Register for our AngelsWin.com 2014 Spring Fanfest Today!

[HaloCory22]

There's not a bad seat in the house, you should know this Cory. 

 

You're going to miss two very good events in a row bud. These only come once a year. Save your pennies!

I'd love to go just for the fanfest and beer drinking, but I have other things going on that weekend that I previously committed to. Bummed out about it but who knows what'll happen!

[Ohtaniland]

It's early but don't forget to make your reservations. The @ngelswin ST Fanfest is always a lot of fun.

 

 

[halogirl]

Just registered my mom, my nephew and me!!  Can't wait!

[Spirit]

Countdown to fanfest...

60

DAYS

14

HOURS

31

MINUTES

27

SECONDS

Edited January 6, 2014 by Geoff

[pattimelt]

If anyone is interested in FLYING to Phoenix, Southwest is doing a special now for $69 each way from either LAX or SNA.. 

 

And don't forget, Southwest does NOT charge for luggage!!!!!!!!!

[LAAMike]

How do you pay?

[Chuck]

How do you pay?

 

Mike, so after you register on the registration page here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nVzEeXcNSrgIAXgJcvyn4wHCMJs_nhf31DgoKvXCRMY/viewform

 

You'll then get an email from PayPal asking you to pay the $40.

[Chuck]

Chuck Richter

Brian Ilten

Christian Ilten

Jonathan Ilten

Geoff Stoddart

Tracy Stoddart

Scott Stradling

Mancini79 + 1.5

Kurt Swanson

BaseballMom

Eddie Colvin

Todd Drollinger

Aaron Burkhart +1

Christine Wright

Eugene Fields

David Byerman +3

Justin Antrim

Tiia Antrim

Bobby Schiffer +1

Ryan Combe

Lori Garrison Martin

Robert McDonald

Rickey Bobby

Calscuf +1

Brittany Taylor

George Tarkanian

Jim Macklin

Adam Knox

The Cooley Family

[Spirit]

Chuck Richter

Brian Ilten

Christian Ilten

Jonathan Ilten

Stoddart Party of 14 (and counting) 

Scott Stradling

Mancini79 + 1.5

Kurt Swanson

BaseballMom

Eddie Colvin

Todd Drollinger

Aaron Burkhart +1

Christine Wright

Eugene Fields

David Byerman +3

Justin Antrim

Tiia Antrim

Bobby Schiffer +1

Ryan Combe

Lori Garrison Martin

Robert McDonald

Rickey Bobby

Calscuf +1

Brittany Taylor

George Tarkanian

Jim Macklin

Adam Knox

The Cooley Family

[Brent Maguire]

Chuck Richter

Brian Ilten

Christian Ilten

Jonathan Ilten

Stoddart Party of 14 (and counting)

Scott Stradling

Mancini79 + 1.5

Kurt Swanson

BaseballMom

Eddie Colvin

Todd Drollinger

Aaron Burkhart +1

Christine Wright

Eugene Fields

David Byerman +3

Justin Antrim

Tiia Antrim

Bobby Schiffer +1

Ryan Combe

Lori Garrison Martin

Robert McDonald

Rickey Bobby

Calscuf +1

Brittany Taylor

George Tarkanian

Jim Macklin

Adam Knox

The Cooley Family

Brent Maguire+2

[ELEVEN]

Chuck Richter

Brian Ilten

Christian Ilten

Jonathan Ilten

Stoddart Party of 14 (and counting) 

Scott Stradling

Mancini79 + 1.5

Kurt Swanson

BaseballMom

Eddie Colvin

Todd Drollinger

Aaron Burkhart +1

Christine Wright

Eugene Fields

David Byerman +3

Justin Antrim

Tiia Antrim

Bobby Schiffer +1

Ryan Combe

Lori Garrison Martin

Robert McDonald

Rickey Bobby

Calscuf +1

Brittany Taylor

George Tarkanian

Jim Macklin

Adam Knox

The Cooley Family

Brent Maguire+2 

ELEVENSES

[mrwicked]

will tad be there?

[Chuck]

will tad be there?

 

Only if you're showing up!

 

BTW, I just bumped into Carly in the lobby of where I work, Bry.

[Bruce Nye]

Add  my name to the list! 

[BaseballMom]

Chuck Richter

Brian Ilten

Christian Ilten

Jonathan Ilten

Stoddart Party of 14 (and counting) 

Scott Stradling

Mancini79 + 1.5

Kurt Swanson

BaseballMom

Brown Troy

Eddie Colvin

Todd Drollinger

Aaron Burkhart +1

Christine Wright

Eugene Fields

David Byerman +3

Justin Antrim

Tiia Antrim

Bobby Schiffer +1

Ryan Combe

Lori Garrison Martin

Robert McDonald

Rickey Bobby

Calscuf +1

Brittany Taylor

George Tarkanian

Jim Macklin

Adam Knox

The Cooley Family

Brent Maguire+2 

ELEVENSES

[Spirit]

Add  my name to the list! 

 

Yes!!!!

[Dave Saltzer]

Chuck Richter

Brian Ilten

Christian Ilten

Jonathan Ilten

Stoddart Party of 14 (and counting) 

Scott Stradling

Mancini79 + 1.5

Kurt Swanson

BaseballMom

Brown Troy

Eddie Colvin

Todd Drollinger

Aaron Burkhart +1

Christine Wright

Eugene Fields

David Byerman +3

Justin Antrim

Tiia Antrim

Bobby Schiffer +1

Ryan Combe

Lori Garrison Martin

Robert McDonald

Rickey Bobby

Calscuf +1

Brittany Taylor

George Tarkanian

Jim Macklin

Adam Knox

The Cooley Family

Brent Maguire+2 

ELEVENSES

David Saltzer +1 possibly +2

[Stradling]

Splint will be there plus one

Skram will be there plus two

My group for spring training is 8, but only a couple of us will be at the Dinner on Saturday night.

[mrwicked]

Only if you're showing up!

 

BTW, I just bumped into Carly in the lobby of where I work, Bry.

 

Nice!

 

ps rumors in the tech world are that docusign is thinking IPO this year.

thumbs up if they do man - get ready for the stress of the 180 day waiting period.

Edited January 9, 2014 by mrwicked

[Bobster7587]

Chuck Richter

Brian Ilten

Christian Ilten

Jonathan Ilten

Stoddart Party of 14 (and counting) 

Scott Stradling

Mancini79 + 1.5

Kurt Swanson

BaseballMom

Brown Troy

Eddie Colvin

Todd Drollinger

Aaron Burkhart +1

Christine Wright

Eugene Fields

David Byerman +3

Justin Antrim

Tiia Antrim

Bobby Schiffer +3

Ryan Combe

Lori Garrison Martin

Robert McDonald

Rickey Bobby

Calscuf +1

Brittany Taylor

George Tarkanian

Jim Macklin

Adam Knox

The Cooley Family

Brent Maguire+2 

ELEVENSES

David Saltzer +1 possibly +2

 

Me plus three, as usual! Can't wait!!

[Mauch Won]

Chuck Richter

Brian Ilten

Christian Ilten

Jonathan Ilten

Stoddart Party of 14 (and counting)

Scott Stradling

Mancini79 + 1.5

Kurt Swanson

BaseballMom

Brown Troy

Eddie Colvin

Todd Drollinger

Aaron Burkhart +1

Christine Wright

Eugene Fields

David Byerman +3

Justin Antrim

Tiia Antrim

Bobby Schiffer +3

Ryan Combe

Lori Garrison Martin

Robert MacDonald  +1

Rickey Bobby

Calscuf +1

Brittany Taylor

George Tarkanian

Jim Macklin

Adam Knox

The Cooley Family

Brent Maguire+2

ELEVENSES

David Saltzer +1 possibly +2

[Chuck]

OK, last spring I met a record high of new people from this forum. Let's see some NEW faces at this Spring Fanfest!

 

It's sure to be a good one!

[katie]

Man, getting more and more expensive each year.

[Chuck]

Man, getting more and more expensive each year.

Less likely a trend, but more likely because we're donating $$$ from the tickets purchased & raffle drawing to the Angels RBI League & OC Miracle League.

[Spirit]

Man, getting more and more expensive each year.

 

This has been a tough one for us.  But since you brought it up, I think it's worth addressing.  (Pretty sure we addressed this last year too, but it's worth repeating.)

 

Two years ago (the year Arte came and we had to move the event to the Fiesta Resort), we had set a price of around $25.  This price was set when we thought we were still going to be at a Hail Mary's type place.  Well, with the signing of Albert and increased interest in Fanfest, we had to move to a bigger location.  However, we never raise the price of the event even though it became a sit down dinner at a resort.  As a result, one of our members (not Chuck or I) had to write a check for over $700 to cover the shortfall.  He never asked for and never got his money back.  He viewed it as his gift to the board.  

 

While this was an incredibly kind gesture, I quite frankly never felt good about it.  So going forward, we decided that we were not going to let that happen again.  These became our goals for holding the event ...

 

* Let's plan the most fun event that we can for our community. 

* Let's keep the price as low as possible. 

* Let's ensure we don't lose money. 

 

After last year's event we also added another goal:  Let's start adding a charity component to all of our events.  We started doing this with last year's Summer Fanfest Weekend.  With the help of Jerome Williams and his family, we raised over $6,000.  This will be the first Spring Training Fanfest where we will be adding the charity piece (for both Angels RBI League and Miracle League of OC) and we are super excited about it! 

 

So, let me address the costs.  The prices at the Fiesta Resort have gone up.  I don't know if this is due to the DoubleTree taking over, inflation, a combination of the two or other factors.  But the prices have gone up.  They're also charging us for stuff they didn't before:  the podium where people speak, the mic at the podium, the ability to use the audio system in the room that the mics plugs into, etc. etc. etc.  

 

Another piece to factor in is the price of our special guests.  When folks like Jerry Dipoto, Tim Mead, Kole Calhoun, Victor Rojas, etc. come to the event, they're doing that for the fans.  They're not charging us a speaking engagement fee to come talk to and interact with us.  Well, we're not going to return their kindness by charging them for the event.  We comp their entry/meal.  As a result, we have to factor that into the event cost for everyone.  

 

So, where does all the cost of entry money go?  Here's a basic overview ...

 

* To the DoubleTree (DT) for the event space, room facilities, meals, staffing, gratuities, taxes, etc.

* To cover the cost of special guests (a number that is unknown to us and a complete wild card in all this)

 

What happens if we don't have enough money and owe more than we took it?  Crap!  Well ... we eat it.  

 

What happens if after the event we have money left over?  In the event that we have monies left over after the event, here's where they will go ...

 

* Part will go to the Angels RBI League and part will go to the Miracle League of OC.  (Note that most of our charity fundraising that evening will be done through drawings and auctions of Angels items and memorabilia.  This is going to be a new a fun part of the evening.)

* We would look to do some advertising with the Angels minor league teams like the 66ers, Bees, etc.  In the past, this advertising has allowed us to get interview access to the players.  It has been through these interactions that we've developed relationships with players who then come to our Fanfests.  

 

It’s important to note that only the special guests have their meals and entry comp’d.  Neither Churck, myself or any of the other guys that help run the event get comp’d.  I just paid $125 for my wife, my 3 kids and myself to attend the event.  

 

Sooooo … there you have it.  Sorry for the long post, but I thought it was important to unpack everything.  We’re not trying to hide anything and it’s important to us that we’re being aboveboard with everyone on this.  Fanfest is not a money maker.  But it’s also important that it’s not a money loser.