2023-01-22 Book Sale

Sections:

• Donors & Codes List
• Decisions List
• Who does what
• Packing List
• Layout

Particulars: Afternoon of 22 January 2023, RadStorm

At 5:00 on Sunday, I am putting all the remaining books in the dumpster. Dan is not taking them home.

To Do

ASAP

• Pick a time & venue
• Invite Venus Envy
• Glitter Bean - pick up leftovers?
• Decisions, below

Two weeks before

• Create the Facebook event
• Notify the people in the To Contact list, below
• Send out announcements to Elderberries list & FB, and other queer groups - and Wayves
• Start arranging help on the day
• Brainstorm for who can take the unsold books - we need to invite a complete list. "If you know of an organization that might want the leftover books, get them to contact us."
  • Ask Elderberries members to get organizations in contact with us.
  • Ask Halifax Queer Exchange to get organizations in contact with us.
• Make a poster to put up at the Glitter Bean... maybe Staggers

Three days before

• Reminder to Elderberries
• Dig out Dan’s old porn magazines for the guy who wants the preview
• Print out H•R•E Volunteer! Cards
• Make up a labelled Freewill Offering box (maybe Dan's purple sparkle box)

Day Before

• Check in with "Who Does What" list (below) to see who will show up tomorrow

Announcement 2

(event name goes here) !!

Here’s how it works:

• You donate 2SLGBTQ++ books that you need to downsize
• You (and everyone) come to the book sale to buy books for 50¢ or a buck each
• Proceeds go to the Elderberries & Radstorm
• Porn? Sure, bring porn. It’ll go on its own table.

So:

• Mark your calendar for the book sale day (below), and
• Start gathering up the Q books you need to say goodbye to!

WHERE: RadStorm, 2177 Gottingen Street WHEN: 1 - 4pm on Sunday, January 22nd

To donate books,

• please email elderberries-books@bonmot.ca
• plan to get the books to us by January 20th.

Who Does What

• Richard Will look up prices on valuable books
• Dan book the space
• Richard: run the coffee shop?
• Day of, show up, staff
  • Dan
  • Erick
  • Barend
  • Richard
  • Patrick Maubert
• Barend: write up payment slips so the Cash person doesn't have to do math

Volunteers get first dibs on the books.

Decisions

Is there any reason NOT to have price tags on some books?

• Dan's idea.
• Decision: no

Is there any reason not to do some consignment books?

• Dan has a very easy tracking system for it
• Decision: no

The name of the event

• Elderberries Q Book Fair
• Elderberries Q Book Fundraiser
• Elderberries Q Book Sale
• Elderberries Rainbow Book Sale
• Lynn: Elderberries 2SLGBTTQ++ Book Sale
• Richard:
  • Rainbow community Book Sale
  • A very GAY book sale
• Erick: Queer Pre-owned Book Sale

Time of the event

• My original plan: 1 - 4
• Erick: yar 1-4
• Richard: earlier is better - 12-3, 12-4.

Prices

• Lynn: Soft cover 50¢, hard cover 1$, magazine 50¢, we don't have coins so you have to buy two
• Erick: I personally think it should be $1 for softcover and $2 for hardcover
• Barend:
  • "How much is this book worth to you?"
  • Hard cover $5, Soft cover $3, Magazine $1 End of Day Pricing
• Dan: We could also mark down the price as the afternoon goes on, until at 4:00 they are all free.
  • Erick: Not a great idea
  • Barend agrees
  • Barend: LAST HR PRICE SLASH. Cut prices to $1.00 or $0.50 for everything.
  • Barend: Everything is free the last hour or 30 minutes.
  • Erick: 4:00pm: pay what you want for 5 books at a time

Do we want a coffee & Sit down and chat area?

• Dan says, "Sure if someone volunteers to bring coffee, milk, sugar & make the coffee. I have a MOUNTAIN of styrofoam cups."
• Need volunteers for coffee duty

Donor Codes

• HDN HD Nels (Stephen Nelson) s-nelson@outlook.com New books, signed by the author
• WAY New books - Wayves Review Copies

Packing List

• Books (duh)
• The price labels
• Cash Box
• Pens - lots of pens
• Freewill Offering Box

To Contact

To Contact

• Marshall at Venus Envy
• Post a reply to the original FB post: https://www.facebook.com/groups/588709957911684/permalink/5729074100541885/
• Patrick Breton would like sneak preview of the porn: https://www.facebook.com/patrickbretonns
• Andrew John https://www.facebook.com/andjohngil
• Meghan Richard https://www.facebook.com/richard.meghan
• Glence Glasgow https://www.facebook.com/glence.glasgow
• Seel E Cue https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074926984834
• Melinda Norris https://www.facebook.com/melinder.norris

Layout

Porn on its own table. We should be prepared for separate tables for male and female porn.

Barend says: Separate displays/tables for hard covers, soft covers, mags, porn. IF TIME group by subject. IE biographies, novels etc in separate stacks. Place "cashier" at the beginning of the display tables to avoid er missing payments.

Announcement 1

Start gathering up LGBT books you want to get rid of!

Later in January, the Elderberries will be running a Q Book Exchange Fund Raiser Flea Market. Here’s how it will work:

• You donate 2SLGBTQ++ books
• You (and everyone) will be invited to a flea market on a Sunday afternoon, to buy books very cheaply
• Proceeds go to the Elderberries & Radstorm
• Porn? Sure, bring porn. It’ll go on its own table.