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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 13:27:15 GMT -5
Post by Johncoyne on Jul 22, 2010 13:27:15 GMT -5
ConCon Picture this: You're in New York City, and you reach Central Park. All of a sudden, you see a giant festival. There's a thing for everyone. A Renaissance Fair, Harry Potter Convention, Youtubers, Jugglers, Computer Companies, Bands, Blue Man Group, Dan Brown, Anime, Pie Eating Contests, and Clothing Companies. You look in wonder as you see everything going on. You then see booths lined up as far as the eye can see. These booths all belong to charities. Near there, you see a sign. "All proceeds from this massive event will go to charity". At the entrance, a sign reads: "ConCon, the convention of conventions". You pinch yourself, as you think that you're dreaming. You're not. You pinch yourself harder. By the time that you spend an entire day at ConCon, a patch of skin on your arm becomes pink. You've been pinching yourself all day long. Now, is this dream possible? I don't know. It would be really freaking awesome if it is, though. Think of all the money that would go to charity. Think of the great time so many people would have. Think of how a diverse community such as New York City could be brought together with this event. Recently, I've been thinking that as a tribe, it's time that we head toward some larger goals. Could this be it? Think Impossibly big, my friends. What do you think?
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joaomacp
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I like LOTR.
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 13:33:33 GMT -5
Post by joaomacp on Jul 22, 2010 13:33:33 GMT -5
Now THAT's the defenition of impossibly big.
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 13:35:16 GMT -5
Post by Johncoyne on Jul 22, 2010 13:35:16 GMT -5
Exactly. And I'm in no way saying we could pull this off in a couple of months, let alone a year. But, through hard work, it's possible.
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 13:41:45 GMT -5
Post by Breepop on Jul 22, 2010 13:41:45 GMT -5
Sounds awesome.
...But I'm not sure as much money would be going to charity as you think. That would take a HECK OF A LOT of money to pull of. So, so, so much money. You'd have to break even before giving to charity. And there's only so many people that can fit in one area. The bigger the area, the more the money. Even then, there's the issue of actually getting enough attendees to fill the area.
I like the idea. I think it's possible. But unless you get a loooooot of people and places to volunteer their services for free, the charity aspect probably won't be as great as you think.
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joaomacp
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I like LOTR.
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 13:42:40 GMT -5
Post by joaomacp on Jul 22, 2010 13:42:40 GMT -5
Yes! Just the idea of "we can do anything" is exciting. And we can! So why don't we just work, and let the impossible happen?
Maybe all of the money to charity wouldn't work, but just think how much money would be 50% of it!
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 13:45:12 GMT -5
Post by Johncoyne on Jul 22, 2010 13:45:12 GMT -5
Yeah, Bree, I was thinking the same thing. But still, it would be something.
And, it would be a hell of a lot of fun.
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 14:05:51 GMT -5
Post by bombmaniac on Jul 22, 2010 14:05:51 GMT -5
"joaomacp"
dude...you have GOT to slow that avvy down!
and yeah...i dont use the word awesome very much..but if you could pull this off...it would be...well...awesome!
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 14:08:45 GMT -5
Post by Benyamin on Jul 22, 2010 14:08:45 GMT -5
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 14:31:29 GMT -5
Post by Johncoyne on Jul 22, 2010 14:31:29 GMT -5
INORITE?!
If the Green Brothers were able to arrange a 1,000 person gathering in California, who knows what we can do?
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 14:35:03 GMT -5
Post by chelseeyuh on Jul 22, 2010 14:35:03 GMT -5
"joaomacp" dude...you have GOT to slow that avvy down! and yeah...i dont use the word awesome very much..but if you could pull this off...it would be...well...awesome! The word "awesome" is used a lot when referring to John Coyne This would be incredible. We need to do this. Yes.
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 14:43:27 GMT -5
Post by Johncoyne on Jul 22, 2010 14:43:27 GMT -5
CHELSEA. So, how should this happen? We need a plan. Although there won't be much charity money, as Bree said before, but which charities should this work towards? I'm sick of dreaming, guys, let's actually do something!
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 14:45:59 GMT -5
Post by mashuga31 on Jul 22, 2010 14:45:59 GMT -5
Ok, who do we have for representatives in new york?
*checks the wiki*
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 14:53:50 GMT -5
Post by mashuga31 on Jul 22, 2010 14:53:50 GMT -5
* AwsmAdm * Yzak Joule * bombmaniac * Firball62 * link104 * Connorjoe * mrmrmr814 * jmejia1187 * Sparkster
these are the people who could help with this...
wow, asher is a potential resource. Why does that make me grin?
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 14:54:31 GMT -5
Post by Johncoyne on Jul 22, 2010 14:54:31 GMT -5
Um, hello. Look at my location.
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 14:57:12 GMT -5
Post by Ferrrrrre on Jul 22, 2010 14:57:12 GMT -5
Silly John, you live in New Yawk ..
jk, but seriously this idea is pretty BADASS (btw if you can get some ("famous" and infamous) people to promote this on the internet AFTER most of the things are planned, you can get a pretty big crowd I think...
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Sharkjaw
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 14:59:47 GMT -5
Post by Sharkjaw on Jul 22, 2010 14:59:47 GMT -5
This is one of the most awesome things I've read in a while.
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 15:00:03 GMT -5
Post by mashuga31 on Jul 22, 2010 15:00:03 GMT -5
We can get to old spice guy to promote it >_>
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 15:03:40 GMT -5
Post by mashuga31 on Jul 22, 2010 15:03:40 GMT -5
hey i just thought of something. First we need a sponsor. We get someone to sponsor the convention and they'll give s the money to do it with all the advertising that will be floating around. Of course we'd want a company who we think would represent us well.
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 15:07:04 GMT -5
Post by chelseeyuh on Jul 22, 2010 15:07:04 GMT -5
CHELSEA. So, how should this happen? We need a plan. Although there won't be much charity money, as Bree said before, but which charities should this work towards? I'm sick of dreaming, guys, let's actually do something! Well, this idea stemmed from you saying that we could plan something around Dan being in NY, and I think that's a big part of it--getting YouTubers to attend. Maybe we could try to contact a bunch of YouTubers and see if they'd be interested in attending, which would make other people want to go. I can write up a formal letter that we can send to them. But before we do that, we need a rough idea for a date. I feel like that's a big part of whether or not people could go. Would we do this is the summer so people aren't in school? I think that would be best, but at the same time, if there's a VidCon next year, I'm afraid this would be too close to that, since summer starts in June, VidCon was at the beginning of July, and Dan 3.0 will end at the beginning of August...
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ConCon
Jul 22, 2010 15:14:52 GMT -5
Post by Johncoyne on Jul 22, 2010 15:14:52 GMT -5
Spring break? That may be too soon...
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