego?
See you tomorrow - you know where.
'Scape On, Oregonians!

[Sparky]

DK on Larry King Live?

This was posted up on camp. strat. by dalantmm --
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I have spoken to someone in the PR department, and they told me to send suggestions for future guests to cnnfutures@cnn.com, with “Larry King Live” as the subject. She couldn’t give me any information as to how much email was needed to get the producers’ attention, but did say that email was the primary source of suggestions.
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I sent an email. We can easily fillup that mailbox.
There's a tie between Terra Firma and what just happened
that shook up our space program. Maybe now is the time to
get national attention.

[Sparky]

Pacific NW Fans met today at Powells downtown.
We talked about billbds. Spark will look into renting one from Clear Channel and making a banner to cover it. We talked about holding a banner over hiway too. Spark will check on cost of banners of diff sizes.
Maybe we could write to the editor or write an In My Opinion column for all the papers where we live. We also thought of passing ourselves off as TV Columnists and writing reviews.
I read in a zine that viewers don't care about columnist's or critic's reviews. So by writing as viewers, we may hold more influence when writing a Point Of View column.
We decided to get bumperstickers for our cars and friend's cars.
roryk is checking on printing them at kinkos. My car is
parked in a 3000 space parking lot. I can't afford carscapes, but I can afford bumper stickers. We can put them on phone poles too.

There's a Creation convention for STrk/StrWrs and Buffy/Angel
next weekend -- IN SEATTLE!. roryk said that Creation gave savefs a FREE table. at another conven. If we went up for Sat/Sun we could cover a table if there were 4-5 of us.
rorykern: can you confirm what the handouts were in the dealer's
room before?
Wonder if the Seattle fans are planning anything?

[scape_sister]

Sparky,

I was out of it on Sun, I wanted to be there! Damn those 1000word essays I have to write for English 101! Great letter by the way (to the con coordinator).

I found this and maybe it will help.

Originally posted by J_A Shipper:

I have to agree with waltersgirl. Save Farscape Canada's Intrepid!Events!Crew was in Montreal the first weekend in November with t-shirts, bookmarks, buttons, flyers, and a laptop AND vcr/tv playing Farscape eps and I know we got the attention of more than just Scapers! (If anyone wants to see pics of our table and some of our gang, go here: http://www.corsaont.icomm.ca/images...t%20Nov%202002/ or here www.savefarscapecanada.com).

As for the homework - I didn't respond because though I have been writing letters and sending postcards and such, I haven't been doing it on a regular basis, so I wasn't sure if responding "yes" would have been entirely accurate, although "no" isn't accurate, either ...

Suse

Lets do it! I'm game. Lets get those Seattle people rounded up (Nfearme etc.)

Great ideas-- feel free to delegate something to me. Sorry I couldn't make it.
:( :cry2: :bawl: :eek2: :confused:

[Sparky]

Gosh, Scape_Sis, your use of the smilies always gets me smiling, and I can remember them all day when I feel low. I was kind of down after the last ratings came out.
Want something to do? Can you check out Bill Bd prices for
Clear Channel Bill Boards? They keep having a blank one on
217S (by auto body shop). I will check on the sign to cover it, if you can get the price to rent the board. for a month. No way could we afford it of course, but FWA might help.

No word from Creation on space. Maybe I should send msg to FWA or waltersgirl.

Someone posted fan-run cons, but I didn't see any near us.
Did you see Lady Crais' post?
Carpe Farscape!

[scape_sister]

I pm'd you. Did you get the msg? There's a link to a thread that is exactly what we need if we do the Seattle con.

[rorykearn]

Hi all,

Surprise ... last Monday came down with the flu/cold thing and was sick in bed most of last week. I'll be looking into bumper stickers this week.

I verified that the Sacramento Save Farscape people had flyers, bookmarks, an email list for people to sign up and were basically just there to answer questions, they also had a tv/vcr hooked up with eps of Farscape running, but hardly any sound, all weekend. They said it attracted a lot of people to their table.

Any news on the Seattle con? Portland? I was going to go to Seattle with my girls and see the con, but now we've discovered a clash with schedules and the girls can't go. Because they have a big thing on Sunday, I might not go to Seattle. However, if we have a table up there....I'll probably make it up there to help. Would love to buy tickets to the Saturday evening show at 8:30PM and see James Marsters the next day. Is anyone from our group staying at a hotel? Driving up on Saturday or Sunday?

Please let me know.

Rory

[Rhonda]

I can't go to the Seattle con, schedule clash big time. I will, without a doubt, be at the PDX con. My husband will be with me (he's a huge fan Farscape, and has been very supportive) so I might end up springing for gold tickets. Not sure yet. I've never been to a con and I don't know what to expect.

[Sparky]

Scape Sis and I are going to meet. We have to decide what to stock the table with, need your help.
S_S thought of a raffle: we have someone go thru the crowd w/
bkmks and raffle tickets - say 1st 10 people to table at XXAM or PM win a prize (pencil, bumpersticker, button, drd) Then we start the ad on a laptop when they are all there.
I think its a great idea, sending people out to handout things to get them to the table. S_S has the travl. displ reserver'd.
We can get hundreds of pencils for $15. with up to 30 letters on them.
Does anyone have a button maker?

What flyers do we want there? Now we can advert. the reruns.
What if the reruns grow the audience over next 6 months? and the ratings grow. 'Course it is on at weird time, but not an impossible time.

I like the flyer Jenn had for the food drives.
Other goodies at the table: Maybe magnets w/ mycattoldme's biz card or movie screen ads, variety of bkmks, we can display our action figures. I have the soundtrack, goody bags with cool pics,

What else?


Meet sometime in afternoon, PM me for the location.
Peace to all beings
WHAT DO WE SAY ON FLYERS? SAVE FS . .. WATCH FS., WHICH BOOKMARKS? WHAT IS OUR BUDGET?
BRAINSTORM HERE. THIS THREAD IS OUR CON-ORGANIZING HDQTRS

[Sparky]

Kerlin has some interesting cards to hand out,
these look different w/o the FS font, but I didn't download it.
This is a cheap way to get lots of handouts (and they
make perfectly good bookmks :devil: )

http://community.middlebury.edu/~agustin/downloads/Business%20Cards.doc

[Sparky]

Yep, it's me again.. about those biz cards,
much easier to slip into your book than those bulky bookmarks.
:et: :et: :et: :devil: :devil: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :smokin: :D :D :D :D :D

(at least they aren't all bouncing)

[Rhonda]

How would Creation feel about a raffle? Is it even do-able? I don't think I could "go out into the crowd", I'm too much of a wuss honestly. I do wayyyy better when I'm approached first.
If I can get Virginia Hey's permission (just seems like the right thing to do) I would love to take up a bit of space with a few of her products (not for sale, just for sample) and some business cards with her e-mail addy so people can go there and buy some of her enlighten line. It really is fantastic. And our table area will smell absolutely awesome. ;)
I had a freebie idea, how about some of the trading cards? I can get them by the tons dirt cheap on e-bay. They have some awesome screen shots. Free pens, pencils and etc would be fantastic! If anyone knows of a promotional company that doesn't require you to buy huge quantities please let me know. Also, what about candy? People loooove free candy. I would like to get some sort with "Farscape" on it, but I think a "Starburst" candy dish could help too! :) My husband says we can use his lap top at the con as long as someone is always there to make sure it doesn't get snurched. I really want to work on an easel display as well. I think it could help add to attracting people to the table.
I have a million ideas running around in my head, as I sort them out I'll post them here. I'm sorry I can't make the meeting tomorrow (husbands birthday) but let me know when the next one is.
Also, I'm working on getting some ads out at the very least on the day of the last ep. I'll let you know when and where as soon as I know. The Oregonian is more expensive and I would only be able to run the ad twice at maximum, but it reaches more eyeballs. Other papers are less expensive but don't reach as many people. I'm still trying to figure that one out. Any opinions would be appreciated!;)

edited to add: sorry if this post seemed rambling, I'm quite tired and have had a few. If any of it doesn't make sense just let me know!:cool:

[Sparky]

Great ideas, Rhonda!
orentaltrading.com had 100 pencils for 3.95.
and much more trinket stuff.
Trading cards are great!! What are they?
Sis talkd to creation and was told to fax our intentions in writing to see if we get a free/discounted table.
If no discount, maybe we can sell V H products...? but I prefer to just have as samples w/ where to get them.

The display has the stuffed Rygle., and I have cookbook.
May have a lead on an easel, too.

Also trying to figure where all those OR fans are.
PDX FS got a 3.0 DMA!!!!!! My guess is they DON"T KNOW IT"S CANCELLED OR THEY DON"T KNOW ABOUT US.

We want them at the con!!!!!!
So how DO we reach them? I keep running into them at work. Hi Tech doesn't have any way to freeflow personal communication at the shop. But we must have somethings in common about where we go and what we read. Actually the people I know are more likely to read PC Magaizine and the Oregonian Biz section than anything.

[Rhonda]

Trading cards like this are what I have in mind.... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3207272119&category=219
72 cards for under $10 (incl shipping) seems like a good deal for a freebie hand out. What do you all think? If you hate it, tell me!!!!!!:P
It amazes me our DMA is 3.0 That's incredible. Maybe a letter to Creation with those numbers will help persuade them to advertise the con? They probably will anyway. I can't imagine why they wouldn't.
I think when all is said and done we're going to have an awesome table. When I start buying things in the next few days I will let you know what I get that way we don't have an over abundance of one thing.:)

[Rhonda]

More e-bay stuff, interesting things, let me know what you think.....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2508287370&category=26261

o.k, this is just funny.....had to share it with you....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2507763766&category=26261

Possible idea...http://www.pensrus.com/chatham.htm at least they have a smaller min requirement. A special from them, http://www.pensrus.com/vermont.htm

Best price on pencils I've been able to find....http://products-items.com/catalog/html/pen-1-2.html

I would like to get some promtional items that have the Farscape logo to give away but it's a lot more expensive than I imagined. No wonder marketing is such big buisness, it's spendy!:P I'll keep looking though, there's got to be someone out there with an awesome deal going on!!!!!

[scape_sister]

Rhonda,

You are a busy little bee! I think those glow sticks are so cool! They would definitely grab attention, especially if we were wearing some of them. Kids would freak!!!

The pencils/pens: tired brain couldn't do the math but I definitely want some.

You should let the NYC fans know about the human billboards!:P

Guess this post means I have my computer back!!! Yay!!

:aok:

Sarah

[Sparky]

The glow bracelets are cool, I haven't seen one before.
Rorykern is looking into magnets and bumperstickers.

The pens and pencils seem too expensive, but the
trading cards are AWESOME because they are graphic, they explain the show a tiny bit, and they make......
TA DA! great book marks:cool:

[scape_sister]

How did Sat go?
Anything figured out? I would like to buy the pencils and pens but we need to figure out what we are going to put on them. No luck with a button maker at Freddy's. Probably end up ordering it online.

scape_sis

[Sparky]

We looked for cheaper pencils.
rorykern had the idea of advertising to about 10K people who would be at her daughter's ballet show for about $250.

We talkd abt advertising in the Oregonian. Didn't think it was
value for the buck, but it was just the 2 of us. We thought the folks reading dear abby would not tune in to FS.

Talkd about the fax to Creation.
Somethin like this could be in the fax:
We want to have a Save Farscape table to introduce people to the show and to let them know it is cancelled, but will be in reruns until September. Our goal it to grow the audience and give bookmarks and flyers out to remind people of when they can watch Farscape and why they should. Portland DMA (Local Nielsen Ratings) are the highest in the country. We believe we can gain more viewers through your convention and gain the audience it deserves by recruiting new fans.

We are volunteers for the Save Farscape campaign, run solely by people donating their time and energy for a show we love.


Or something like that.
Scape Sis, can you do the fax?



:cool:

[Rhonda]

But Dear Abby is on the same page as the entertainment news. I read Dear Abby (guilty pleasure, bad me) and I watch Farscape so it shows that Farscape is a show in a very strange class, you never know who's hooked. It's hard to generalize this fanbase. I plan on placing the ad just to make myself feel better. Don't worry, I've planned from the beginning on going it alone. No handouts are being asked for!!!:D
O.k, I'll work on getting those glow bracelets (I'm thinking around 200) and as many trading cards as possible. I figure I can get just tons of stuff for $50 or less. That rocks. There's other neat stuff out there that if it's under $30 each then I'll nab it. All we have to do is bait these people, Farscape will reel them in. I'm going to look into getting some certificates (just like 10 or 20 nothing big) from Blockbuster for a free rental of Farscape. If I can't get them to specify that it's for a rental of Farscape only though then it'll be no deal. But worth looking into. I'd love to be able to give them out to the really enthusiastic people who seem interested.
For pens, pencils and whatever I think a simple "Watch Farscape" will work great. I don't think they'll be much more room for more than that. I'm going to do more research into this though and start making phone calls (I've just been doing online research so far) and find someone who can do this for under a gabillizillon dollars.
Sparky, I think the fax is great. To the point and effective. :cool:
O.k, I work the next couple days and Wed is my 9th wedding anniversary so even if I don't yak much don't worry, I'm listening!
;)

[Sparky]

We saw some pencils for 12 Cents each. You could have
words on 4 sides if you wanted, like 4 lines,
up to 30 chars.
We thought
Watch Farscape
(c in a circle for copyright) Jim Henson Co.
Who knew TV was THIS GOOD?

I was also thinking on the laptop besides
the videos at regular times, we could run the
fan made commercials and show off the campaign.
Scape Sis and I can go thru crowds giving bookmarks and
pointing to our table.

I thought it would be nice if Creation would let Ginny and Wayne sign autographs at OUR table. hee hee.
Or at least come over to it. I hear they are very strict about where the talent goes and when.

BTW, you can become a member of bgb (ginny's) club at virginiahey.com.
She talks about meeting her fans in person. If we all join, then we make it easier for her to meet up w/ some. :rollin:

And we do want to get our goody bag to them to further entice them to the table.

We need to decide what to put on the bags.
I like these pics by deanna T (upside down writing and
green zig zaggy down the page) and mycattoldme's

http://www.watchfarscape.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5232

[rorykearn]

Originally posted by Rhonda
O.k, I work the next couple days and Wed is my 9th wedding anniversary so even if I don't yak much don't worry, I'm listening!
;)


Happy Anniversary! :P

My 14th is coming up here pretty quick too. Yikes! Times flies.

Rory

[rorykearn]

Are we meeting today? Monday, that is. I'm going to be over on the Clackamas side of town at about noon and can meet then. I'll call if I don't see a reply back soon.

Rory

[rorykearn]

The fax is sent to Creation, I put it out in email for you all to read and I will let you know when I hear from them.

Rory

[Sparky]

SO THANKS TO JENN FOR GETTING US THAT TABLE FOR FREE.

[Sparky]

SO THANKS RHONDA FOR THE CARDS (i want some )

AND THANKS TO SCAPE SIS FOR GETTING SWAG KIT ON THE WAY

AND THANKS TO THE SWAG KIT FOLKS!

BUTTON TIME IS COMING TO US ALL SOON, soon.

Tomorrow meeting at Cascade or downtown Powells? bux?

Fat chance anyone reads this in the a.m.
Anyone going to the 4/2 meet up?

And let me just say that KFC campaign should be
repeated for 3 weeks with - a different sponsor and impressive results, I mean EVERY one who can, buy a bit o' candy or whatever sponsor we target. I always thought Burger King, whose commercials I've seen on every year's shows. ..

shouldn't say up so late and post.:infinity:

[Sparky]

Scape Sister wrote:
We have tah dah!!!
Boy do we ever!

Please any Oregonians and Washingtonians who want to
be at the craziest table at any convention, come on down!

Pass the word and show up on FS guest day.
Remember, Portland FS viewers got the show a 3.0 rating in the dma's
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cool:

[Rhonda]

We got a 3.0? Whooo hoooo!!!!!! I hope Creation advertises this con well, there will be tons of scapers!!!!!! And Sparky is right, we are going to have one awesome table!! :cool: I can't wait to get that cappuccino mug, I really want it to be a good Starburst candy dish!;) Sadly, I can't make this Saturday's meeting. I posted at pnff on the reason why. I'm shooting for next Saturday though, that would be cool. Sparky, I'm gathering up so many ding dang cards that you can have your pick, there will plenty!:D We're still bringing our action figures right? Are we still lacking a Scorpy? There's a bunch on e-bay right now so I don't mind getting one. I'm so jazzed about this!!!!!!

[Sparky]

Hey I got a Scorpie. I haven't taken all mine out of the packs. Do you think I should, or are they ok in the blister pack for table.
That way we are advertising for the vendors who have them -- a good thing. Scorpie, Zhann and Johnny are out, I couldn't resist.

Next Sat. it is. Maybe G can come in from Troutdale with that much notice. Maybe we can "pick up" some help from the meet up, although I can never go to it without missing my planning commish meeting, which is not desireable.
I think our table will be full, but if we can make up goodie bags ahead of time, not too bad. I hope some more OR scapers come out to help!

I read that Virginia Hey had time at a con to sit and talk with people for a half hour. Wouldn't that be cool.

Hey, I think I can make an extra large poster to put up high on a wall if they let us, or a big sign or something besides the banner on the front. There's a picture of a table in the Traveling Display thread stuck to campaign strat thread if you want to see one.

[Sparky]

Scape-Sis,
I vote you leave the DRD yellow. Otherwise we'll have to paint our miniatures too!.
:rollin:

Really, I think the yellow ones are cute as is.
But then, if we can find the original first save fs commercial, we might run it and then..... Remember that one, all taken from C Kicks, or most of it. Ppl were bawling their heads off, it came out in Sept. Can't find it now.

[scape_sister]

Thanks for getting back to be about the DRD. It is really shaped more like the yellow ones on the show. 1812 is a little bit more oblong? We'll keep him yellow. He needs a littl