Hi Jeb, Happy to put up $20 for the booth, also $5 to join, although paypal is beyond me...where do I send the check? Thanks for all your efforts, I am still quite interested in ordering, the timing has just not worked out for me. Kimberly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeb Bateman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 9:31 AM Subject: [Announce] [Buying-Club] Earth Day > Dear Buying Club supporters, > > Karinn and I submitted an application for BuyOrganic.org to have a > booth at Earth Day 2001, but we need your help to make it happen!! > Earth Day is Sunday, April 22nd from 10am to 5pm at Idlewild Park. > > Our application was approved at the business rate of $120, (since we > are not yet registered as a non-profit organization). However, the > buying club does not have enough funds to cover this. Therefore, I > would like to use a method called "goal funding" which I was working > on for some goals at another project last year. That is, our "goal" > is to secure an Earth Day booth before they are all taken, (only a > couple are left), and we are asking for donations toward that goal. > If the goal is not reached, then all money is returned to those who > donated. Simple enough? (I will put up $20 myself to start out.) > > Please reply to this message and let us know what you are willing to > contribute to see BuyOrganic.org at Earth Day 2001. Don't send money > now. We will coordinate getting the funds to someone who can write a > check to Environmental Leadership. Right now, it's only important to > let us know if you are willing to contribute any time or money to help > make this happen... > > Thank you, > Jeb Bateman > > PS: It would also help if more people would officially "join" the club > via PayPal for $5. (Compare this to joining other organizations ;-) > > PPS: I will send another message with an update on our funding status > after I call some people to see if they are willing to help, (since > not many people have been responding via email). Please reply! > > PPPS: The following message was sent to the friends list on Monday. > I'm forwarding it here for reference, since most people on the > announce list haven't yet joined the friends list... > > ----- Forwarded message from Jeb Bateman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > From: Jeb Bateman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i > Subject: [Buying-Club] Earth Day > Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 17:02:14 -0700 > > Hi everyone, > > I had lunch with Julie Dudley today, who is working on Earth Day, and > gave me the phone number to find out about setting up a booth there. > We decided this would be an excellent opportunity to get the word out > about the buying club. I just called Environmental Leadership at > 323-3433 and found out the deadline is today, and the fee for a > non-profit is $60, (or $120 for a business). > > We have a little over $60 available in the buying club fund now, so > unless anyone has objections, (or donations), I will plan to use those > funds to reserve a booth for the April 22 Earth Day event. > > Of course, we also need volunteers to man the booth, and make up small > cards or fliers to hand out. (I'm sure we can make that happen...) > Please let us know if you have comments or ideas to help... > > Thanks, > -jeb > > PS: There is a public planning meeting today at 5:30 pm at Round Table > Pizza on Fourth and Vine, which I may try to attend for more info... > ----------------------------------------------- > Buying Club list mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://buyorganic.org/mailman/listinfo/friends > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > Jeb Bateman... > http://jeb.ocha.net > _______________________________________________ > Announce mailing list at BuyOrganic.org > http://buyorganic.org/mailman/listinfo/announce > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] discussion list. >
