Have we ever considered hiring a Public Relations firm to promote the club and convention?

Since we are an all volunteer organization, would it be better to hire out some work to lessen the load on Volunteers.

I'm a founding member of a 14 year old (not for profit) organization called Locust Projects and we have been working with
a PR firm for the last five years with great results.

They get articles written and placed (magazines and newspapers), they get us listed in guides ect.

My fear is that if we can't keep dealers happy they will be reluctant to keep coming back.

Ok... so how do we pay for it.

LOCUST PROJECTS also works with a (grant writer) and receives a large percentage of our budget
from city, state and national grants. The CC>CC should be writing for grants! There are a ton of grants that we would qualify
for and get if we only wrote for them.