Jay Rideout
Agreed, a $5-$10 fee would be very reasonable and I would consider it appropriate to raise it a bit more for the seniors/masters if we wanted to support the junior levels by maintaining or reducing their fees.
The calendar is a great idea but the membership fees are a reasonably stable way to run the finance end of this business.
Jay
----- Original Message ----
From: Joe Cipale
To: "Fischer, Jim E (Corvallis)"
Cc: "obra@list.obra.org"
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:58:55 AM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] OBRA Fund raising
Sheesh....
Just raise the cost of membership evenly across the board. We ALL use the signage at one point or another. There is no reason to go 'cheeky' to do this. The cost of production will increase the amount of what we already need.
This isnt rocket science for crying out loud.
Joe
Fischer, Jim E (Corvallis) wrote:
> When Candi asked for donations to help pay for road signs, I immediately thought of a recent fund raising effort I and a few other cyclists participated in locally for a youth shelter. If you've ever seen the movie "Calendar Girls", you already are familiar with the concept of a calendar capturing staged shots of regular folks in their birthday suits, but done so in a tasteful way so as not to really show anything better left to the imagination. I have had no luck conctacting the photographer who did the last three Men of the Willamette Valley Calendars. If you've see one of these, you get the idea.
>
> I've asked our own Ted Turner to be our man behind the lens. He's already storyboarding, looking into production costs, etc. If any of you have seen Ted's photos of bike events, he does very fine work when he's not officiating. Shane Young may also be helping out with the photos, and you have likely seen his work from many of his pics last season covering bike races of all types all year long all over the state.
>
> Reproducing this concept with our cycling crew, I envisioned a calendar with one of our 70+ teams as the primary pic for each month. We could do insets around certain big events and could even put the race dates on the calendar if would could get concrete dates in time for the printing.
>
> The shots will be staged, but it will likely happen either at races, or at nearby venues on the same day as some of the big races. Hopefully, we won't "need bigger buns" to keep the shots "clean".
>
> I need a show of hands from teams who would be willing to provide 5-10 subjects for these shoots. Gentle Lovers and S&M, I know you guys are already in, so no need to respond. ;-)
>
> I'm hoping for a mix of male and female squads, so ladies, don't be shy!
>
> Please let me know if you're interested in buying one, or interested in being on one, or both! Cost will likely be $25 and I'm hoping all OBRA members will buy one to help support the organization.
>
> Details to follow as Ted and I solidify the plan. Nothing will likely happen until after Cherry Pie and no shoots will be staged until we have a little warmer weather. ;-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Fischer
> Cycling Exhibitionist...err...Fund Raiser
>
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