Everyone's made very valid points, and you're totally right Oric about needing to think things through very carefully.

I was thinking that since Ez64 and Mitch know more about networks than most of the rest of us, that they could be the 2 main network staff. I'm going to have loads of time from Saturday onwards, so I will be very happy with sorting out the venue and sponsors and any other areas that need more staffing.

Profit is an interesting area, and obviously we need to have safe margins but I think for the first LAN at least we should only make enough to pay for the event etc and make a bit of spare cash for the next few events and improvements. I guess once we cost things out though that we will be able to go into greater detail there.

As to starting small in someone's house, I completely disagree. 10 people isn't worth it in my opinion, and since I've already been to many house LANs and held one myself, it isn't really worth it if we ever want to upscale.

Security will always be one of the most important areas, and Mitch's idea of getting a venue with 24/7 security anyway is a great idea. Having said that, in Wizzo's announcement to us all at i37, he did say that many events have no security at all, so we'd need to work something out there. I'm not sure that we'd have enough money to properly hire a few security guys at the first LAN.

Thanks Chazlene for being up for the photoshopping, that's very good of you. We'll need loads of stuff . Finally, the other jobs like catering organisation are key too, and although I think we should definitely have some kind of mini-tuck shop, we should also expect people to bring their own stuff.