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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nikchick" data-source="post: 1042547" data-attributes="member: 344">Well, here are several problems:* placement on the floor in a convention like GenCon is determined by Priority Points.  There is no way to select your exact  location, that's determined by the convention organizers.  * priority points: I have a great deal of experience with banding together in order to exhibit as a group.  GenCon WILL NOT split out priority points for all the companies sharing space, even if we're talking about a large booth allotment that's split between several exhibitors who have individual tables within the space.  The "main exhibitor" gets all the priority points associated with exhibiting, and if, for some reason, that main exhibitor does not choose to continue exhibiting with the rest of the parties (take for example the years Green Ronin spent exhibiting with Wizards Attic) those accumulated priority points are essentially erased, and your subsequent booth placement suffers for it.  Green Ronin already saw their priority points and placement go the way of the dodo with the fall of Wizards Attic, and I am adamantly opposed to any plan that would involve us getting into that situation again.  * cost of space: exhibitors are prohibited from purchasing "individual" booths and aligning them into other configurations.  If you want an "endcap" or an  "island" configuration, you *must* pay for that at GenCon's pre-determined rates for that configuration.  I guarantee that your 10x10 booth space will cost you more than $10.  It will cost you more than $100! In fact, a single general booth space at GenCon, at current prices, costs *several* hundred dollars... and that price goes up if you want the more "prestigeous" corner, endcap, or island booth configurations.  That means if you try to divide the one fo those large spaces into several smaller spaces and charge each participant accordingly, you can end up paying more for your 10x10 booth space inside the "island" than if you'd just gotten a 10x10 booth for yourself.We considered a co-operative booth grouping like Aurthur is suggesting for Osseum clients for this years' shows, and that plan ultimately fell through for these exact reasons.  And these are just the reasons that I can list for you off the top of my convention-weary head.  I have no doubt there are many more.Not to be a wet blanket, just trying to be a realist,Nicole</blockquote>

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