[Accrs] Pullman Porter History - Rising From The Rails

[Alameda County Central Railroad Society]

I have attached an Excel document that has Fair statistics back to 1995.  From those statistics I draw the following conclusions:
1.  Fair attendance in 2016 was comparable to the past few years.
2. ACCRS visitation "reportedly" was down by about 20% from last year.  I say reportedly since I agree with the observation of others that there were more people coming in the back door than in years past.  I think this is supported by the unexplained 34% increase donation per head this year. versus the past seven years and an apparent 18/% drop in the percentage of Fair attendees that visited ACCRS.


I have heard suggestions that a camera be mounted to monitor the back door with a TV screen at the welcome desk so the person on the seat can count the back-door people.  That is worth discussion.  The issue of signage for our exhibit needs to be pursued with the Fair personnel, although I am not optimistic we will get satisfaction there.


John Kolberg



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Message From: Gary Lewis  glgslewis at comcast.netDennis told me the following:Count down 18% at 48,680 which is the lowest in the records I have easily available back to 2011.  Donations were up 9% at $5,739 largely due to three consecutive days over $500 on the final week-end.If the fair got 445,000, then we're still getting over 10% of the fair attendance.  I expected it to be higher with the removal of the other building but then the fair didn't do well with our sign and they buried us behind vendors.Gary-----Original Message-----From: Accrs [mailto:accrs-bounces at mail.accrs.org] On Behalf Of Alameda County Central Railroad SocietySent: Thursday, July 7, 2016 5:44 PMTo: accrs at mail.accrs.orgSubject: Re: [Accrs] Pullman Porter History - Rising From The RailsMessage From: Dean & Margaret Lewis  lewis2 at earthlink.net_______________________________________________Accrs mailing listAccrs at mail.accrs.orghttps://mail.accrs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/accrs
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