Re: [at-l] Ryan Brooks Shelter was RUCKFUND report

[kahley7 <kahley7@ptd.net>]

Kahley,reaching thru the monitor and grabbing Coosa by the throat <g> says....
Nope.  sorry.  It has been a trip and obviously more successful than I could
have dreamed, but I find that fundraising is not my forte.  Our success was not
due to my efforts but to the incredible generosity of the online AT community
and the RUCKCREW.  There were opportunities presented to me,
openings to reach out to gear manufacturers etc, that might have yeilded
more goodies for auction or raffle.  All I had to do was write and convince
them to donate.  I just couldn't find the words.  No matter how worthy the 
cause,
asking total strangers to give me stuff just wouldn't come out.  Now twisting
the arms of my friends was eeeeaaassy <g>.  So I'm out of the fundraising biz
and for the next PARuck, I hope to do no more organizing than to make sure we
don't run outta coffee !  And of course...soliciting the pies <VVVBG>.
Passing the mantle.......Coosa-the action person?



At 07:49 AM 2/10/00 -0500, Coosa wrote:
>So, can this be the GOAL for the Rucks between the 2000 and 2001 Mid-AT (aka
>PA) Ruck?
>
>Kahley, you willing to be our treasurer for these events?  JohnO, you
>willing to collect the change?
>
>I'll bet we even have architects who could draw it, construction workers who
>could direct it, and more muscle power than the largest construction company
>in the US to build it -- it could be THE meeting point for Rucksters in
>2001 --
>
>Hey, with THIS group, we could have the money together and work on it maybe
>over Thanksgiving week and have it up by that weekend ----
>
>Whaddayasay?
>
>The idea person,
>Coosa
>
>
>Original Message-----
>
>
> >and some one said the list could not raise money for a small shelter and
> >privy... there could be the -Ryan K Brooks shelter out there in progress it
> >woud be nice and small nothing fancy. far from roads and perfect
> >
> >just trolling
> >
> >Wisperlight
> >
>
>
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