2005 (September) Rental & Staging Survey

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Questions Addressed

1. What percentage of your company's total revenue comes from equipment rental and staging services?
2. What state is your main office located in?
3. Please compare gross revenue specific to rental and staging activity only for Q2 2005 to Q2 2004.
4. Please provide the information requested (number of full-time employees with this title on 12/31/2004, average compensation (2004), starting compensation (2004), and percentage of average compensation that is incentive-based (2004) for each job title that is applicable to your company.
5. What would the value of the total annual compensation package be for a person who brings your company $1M in revenue per year?
6. What R&S Technology Seminars would you like to see at InfoComm 2006?(Select up to 5)
   1. Gain Structure in Portable Sound Reinforcement Systems
   2. Large Venue Projector Demo and Panel Discussion (Moderated)
   3. Affordable HDTV for Rental and Staging
   4. A Primer on RFID and AV Inventory Control
   5. Line Arrays and Conventional PA Systems — Theory and Application
   6. Power Distribution Systems
   7. CAT-5 and Fiber Distribution Solutions for Video in a Staging Environment
   8. A Primer on Video Servers for Lighting and LED Effects
   9. Lighting Design for AV Presentations in Larger Venues
   10. A Primer on the Widescreen Switching/Scaling Systems for Staging
   11. Production Schedules and Labor Management on a Multi-Day Staging Event
   12. Hard-disc Recording and Media Servers: Applications & Solutions for Rental & Staging in a Video-tape-less World
   13. Videoconferencing and Online Meetings Within a Staging Environment
   14. A Primer on Band Monitor Systems
   15. Master Antenna Systems for Wireless Microphones
   16. Dealing with Wireless Audio in an Increasingly Crowded Spectrum
   17. Standards and Safety in Event Rigging
   18. IT Skills for AV and Event Staging
   19. Elements of Portable Lighting Systems Dimmers
   20. Room Equalization for Portable Sound Systems
   21. Digital Delay Applications and Techniques for Portable Sound Systems
7. What additional exhibitors/exhibits/tours would you like to see at InfoComm 2006? (Select up to 3)
   1. Growth Strategies for Small Businesses
   2. Introduction to Employee Benefits
   3. Information Systems for the 21st Century Small Business
   4. Risk Management for Small Businesses
   5. Hiring, Retaining, Firing – What You Need to Know about Employment Issues
   6. Creating a Job Costing System for Rental Companies
   7. How to Manage a Staging Operation Without Relying on Equipment Reservations
   8. Employment Law
   9. Introduction to Financial Analysis – Profit & Loss Statements, Cash Flows, and Balance Sheets
8. What R&S Business Seminars would you like to see at InfoComm 2006? (Select up to 3)
   1. Shipping and logistics companies specializing in events
   2. Vehicle accessories like storage (American Van?)
   3. Inventory handling and storage solutions
   4. "Real World" equipment demos with side-by-side comparisons, like line array.
   5. Pro/broadcast video including camera systems
   6. A "tour" of the set-up of the InfoComm International Awards Dinner
   7. Theft prevention solutions for small equipment (i.e., portable projectors)