Re: AIS Silent Auction - your thoughts on this please

[AIS Membership Secretary <aismemsec@earthlink.net>]

I don't see any reason why AIS can't do this for ASI. However I don't think we need Board approval to accomplish it. A simple agreement between the Silent Auction Chair and the ASI President should suffice.
There have been times in the past where a region had a silent auction side by side with AIS and there wasn't any problem. They just wanted to take advantage of the volume that an AIS Convention brings.
Lastly, this should be seen as a one time deal. We shouldn't be expected to be running a neighborhood garage sale on an ongoing basis.

Tom Gormley


-----Original Message-----
>From: Judy Keisling <keisling@swbell.net>
>Sent: Jan 31, 2012 10:36 AM
>To: AIS Discuss <AISdiscuss@aisboard.org>
>Subject: [AISdiscuss] AIS Silent Auction - your thoughts on this please
>
>The Aril Society has received a bequest of a copy of a 1913 edition of The
>Genus 
>Iris to be for auctioned for the purpose of proceeds benefiting that
>society.
>
>Since the ideal venue for it to be auctioned is at our silent
>auction held in 
>conjunction with the spring convention, we have received an
>inquiry from the 
>Aril Society regarding placing this item in this year's
>silent auction and 
>asking whether it would be feasible for the society to
>receive all or part of 
>the proceeds.
>
>Historically proceeds from all items
>donated and sold at these auctions accrue 
>to AIS.  However, in researching
>whether there is a written AIS policy regarding 
>sharing proceeds from auction
>sales, we find that no such policy exists.
>
>Because of the unique nature of
>this request, I would like to hear your thoughts 
>on this request. Several
>durrent and former board members who were contacted 
>while researching this
>subject thought that as a courtesy to a cooperating 
>society AIS should allow
>the Aril Society to receive all of the proceeds on this 
>item.
>
>As doing so
>would require Board action, I would like to hear the thoughts of 
>others and
>would entertain a motion that could be used as the basis of 
>developing policy
>on this type of request. 
>
>Judy
>
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Tom Gormley
AIS Membership Secretary
PO Box 177
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