Re: [GSAS-board] Plant auction

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

Dear Phil,

In the club there are members that can only make a Tuesday and those that
can only make a Saturday so the dates are split to accomidate both.  I for
one will be on daddy day care on the weekends as Jennifer will be working.
I will get a sitter for the April auction, but I would be forced to sit Feb
out.  Our options are to start early, limit the lots, or sell faster.  I
think the new space specifically will be ready much earlier and I will be
there ASAP to set up tables and bag plants.  I also hate spending a minute
to sell a bag of java moss for a buck...  I like the sale table.  

-Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:gsas-board-bounces@thekrib.com]
On Behalf Of Phil Lacefield Jr.
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:32 AM
To: 'GSAS board members and alumni'
Subject: Re: [GSAS-board] Plant auction

>>I certainly won't participate if it's moved to a Saturday.  I know I'm 
sounding like a broken record... we already devote a ton of time at the 
normal meetings to auctions, and the general auction is crazy long.

Now see, I don't get that.  Isn't that the whole point of the Feb meeting is
a plant auction?  And if it's grown to the point where it needs to be
longer, and our only choice is Saturday, why wouldn't we want to move it
there?  The auctions make us a LOT of money, as we've seen, and the more
money we have the more cool speakers we can fly in from elsewhere. I think
our membership really digs the auctions, both the after-meeting ones and the
big ones, simply looking at the attendance proves this.  Why not give the
membership more of what they want? And who cares how long the auctions are
if the items up for bid are good, everyone's happy AND the GSAS makes money
to support things throughout the year?

>>We've actually done this in the past.  We just use the same tagging system

as with the rest of the auction, the "cashier-ette" writes down the bidder 
number on the tag, and it goes into the system with the other items.  It 
can be manned by one dedicated person fairly easily.  

Sounds like a winner.  I'm all for it!

Phil


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