Eric: I agree that the September was bigger that the format allows. I would like to think that people simply had things saved up over the Summer and that month was heavy. Otherwise we will just limit to HAP/BAP, no equipment, donations as doorprize. I like short meetings. -Paul On Thu, 9 Oct 2008, Erik Olson wrote: > On Thu, 9 Oct 2008, Susan Welenofsky wrote: > >> If every meeting turns into a >> 60+ item auction, then you are going to go through a lot treasurers. > > ...and you are going to lose a few members as well. Yes, it's a nice > fundraiser, but it really eats up time at the end of the meeting. > Steev's talk wasn't particularly long (it was actually the Q&A that pulled > it much over an hour), but when coupled with the auction afterwards... > > I suggest limiting the number of items if it continues to get out of hand, > or specifically dedicating a larger portion of the September or October > meeting to an auction where you can use 'the system'. > > - Erik > > -- > Erik Olson > erik at thekrib dot com > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-board mailing list > GSAS-board@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-board > _______________________________________________ GSAS-board mailing list GSAS-board@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-board