Quote Originally Posted by Cat View Post
I've organised music events (when I was younger) and community events more recently, ranging from attendance in the hundreds to thousands (low end thousands though).

I just can't see TF being a big enough draw to be worth it, even as a tax write-off.

I've seen a well-funded Star Wars event, run during the prime of the prequels, with BIG-NAME guests, fail to hit 50 attendees. This was also well publicised.

I think you'd be much better off just organising something at a town hall, but again, you're stuck with the issue of content.

Why should people go to this event, as opposed to discussing things online for free? What are the attractions? What can you offer?

Even at Supanova, TF events haven't done all that well, from my observations.
I am afraid that this contributes to my believe and fear that Australian society does not harbor much of a geek culture unlike other countries.

I don't think population size or spread is the issue, it's just that there isn't enough ratio within that population that would be interested in attending such an event even if they were local.

If a convention is to succeed, it can't be just about Transformers or even Sci-Fi, it has to engulf every aspect of popular culture (even sports) to succeed here.