Raffle Format

Interesting idea Barb, but will take a bit of tweaking to make work.

If they went with two raffle ticket prices, then one of two things would have to happen to the registration price of $50, or amount of tickets provided would have to be increased.

Examples:

-We each would get two raffle tickets, one for $10, and one for $2.  This would effectively change the distribution of what the $50 registration actually covers, or there would be a drop in the registration cost from $50 to $42 to make sense.

or

-We each would pay our $50 registration and receive one $10 raffle ticket, and five $2 raffle tickets. 

The second option makes the most sense, and easier to manage.

I had a similar though as to Barb's, and yours.  Just didn't have a chance to mention it first.

If the raffle goes like that I'd suggest the 1x $10 ticket and 5x $2 ticket version.  32 people have already paid up based on the number of spots left that NA's website is showing.  Doing an $8 refund would be a PITA at this point.

I like Barb's idea with INSAYN's modification of 1 big $10 ticket and 5 small $2 tickets with each registration.   The registration fee is already set so I think this works best.

Currently the common pot option is winning so this might be a mute discussion.  However, people are free to change their vote (click on the 'remove vote' button first and then you can re-vote).

Just voted for the Barb/insayn idea.  That nakes a lot of sense.

I changed my vote.

Why haven't we added the INSAYNbarb to the options to vote on.

Why haven't we added the INSAYNbarb to the options to vote on.

It would fall under option 2.

I vote for Barbs idea!!

I vote Barb and Insayn - 2016!!

 

Aha - procrastination paid off!  The Barb and Insayn ioption it is!

#1

Raffle away top to bottom until all prizes are gone, or out of raffle tickets.  Whichever comes first.
Be sure to have the roll of raffle tickets on hand so that if there are still items to raffle off, folks can pony up more money on the spot to keep the raffle going.  Just a thought to make even more money for the charities, rather than shutting down and having to store lever over stuff until the next event.

Just flipped my own vote and turned this bus around.
It is now #2 in the lead.

Looks like option 2 won it!

What if there were two raffles... Hear me out:
Raffle #1 is the kayak and a few prizes that are big ticket items (if there's a smoker or a rod/reel) that raffle is a $10 per ticket and you do not need to be present to win (name and phone number needs to be legible).

Raffle #2 is a bucket style raffle where each person puts their raffle ticket into the bucket next to the item (or group of items) of interest.  If there are 20 prizes, there are 20 buckets. Tickets cost $2 per ticket, and must be present to win. Prize items can be grouped to make sure the raffle event doesn't take too long to complete.

The entry fee could provide two raffle tickets - one for the big prize pool and one for the small prize pool.  Easy enough to have two different colored raffle ticket rolls to keep the two from getting mixed up.

This is probably very close to the very best way to maximize ticket sales.  You could probably even open up Raffle #1 to the general membership that doesn't even plan on attending so long as they have someone that can transport a prize away from the event and start selling right now through a paypal account.