LWC's "Do You Know Tasmania" Wilderness show in Hobart

[tas-man]

The Launceston Walking Club's 45th "Do You Know Tasmania" Tassie Wilderness multi-media show will be presented especially for flyfisher at Hobart's "50 & Better Centre" on Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd November 2012 at 8.00pm. Tickets will be available from Mountain Designs two weeks before the show with door sales for any remaining tickets each evening from 7.15pm. Admission prices are $20 Adults, and $15 Students and Concession holders, and Primary School age children $10. Our DYKT Movie collection DVD's Volumes 3 & 3 will also be on sale for the first time at the shows at our "show special" price of the set of two for $30. Please feel free to pass on show details to anyone you think may be interested in attending. Look forward to meeting up with Forum members there

[flyfisher]

That's fantastic tas-man, my wife and I will see you there. Always enjoy the presentation.

Flyfisher

[tas-man]

It's on in four days. Look forward to meeting up with any forum members attending, so please introduce yourself.

[tigercat]

I hope to be there Friday
Cheers C

[tas-man]

Thursday night is almost sold out, so if anyone was planing to get tickets at the door, be early, or otherwise come on Friday night which still has plenty of tickets available. See you there!

[flyfisher]

Got tickets for tonight , see you there Ian.

FF

[tas-man]

Got tickets for tonight , see you there Ian.

FF

Good to see you there tonight flyfisher but was all too brief - need to go on a walk with you sometime Did you get your copies of DVD's 3 & 4?
Thanks sowestas for sharing your Vanishing Falls movie with tonight's audience as an "encore." It complimented Matt and John's story with a different approach to tackling a trip to Vanishing Falls.
. . . . and a BIG THANK YOU to pazzar from Mt Designs for all your assistance in setting up and running the show tonight - AWESOME!

[tas-man]

. . . and also a BIG THANK YOU to Amanda from Mountain Designs Hobart for your all your help on Friday night and handling ticket sales in the weeks before, all in the middle of your pre Christmas sales activities

[Amanda]

Anytime! We were both happy to help. I look forward to the next one

[flyfisher]

A big thankyou to tas-man and helpers and to Amanda and Pazzar from Mountain designs for making the show a great success.

My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the show. (as we always do) Great vid of the Vanishing falls trip.

Flyfisher

[tas-man]

The Launceston Walking Club's 46th "Do You Know Tasmania" Tassie Wilderness multi-media show will be presented especially for flyfisher at the UTAS Law Lecture Theatre, cnr Grosvenor and Alexander Streets, Sandy Bay, on Friday 10th at 7.00pm and Saturday 11th October 2014 at 3.00pm and 7.00pm. This Hobart show season is being promoted and arranged by Wildcare group, Friends of Tasman Island who will be using their share of profits from the shows for restoration work on Tasman Island's heritage listed buildings. Check them out - https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfTasma ... ?ref=br_tf
Tickets will be available from Mountain Designs two weeks before the show with door sales for any remaining tickets each evening from 6.30pm. Admission prices are $20 Adults, and $15 Students and Concession holders, and Primary School age children $5. Our latest DYKT Historic Movie Collection DVD's Volumes 5 & 6 will also be on sale for the first time at the shows at our "show special" price of the set of two for $30. Please feel free to pass on show details to anyone you think may be interested in attending. Look forward to meeting up with Forum members there again.

Poster Update 8-9-14

[Tas Tom]

I presume that should read "October 2014" rather than "October 2012" tas-man?

[north-north-west]

I might try to get to this one. Enough photos and it doesn't matter if I can't hear anything.

[tas-man]

I presume that should read "October 2014" rather than "October 2012" tas-man?

Thanks for the proof reading! FIXED !

[tas-man]

We have been advised by Mountain Designs that their head office will not permit their Hobart store to sell tickets for the show, so an alternative option is being sought, and details will be updated in this thread.

[north-north-west]

We have been advised by Mountain Designs that their head office will not permit their Hobart store to sell tickets for the show, so an alternative options is being sought, and details will be updated in this thread.

OK, MD is being boycotted for the foreseeable future.

[flyfisher]

OK, MD is being boycotted for the foreseeable future

+1

FF

[Strider]

We have been advised by Mountain Designs that their head office will not permit their Hobart store to sell tickets for the show, so an alternative options is being sought, and details will be updated in this thread.

Community spirit = ZERO

[clarence]

OK, MD is being boycotted for the foreseeable future.

Because their head office won't let them sell tickets. Really?

Clarence

[wayno]

so they are happy to have their logo on the advertising, but dont want to know otherwise?

[clarence]

so they are happy to have their logo on the advertising, but dont want to know otherwise?

"have their logo"? Do you think they have it on there for nothing? It's called "sponsorship".

If the LWC had generated so much "community spirit" I'm sure they'd have no trouble finding somewhere to sell the tickets.

Clarence

[north-north-west]

OK, MD is being boycotted for the foreseeable future.

Because their head office won't let them sell tickets. Really?

For me, yes. It's a company bureaucrat's decision, so I've let the company know why. You have a problem with that?

[Strider]

If it is an event worth sponsoring, it makes no sense not to support it. Weird.

[wayno]

outdoor shops are usually keen to get involved with promoting events to do with the outdoors. it should be a win win for any outdoor shop if people are coming into pick up tickets for an event. more people in the door. people supporting the sponsors who support the events, more potential sales.
some shops host events in the shop themselves...

[north-north-west]

outdoor shops are usually keen to get involved with promoting events to do with the outdoors. it should be a win win for any outdoor shop if people are coming into pick up tickets for an event. more people in the door. people supporting the sponsors who support the events, more potential sales.
some shops host events in the shop themselves...

Exactly.
If I visit a shop specifically to buy tickets for an event, I'll usually buy something else, to show my appreciation for their support of that event. MD have just achieved the opposite.

[tas-man]

Poster updated removing Mt Designs logo - no further developments yet on a pre-show ticket sales location.

[clarence]

OK, MD is being boycotted for the foreseeable future.

Because their head office won't let them sell tickets. Really?

For me, yes. It's a company bureaucrat's decision, so I've let the company know why. You have a problem with that?

It just seems a little extreme, that's all. We don't even know whether the store is a franschise or a company owned operation either- so who is it really hurting?

The problem I would have, if I were Mountain Designs, is that tas-man mentions the fact that MD head office won't allow a particular store to sell their tickets in the first place. How about a statement like : "lwc are looking into pre-show ticket sales with a range of outlets and businesses."instead ?

After the positive feedback in two posts (including by tas-man himself), a post which could shed bad light on MD is completely unnecessary, especially given the support MD has given this show over the years. These sort of logistical issues should be kept behind the scenes, not in the public forum, if one would like to keep sponsors (like Mountain Designs) on side.

To then get the boot in and mention that MD logos are being taken off the poster demonstrates little goodwill and a less-than-mature approach to a long standing sponsor by lwc. This action could have been done quietly, and most people would be none the wiser.

If tas-man published a list of all the other potential ticket sales outlets (UTAS, outdoor shops etc) would they too be boycotted and criticised for their lack of "community spirit"?

If you look at the old vs new posters, you will note that http://www.bushwalk.com was a former (but not currrent) sponsor. Any chance of boycotting them too?

Clarence

[tas-man]

To clarify the situation in this thread, the Mountain Designs stores in Tasmania are no longer franchises so the local managers report to head office in Brisbane. The new manager in Hobart was happy to continue support for DYKT but subsequently checked with head office who then declined to be involved. When the stores were local franchises, the LWC had great support in both Launceston and Hobart, but this era has ended and thus local support with it. The advice that Mt Designs was selling tickets was posted before the response from head office changed he situation, so my apologies for having to bring this up on the forum. Clarence is spot on that these situations are best dealt with out of the public arena, so I confirm that no negative publicity for Mt Designs was intended in these posts.

[clarence]

So, can we clarify a little further tas-man?

The Hobart store is now run directly by the head office of Mountain Designs, meaning the store manager is not in a position to make formal agreements with regards to such things as ticket sales for shows.

(This arrangement is not unusual for company-run, as opposed to franchisee-owned, stores.)

This being the case, any discussions LWC may have had with the store manager never amounted to anything until approved by head office.

I wonder whether LWC ever had a formal agreement with MD to sell tickets for the DYKT show. Accordingly, there could not have been any change in the the "situation" regarding ticket sales, if there was never an agreement for them to sell your tickets in the first place.

Would your statement be more factually correct if it stated "the advice that Mt designs was selling tickets was posted before we checked through the appropriate channels."?

Was there any formal arrangement with head office to include their logo on the promotional material either?

This would not be such a big deal, except that you stood by and let multiple posters make a string of negative comments about Mountain Designs, and made no clarification on the matter until you were pressed to do so. Remember this is an organisation that (albiet under a different management structure) gave Lwc "great support" for the best part of twenty years.

You have now made it crystal clear that the era of "great support" and "local support" by Mountain Design in both Hobart and Launceston "has ended". I bet Mountain Designs appreciate your clarification of the situation.

Clarence

[Strider]

Mountain Designs in Hobart has been a chain store for years, as I understand, and the only non-chain store was Devonport until it was closed down fairly recently. Can anyone confirm?