[Accrs] Pullman Porter History - Rising From The Rails

[Alameda County Central Railroad Society]

Having sat outside the back door on breaks, I agree with the observation
that more people than in the past were using that as an entrance.

Nevertheless, the attendance was disappointing. It's clear that we need
better signage and a some publicity as well - all within fair guidelines.

The one director that Dick Stark and I spoke to was quite positive and I
heard the usual positive comments from many visitors. Obviously, our focus
needs to be on enhancing the fair experience for as many visitors as
possible.

Creative juices must flow.

Ted

On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 7:44 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society <
accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:

> Message From:   bjkolberg at aol.com
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> John Kolberg
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> From: Alameda County Central Railroad Society <accrs at mail.accrs.org>
> To: accrs <accrs at mail.accrs.org>
> Sent: Thu, Jul 7, 2016 7:00 pm
> Subject: Re: [Accrs] Pullman Porter History - Rising From The Rails
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> Message From: Gary Lewis glgslewis at comcast.net Dennis 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 [
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> Behalf Of Alameda County Central Railroad Society Sent: Thursday, July 7,
> 2016 5:44 PM To: accrs at mail.accrs.org Subject: Re: [Accrs] Pullman Porter
> History - Rising From The Rails Message From: Dean & Margaret Lewis
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