6.  Review After the Carnival

Be sure to schedule one meeting after your event is over. You can collect final reports from the committee that will be very helpful in planning your next carnival. You can also exchange "war stories" and brainstorm on what things you might do differently next time.

Collect all the information from your committee and put it in a binder. At the least, include:

• Details on expenditures; How much did you spent and on what?
  
  
• Details on income: How many tickets were sold? What made money and what lost money?
  
  
• Details on setup: What games went where? How many tickets did you use? How long did setup take?
  
  
• List of food: What was popular? Did it make money?
  
  
• List of vendors: Who did you buy from and would you use them again?
  
  
• List of games: Do you have instruction on how to play each game? Where are they stored? Which ones would you do again? Which ones had problems?
  
  
• List of prizes: What prizes did you use? Which ones were popular? Where are the leftovers stored?
  
  
• Helpful hints: What did you learn to do? Not to do?