Re: Geek Dinner

[Paul W Gossett <pwgossett@juno.com>]

John,

I would be glad to handle the registrations and work with the hotel in
making arrangements for the meal.


Paul

On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:43:51 -0800 John I Jones <jijones@usjoneses.com>
writes:
> I am sorry to say that Joanne and I will not be able to manage  the  
> Geek dinner
> this year. I will be at the convention for only the business 
> meeting.
> 
> I am hoping to find a team of folks that would be willing to manage  
> 
> the GD this year in our stead.
> 
> I can see dividing the work into the following tasks:
> 
> 1 person to solicit auctionable items from members / hybridizers,  
> collect goods and get them to the convention, and organize them in  
> the room prior to the banquet Friday (2 hrs). Enter items into Excel 
>  
> spreadsheet for bidding. Organize pictures for projection to help  
> sell the item - helpful but not mandatory.
> 
> 1 registrar to receive reservations and money between now and the  
> convention. this person would also make arrangements with hotel  
> regarding the meal.
> 
> 1 Auctioneer
> 
> 2 people to keep track of the bidding and to collect money. (We have 
>  
> a computer program that Kitty Loberg created that works 
> exceptionally  
> well for this if you have a laptop)
> 
> 2 people at the door to take tickets, hand out bidding paddles
> 
> 2 runners to spot bidders and take item to winning bidder
> 
> 
> If you are willing to take on one of these tasks, please email me 
> at:
> 
> john@usjoneses.com
> 
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