Re the AOS financial report. This is the IRS form you are reporting on. The AOS financial year goes from July 1 to June 30. Neither gala lost money - the first made over $60,000, the second made money also, although much less. I did not see the actual figures on the second but I was on both committees and I put together the numbers on the first gala. Depending on how the accounting is done (i.e. commitments made at the gala but given over a number of years were not counted as funds raised by the gala - that would have brought the figure up to $70,000+) you can show different amounts, but both galas were in the black. There are large deposits that must be made early on to contract for tents, caterers, etc., that's why it looks like they lost money. You can receive the yearly 2003/2004 financial information from the AOS - see their web site for information.
It was basically the same committee for both galas (actually it was the some committee that did grand opening); the job was assigned to us and we worked hard to do a good job. The committee was asked "when" they would like to have a gala, not "if". Who made the decision I don't know. There was not a third gala because no one would be chair. With only a limited number of volunteers on the committee they burnt out. But those figures are misleading, as far as galas go, because of the accounting periods, financial vs. calendar. Carol Holdren
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