gee I hope they like the new space!! Maybe we will look like we need a lotta dough.... On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 1:15 AM, Priscilla Smith <priscillagaysmith@xxxxxxxxx > wrote: > Rauschenberg folks are coming, Rauschenberg folks are coming. > > July 29, 30, August 1 > > I saw Andy Imm at 88 tonight and we can have the John Beadles work up at > 88 to show; we'll have a day or so of the Neighbors show up still at West > End. > > The more stuff we can show, the better. Of course, we'll give them a tour > of Forsyth Street. > > Andy, we should get details up on the calendar a.s.a.p. > > We should have the July board meeting just before, so that'll be good. > > New web site would be good. > > They're doing this to, get to know us and see how they can help us get > done what we want to get done . . . fundraising, community engagement > (thoughts?) and they want to strengthen relationships among grantees. In > Atlanta that's us, Glo ATL, Dashboard Coop, Lucky Penny, and Living Walls. > > While we were told at the beginning that we shouldn't count on this being > a continuing thing, they might be persuaded to keep helping us. R. > Rauschenberg made a lot of money. Regardless, we should show them nice > hospitality. > > We're supposed to "finalize" logistics with them by July 21, but as far as > i can tell, what we can do is tell them the extent of our activities during > those 3 days and make ourselves available. It would be great if we could > host them for cocktails or something at 88 and a whole bunch of us be > there. This is a sweet opportunity. > > xo > p > 404-578-4430 > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ron Ragin <rragin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 6:47 PM > Subject: Robert Rauschenberg Foundation - Atlanta Site Visits, July 30 - > Aug 1 > To: lauri.stallings@xxxxxxxxx, imaginarymary@xxxxxxxxx, > beth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Priscilla Smith <priscillagaysmith@xxxxxxxxx>, > monica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Blake Beckham <blake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Stephanie Fleck <sfleck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > D > ear Atlanta > SEED Grantees, > > I hope that this message finds you doing well. > > I know that you've been hearing quite a bit from the Rauschenberg > Foundation, as of late. Now that we have full-time staff in the > Philanthropy Program, we are excited to deepen our relationships with the > organizations that we support. > > In that spirit, I am planning a trip to Atlanta > from Ju > ly 30-August 1, and the primary purpose of my visit is to get to know > our SEED grantees better. The attached letter provides more details about > what I'd like to learn during my time with you and some of the activities > I'd like to schedule. Please review it, both for your information and for > planning purposes. > > I've CC'd my colleague Stephanie on this exchange so that she can support > the planning process (thank you, Stephanie!). > > *Please finalize logistics with her by Monday, July 21. * > If you have questions about content and what you should be prepared to > discuss > during our meeting > , please contact me (rragin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > > If you have questions about logistics, contact Stephanie ( > sfleck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx). > > Both Stephanie and I can be reached at 212-228-5283. > > Looking forward to seeing you all! > Ron > > > >