Hi Marcy,
I'm glad you liked my banner.
I brought it for its "premiere" at the MLP's convention yesterday. It
went well with many attendees, especially Adam Weissman, who was
surprised and glad I adopted his suggestions for the graphic's placement
and for his "Still hoping for CHANGE?" line. You might like to know that
Adam was elected our new Media Secretary.
As for the convention, in a previous e-mail I sent from my hotmail
account, I reported on Mark Axinn's, the Treasurer, revised figures from
the convention:
I made a tremendous error on the figure for the auction ($250 instead of
$35); thank you Alton for catching it.
So we still had a profit, albeit much smaller than previously reported.
Pre-registration: $1755 (45 people)Checks rec'd today: 160 ( 4
people)Cash at door: 240 ( 6 people)50/50 raffle:
106Donation: 40Auction: 35
Total receipts: $2336
Postage: $ 24Pd to UKE [Ukrainian East Village Restaurant]:
1763 Tip to Luba: 250Jim Babb travel: 90Danny tapes:
20Alton (banner): 104 (obviously this one gets use more than just
today!)
Total expenses: $2251
Profit: $85
Mark
Yes, the profit was a modest one, but it was an exciting convention and
it had the best attendance ever of 55 paying attendees. I imagine Gary
Johnson was a draw for some of the attendees. Have you ever met him?
I've met him at the 2010 Freedom Fest convention in Las Vegas. He's a
nice, though I don't think he remembered me from Freedom Fest.
There were videos taken of the candidates' forum and of the featured
speakers. They will appear on YouTube. When I know their links, I'll
send them to you.
I was busy selling raffle tickets with some of the other officers,
though I sold the lion's share. It was a great way for me to meet the
attendees, speakers and candidates. We pulled in $212, which the winner
got $106. During the Candidates' forum, I got to ask them what they
would do as the LP's presidential nominee to ensure their participation
in the Presidential Debates, since most likely they won't get invited.
Among the replies were along the lines of getting people through social
networking to call the TV stations and demand their participation. Gary
Johnson said something about the candidate must do everything to get a
15% polling to ensure their presence in the debates.
Gary Johnson, not surprisingly, won the straw poll taken after the
forum. But as that famous ballplayer, Ron Swaboda, once said, "It ain't
over til the sun rises in the West," or something like that.
Marcy, if you didn't attend the convention, you missed a good one. (You
might not have missed the food, however, since the buffet at the
Ukrainian East Village Restaurant, where the convention took place,
served the "best mediocre food around.") Maybe next year.
Oh, lest I forget, I like to offer my condolences for the 49ers' lost to
the Giants. :-p
Talk to you.
Alton
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wrote:
Hi Alton,
Very good work! I see you all settled for "more," but still good. Have
fun at the convention.
Maybe LPSF could have a regional convention so we get to talk to the
folks in the other Bay Area counties. That might get LPCA all shook, but
that would be OK by me.
Marcy
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> Hello all,
>
> Attached in the "Files" folder, is the banner I had printed at a
local Staples "Copy & Print Center."
>
> I will bring the banner to the Manhattan LP convention tomorrow, but
no one there has seen its final design, until I bring it there tomorrow
January 21) at 10 AM EST. (And it cost $104, total.)