Ladies & Gentlemen....some important information for all Eurocade visitors:Following the huge success in numbers of visitors and cabs that will come to Eurocade, the crew has discussed the possibility to move Eurocade to an alternative location.
This location is still in Ridderkerk and quite close to my home and is the clubhouse of my "Muziekvereniging" or, music/marching band.
The reasons for wanting to move it are as follows:
- no tents needed, nice safe and water-tight building, no heating required during night time (pretty important one for me, I sleep better without a running gas-heater in a tent in my yard)
- more space
- a comfortable separate "bar" room to eat and drink
- a big room for the cabs
- a spacious area in front of the building to sit/drink/eat if the weather's nice
- no (or little) problems with "neighbors"
- easier to unload/load the cabs
- room for extra stuff like a beamer set-up, a C64/A8 set-up, some hardware demoing by Bencao etc.
However, as with everything there are couple disadvantages:
1) I'll need to move all my cabs there. However, with the right help I can bring all of them in three drives, that's not that bad too do. I'll ask my friend Ruud to use his van and trailer
2) We'll need to pay to rent the space
And nr. 2) is what I need your opinions for. I've been calculating and we would need to ask a €5 contribution from all visitors to partly cover those costs. Note that this covers only the rent of the building and the electricity costs, not food or drinks.
Now, I know that this is against the initial idea of making it free of costs to enter if you bring a cab. However, I really think that the big advantages for everyone is really worth the €5 per person.
Now, if _anyone_ is AGAINST this, please let me know, either in PM or here in the thread. I am assuming that such a small amount is no show-stopper for anybody, but if there are LOADS of "No's" I will consider.
Hope you understand, thanks !
Here's a small (old, we have new double glazing etc. now) pitcure of the clubhouse:
