At Nouns Town LA last year, all tickets were free for everybody. It was great, because we kept a nominally expensive per person event accessible for everyone who was able to make the trip to LA - which came at it's own price point.
I generally believe that events for and by Nouns should be as accessible as possible at a low price point or for free.
And in order to make it possible this year too, here is a proposal for 3 ticket tiers
Tier | Details |
FREE Nouners + Volunteers | Nouners get free tickets for themselves and their family Volunteers get free tickets by
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$$ | To cover for catering, creative workshops, entertainment |
$$$ Wildcard | Limited amount of VIP wildcard tickets. |
Volunteering
My goal would be to come up a variety of opportunities where everyone finds something they are comfortable to contribute and volunteer throughout the event.
Some examples:
Hosting a creative workshop or hosting any other engaging programming item
Make sure artists have all the materials, gear, etc. they need for their performance
Restock beverages in fridges
Help facilitate a workshop
...
The more people volunteer, the less budget has to be spent on external staffing with the result that we can spend more budget on entertainment and experiences for people to make memories with ⌐◨-◨ that live rent free in their heads forever.
I believe that this carries some truth: the more we do these things together, the more we grow together and have fun.
Referral Program
We'll establish a referral program for everyone to claim a fixed amount of discount codes to invite friends and partners at a significantly lower ticket price.
The idea here is to incentivize the network to promote Nouns Town.
I'm sure we can establish a leader board where the top 5 event promoters win the full round trip to Austin or akin prizes.
Wildcard Tickets
The idea here is to create a very limited pool of tickets that will come with their own perks (tbd).
I'm keen to hear your thoughts on this!
loads of great input already coming in! thank you! here's the updated version, keep submitting your thoughts please! https://paragraph.xyz/@benjamin/nouns-town-25-pt-3-ticketing
I like the idea of volunteering, but will it make any difference at the budget? Because the expensive things will still be there. But overall, volunteering to be part of others' prop is a great way to community building, an example of IRL. Count me in to help.
A new article on Nouns Town 2025 - in this week's paragraph I'm proposing 3 tiers for tickets. Keen to hear your thoughts! ⌐◨-◨ https://paragraph.xyz/@benjamin/nouns-town-25-pt-3-ticketing