Thanks to everybody who attended the PEACE Ball. We are certainly considering it a success, with the funds raised, the attendance, and the capacity to build on it with future activities.
We are estimating that between 650 and 700 people attended the event - we had been hoping for 500, so this was a great showing. We haven't officially tabulated all of the funds raised yet, but it looks like our gross proceeds will be around $50,000. We had people attend from all over the Twin Cities. 52 tables were purchased for the event, doubling what we had expected. They were purchased by a pretty even split of congregations, organizations, businesses and individuals. As one of the event coordinators, it was great to see that people were extremely tolerant of the challenges brought by the higher than expected attendance. Since everybody came right on time for the event, and wanted to spend time being greeted by the event co-hosts, the line to get in was pretty long. Thanks to list-member Aaron Neumann's impromptu idea to keep people waiting outside entertained with banjo music! Most of all, it was extremely encouraging to see the broad participation from across the divides of race, class, and distance. Michelle Martin PEACE Foundation Director Armatage REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
