I got the Denny's Pet World donation of (3) fake bark whisper filters and (1) $40 gift certificate.
-Paul
On Sat, 15 Mar 2008, Erik Olson wrote:
> Remember, though, I'm not the board... this is just a proposal/suggestion
> to the board from 'club member Erik'. I don't want to step on anyone's
> toes!!
>
> - Erik
>
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Susan Welenofsky wrote:
>
>> Wow, thanks Erik! I will bring the bags and sample with some water in like
>> on Tuesday. I think I may need to move between ten and fourteen.
>>
>> Susan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com]
>> On Behalf Of Erik Olson
>> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 10:08 PM
>> To: GSAS board members and alumni
>> Subject: Re: [GSAS-board] Turface Aquarium Substrate
>>
>> It would be very easy to put the bags of Turface in the auction at your
>> cost, a fixed price, and I am sure that the board will approve treating it
>> as a reimbursement (i.e., full price) instead of a 'sale' (60%) because
>> you aren't making money on them to begin with, just providing a service to
>> the membership like Larry is doing. This is totally different than
>> members selling their plants and old junk. If it's treated as a service,
>> like a group buy, it's OK that neither you nor the club makes (nor loses!)
>> cash off it, right?
>>
>> Announce at the beginning that they're available, bring one bag + sample
>> bucket out of the car so people can see what they're getting. By then
>> Larry's will be in peoples' tanks and folks will be reporting back on the
>> list how they're working.
>>
>> How many bags do you still need takers on? Just the ten?
>>
>> - Erik
>>
>> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Paul Wallace wrote:
>>
>>> Susan:
>>>
>>> My condolences to your family.
>>>
>>> On the SMS/Turface question I am slightly confused. When if the Turface
>>> scheduled to arrive? Can we cancel?
>>>
>>> I would like to keep the kitty litter in the auction to A) reach a wide
>>> audience and B) Craigslist. I believe the auction system can handle
>>> "full price" items like the membership and would gladly support a motion
>>> if this is deemed unusual. I can also offer some storage space behind
>>> the house so that this is a shared burden.
>>>
>>> -Paul
>>>
>>> On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Susan Welenofsky wrote:
>>>
>>>> Board:
>>>>
>>>> I am just a bit disappointed that Larry decided to order after I set up
>>>> having 40 bags shipped out. It would have been nice if he could have said
>>>> something about getting Soilmaster after I said none was available on
>> West
>>>> Coast and had Lesco/John Deere bring out the new line from the East
>> Coast.
>>>>
>>>> Since everyone has shifted to buying from Larry, I'm hoping that I won't
>> get
>>>> stuck with extra bags.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to drag the extra ten bags down for the auction and sell
>> them
>>>> out of my car. If I do the 60/40 split, I will lose money. Any
>> suggestions?
>>>> Can we do an announcement at the auction?
>>>>
>>>> Susan
>>>
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