Re: AIS Silent Auction - your thoughts on this please

[don.rude@comcast.net]

Your points are all well-taken. 

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From: "Gerry Snyder" <geraldcsnyder@gmail.com> 
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org 
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:34:16 PM 
Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] AIS Silent Auction - your thoughts on this please 

On 1/31/2012 11:28 AM, Jill Bonino wrote: 
> I agree with Tom and Michelle that we should do this for the Aril Society. Also, yes, the book should not be displayed on the table, only pics with a notice that anyone interested should check with Silent Auction Chair to inspect. Also there should be a sign notifying everyone bidding that the proceeds are going to the Aril Society. Perhaps a minimum bid of $750 to get started? Also, we should ask the Aril Society for a "Reserve Bid", in other words if the bids do not meet the Reserve Bid of whatever, then the book returns to the Aril Society unsold. 

I would think that the Reserve Bid and minimum bid should be the same. 
Why make things more complicated than needed? We do not have to 
duplicate every aspect of Ebay. 

Also, since the expected final bid will be much higher than if ASI had 
its own auction, it seems reasonable to me that AIS should get 10% of 
the sale price. 

Finally, since this might be seen (perhaps by other Cooperating 
Societies) as a semi precedent, the motion perhaps should allow similar 
high-ticket items to be sold for Cooperating Societies at the discretion 
of the Silent Auction Chair. I would not expect such a request to be a 
frequent event, but this one-time action of the board should be sufficient. 


Gerry Snyder 

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