HWDC Mid Point Meet Up
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I have, still pondering.
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Split the difference? HWDC meet up in Chicago? A SE or IH pop-up shop could be organized. Might be kind of cool to show the Midwest some love, and it could spread awareness of IH to a market that is under-penetrated. I know that most IH and (I'm assuming) HWDC members live on either coast, but it could make this meet up even more unique. I am guessing Chicago is cheaper than the other cities, too.
In regards to Tokyo, SF, and NYC, it's a win, win, win. You can't go wrong.
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I think we should do the one most people can get to. We want more than 8 people rocking up
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Exactly Todd, that's why the poll is there.
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off topic but relevant, mega not sure how things work on your side of the pond, but with all the jeans & boots you sell for these companies with these comps you should really consider maybe trademarking heavyweight comp or something along those lines. it might help you if you are able to claim all your travel as a work/small biz related expense and then you would be able to at least write off a lot of your expenses and maybe even generate a little revenue with your vice, i mean hobby.
something to think about as i know i wouldn't have bought those heavy busters or at least two pairs of boots in my closet if you weren't involved . . . .
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You sound like Pam ha ha. Yeh, I know I might have missed a trick on this, but I guess none of us knew if it was going to be a success or not, I'm just happy to get great brands line Iron Heart and Whites on board with this to be honest.
Maybe next time I'll register the trade mark and license options for official involvement etc…. But I still wanted it to be about the love of denim rather than money. I'm only learning now that grand plans need grand finance, especially when you have three to think about rather than one :-\
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Well feck it then, public domain it is
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In Australia you can get an "abn" for quite cheap which says you have a business then you can claim tax back. but I guess you need an income on that to claim.
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maybe for a nominal fee you can call the Heavy Weight an advertising biz and the comps the ultimate grass roots campaign . . . then instead of trademarking Heavy Wait no i mean Weight, you can go the route of maybe a LLC or something else small, just so you can write off some items.
This is all hear-say & internet speak, so take it with a grain of salt but, in the States you can have a small biz and as long as it turns a small profit once every 3 or so years the folks usually leave you alone. It can't hurt to look into it & you are in pretty unchartered territory so for the most part you can write your own rules.
Oh and i'm sure i sound nothing like mini as i'm an angry man & she's a pleasant lady
on topic, NY for a meet just cause i like to show up when time allows & make fun of people from abroad
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End of the day let's sort out where the most people can get to. To me it looks ny but we need mega there either way as he has done so much for us. :))
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Thanks Todd, but it doesn't really need me to be there. If it ends up in NY or Tokyo I will be there, if it ends up in SF I will try my hardest to be there.
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Also, just to add, please don't vote if you have no intention of going. I have this horrible image of struggling my ass off for the next year to get to SF because 25 people wanted to meet there, only to find there are actually 6 folks who made it.
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End of July/ beginning of August 2014. Almost exactly a year away.
I'm getting it in peoples heads this early as I assume that some of you guys are like me, i.e not rich, have families and real world jobs and responsibilities etc….
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Not that I'm in the competition, but I wanted to interject for y'all's consideration that San Francisco is fairly cool in August. It would be a great choice weather wise for a summer heavyweight denim meetup.
"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco"–Mark Twain
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I picked NYC, but I'm slightly biased living here and all.
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End of July/ beginning of August 2014. Almost exactly a year away.
I'm getting it in peoples heads this early as I assume that some of you guys are like me, i.e not rich, have families and real world jobs and responsibilities etc….
Thanks for this, Mega. You definitely have the right idea by starting early. I really didn't want to vote for SF because I thought that would be selfish living in California; but twin is right about NYC in late July/August. It's hot. And it's humid. I will still hold off on voting, and leave the verdict to those who are actually competing in the HWDC (I rotate too many pairs to enter; love my MBBs, though!), but my entirely unofficial vote would be SF, as well.
