whirlpool star party 2008

Folks - OK, I'll let rip

It was a great weekend and thoroughly enjoyable. The lectures that I attended were good. The setup was very well done and there seemed to be no technical hitches.

I thought it was reasonable value for money though one (constructive) critisism might be that you review the difference between the one and two day rates (only a tenner). If there was more distance between the two, you may have gotten more one dayers attending - particularly those who couldn't stretch to the two days - not because of the price of the weekend but factoring in an overnight stay as well. Personally, that's no issue for me but it might be for others.

Anyhow, see you next year!

Dave

p.s. thanks for the presentation, it really was a surprise and very much appreciated.

Trying to put up images , any advice out there ?
Cannot see preview , cannot see images ?
I may only be able to post a link to a web album

Deirdre Kelleghan

Wish I could of made it down this year because the reports from Mia sounded like it was great craic. I think Mister Gradwell found her funny bone since she is still laughing about all the chit chat that went on to the wee hours. Hope to be there next year.

On a plus point I worked the weekend so I actually made some cash for a change which will go into the fund for Whirlpool next year;)

dmcdona wrote:

..review the difference between the one and two day rates, If there was more distance between the two, you may have gotten more one dayers attending - particularly those who couldn't stretch to the two days

Thanks for the feedback Dave.

We are going to restructure the pricing for next year
it's a difficult task to juggle getting the rates attractive
for people to come verses covering costs! - but we will defiantly work on this.

picasaweb.google.com/skysketcher/Whirlpool2008#

I had a wonderful time at Whirlpool, many thanks to everyone involved in putting it together.

Big thanks to David Lillis for the super views through his telescope under the Leviathan in the grounds of the Castle.

Myself and Sally were delighted with the response to our talk and sketching workshop. There are some images from the weekend in the link above. A big thanks to all who joined in the moon sketching and produced beautiful work on the day.

Deirdre Kelleghan
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Frank - I don't think you'll ever get it perfect and please all the people all the time. Perhaps others could chime in and give you better/similar feedback - the more data points you have, the better. After all, I might be the only one who thought the price differential was a possible reason for one-dayers not coming along...

Personally,'cos I have LOADSA MONEY*, it wasn't an issue for me

Dave

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