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Thank you Christine and Margie, hopefully
we can get some more input on this subject! Roy From:
gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Margaret Cashman Dear Roy, This was outstanding outreach on your part with Kevin -- thank you so
much! It's really a model for how we can strengthen our club's relationship
with our local stores. I suggest that we put the ads in both the print and
electronic editions, simply to strengthen those relationships as much as
possible (but keep an eye on whether this ends up increasing costs). Cordially, Margie C. On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Seattle_Aquarist <Seattle_Aquarist@comcast.net>
wrote: Hi again, Well I stopped by “ Kevin asked how the club was doing and I said that in my
opinion attendance has grown in the last year. He said he sees very few
members visit his store, or if we do we are not letting our membership be known
when we visit. I asked how we could better support him as a “Store
Sponsor”. We discussed the updating our GSAS website and a link from our
website to the store website. (I confirmed tonight that it is currently
in place in the “Sponsors/Donors” area of our website at that the link
works.) I also confirmed that his is receiving a “hardcopy” of the
monthly GSAS newsletter and asked if he would like additional copies or if he
or his employees would like to receive it electronically. Kevin said not
at this time, one copy was sufficient. I asked if he would be interested, as a “Store Sponsor”, in a
business size card “ad” in our monthly newsletter. He said that would be
nice and he that would consider donating a fish or other item for our monthly
mini-auctions if someone would come by and pick it up. I asked if he
would be interested in taking out a ¼ page ad in our newsletter. Kevin
said it had been discussed in the past, but instead of supporting the club with
advertising it was decided to give members a 15% discount instead. I
asked if possibly advertising for special events, like the “ Bottom line, no donation yet but I will go by again next
week. In the meantime, what are your thoughts on the following? 1)
Business Card size “ad” in our Monthly Newsletter
for “Store Sponsor”, maybe put them all in a common area with a caption
recommending our members support the stores that support our club and mention
the discounts available? 2)
Offering ¼ page ad space for Special Events at
Stores (for a fee)? Overall my meeting with Kevin was friendly and
positive. I was interested in what we could do, as a club, to help
support him as a “Store Sponsor” and Kevin was open, friendly, and very
frank. I probably opened about a dozen cans of worms that everyone is going
to get really excited about, so try not to all yell at once! I look
forward to your input. From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com
[mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com]
On Behalf Of Seattle_Aquarist Hi all, I visited with Kev at “ Maybe we could increase member interest if we posted on our
forum what donations we have received to date?!! I know I am interested
and I suspect others would be as well. Thanks, From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com
[mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com]
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