Re: [GSAS-board] Donation request letter 2009

["Paul M. Wallace" <pwallace@u.washington.edu>]

Meredith:

The notes are:

â       Blue Sierra Issaquah: Phil
â       The Fish Store, TotemLake/Dennys/AGA: Paul
â       A Place for Pets: Roy ?
â       White Center Store: Steve
â       Midway Pets: Steve 
â       Reef shop in Bellevue: Salt Water City: Phil

I have hit of Denny's and Shango was kind enough to get the annoyed huff from 
the fish store.

I will be happy to add more or fill in donation forms.

-Paul


On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, meredith crichton wrote:

>
> at one point we divyed (?) up the stores so we wouldn't try to double dip
>
> I'll see if I can find it in the notes
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> From: phil@lacefield.com
> To: gsas-board@thekrib.com
> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:18:25 -0700
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-board] Donation request letter 2009
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>>> for a raffle you need large numbers of people (and tickets)
> for an auction you need people with lots of money
> silent auctions won't bring in as much as Phil would
>
> Thanks for the compliment, and youâre probably right â but we need to 
> encourage club membership and support back to club members above all else.  
> Throwing a big prize like this at the members will encourage those in 
> attendance to sign up, Iâd think (we signed up for the VAHC in order to buy 
> their raffle tickets, it was pretty effective!)
>
> Tickets there were $1 each, 6 for $5, 15 for $20 or some such, and they 
> raised a LOT of money off those tickets.  Consider that if I have to auction 
> it off to the highest bidder, the bidding might not get that high, because 
> that tank is a very specific shape and size, and will only appeal to a very 
> specific buyer, so it most likely wouldnât get THAT high of a bid. It kinda 
> sucks that they didnât just donate a regular 55gal or 70 gal or some such, 
> because those tanks are much more common and the stands/hoods/etc for them 
> are cheaper by far than the bits for that corner tank (which is probably why 
> they donated it to us, they had it and couldnât sell it!)
>
> Maybe we could ask around the other FLFSs and see if they would be willing to 
> donate the rest: one store might cough up the hood, the other the stand, the 
> other some lights or filtrationâ  That way weâd have a complete package to 
> raffle off, increasing the number of tickets purchased.
>
> As far as visiting other stores, Iâm happy to do what I can, but you guys 
> have to keep in mind that I am 22 miles from Blue Sierra (the closest store 
> to me) and easily 40+ miles from all the others, like APFP and the like.  It 
> would be much MUCH easier on us all if I could get some help, especially from 
> our board members on this list, in soliciting donations from the stores that 
> are near YOU, instead of me having to spend an entire day slogging around 
> myself to stores that I quite frankly donât know.  You guys visit these 
> stores all the time, whereas Iâve never even been inside most of them and may 
> never get to visit them.  Paul asked what he could do to help, and I told him 
> âvisit Dennyâs to hang a sign and ask for somethingâ; he did, and look what 
> happened!  I need this kind of help from all of you, please.  I know itâs 
> sometimes difficult to walk in, introduce yourself, ask to hang a sign then 
> ask for a donation, but I think youâd be surprised how willing most of these 
> guys are to help us out â look at how many $5 pens we always have to hand out 
> at meetings!
>
> Weâre less than three weeks out, the time to help me (and the club) is pretty 
> much right now.  Let me know what you come up with!
>
> Phil
>
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