[fundraising] renewal mailing; silent auction

[Gracegrnrnbw at aol.com]

Dan - if it is easy to put your hand on the text of the old renewal thank you 
letter and you want to post it to us, maybe some of our brains can start 
thinking abou tthe re-write - Love, grace
In a message dated 8/9/07 12:54:59 AM, isis at isisdesign.com writes:


> Hi Merelice,
> 
> Thanks for the reminder. The postcards went out today for renewal 
> reminders. 168 reminders for the last year and a month.
> 
> The next step is to update the renewal thank you letter and the new 
> member thank you letter which are dated in content.
> 
> I have tried to contact Eva a number of times by both email and phone 
> over the last year but neither has produced a response in regards to 
> becoming a sustainer. As for doing the mailing stuff that is great. 
> When we have the thank you letters updated and ready, then she can do 
> the mailing work. Might as well wait till after the convention and 
> these reminders go out to see if they generate some more thank yous. 
> Have you been in touch with Eva lately? Can you send me off list her 
> latest email and phone so i can double check we have the correct ones?
> 
> Do you know of someone who volunteered to do the phone follow up to 
> the dues reminders? That was an important feature that Brian did. If 
> we could get someone to do that it would sure help.
> 
> Do you remember anyone else who thought the silent auction was a good 
> idea when you mentioned it at statecom meeting? Maybe they would be 
> interested... not much time left.
> 
> Peace,
> Dan
> 
> On Aug 8, 2007, at 6:17 PM, Merelice wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > I just picked up the email with the minutes of the last AdCom meeting.
> > The minutes included a mention of sending out a renewal mailing to
> > members (something that hasn't happened since around June of last
> > year) and that it would be done by Dan and Gary. This is a reminder
> > that Eva has repeatedly said she is willing to do these mailings (and,
> > in fact, was helping with them when Brian was getting the materials to
> > her). She happens to be away now through August 14, but I'm quite
> > confident she would pitch in after her return if the mailing hasn't
> > been completed by then.
> >
> > I hope the next mailings will be thank-you's to our few remaining
> > monthly sustainers (again, a reminder that Eva has said she would like
> > to become a sustainer) and thank-you's to those who have renewed
> > without having received a renewal notice. The latter thank-you's
> > generally include the little flyer about becoming a sustainer.
> >
> > Regarding the silent auction at the convention, I'm sorry that I am
> > not in a position to organize this.
> >
> > Merelice
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