[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: How to get trophy donations for Futuities/Maturities
- From: "Sharon Allbright" <sharlen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:53:27 -0800
Good morning Shirley, You must not be so modest. In my opinion you are
more than excellent at the job of collecting trophy donations!
Many thanks from the GSDCSV.
Sharon Allbright
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From: "Shirley O'Brien" <alma_gsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:49 PM
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] How to get trophy donations for Futuities/Maturities
> This job is usually done by the Futurity/Maturity Chair or someone who
> has agreed to help out the Chairperson.
>
> 1. Make a list of every single trophy that needs a donation. Include
> columns for the class, for each trophy in the class, the name(s) of the
> people that donated to that trophy, and how the trophy was
> donated--cash, check, whatever. Put the list on a clipboard, along with
> an envelope to hold checks and cash.
>
> 2. Go to a local specialty show (it may take two). Walk around the show
> grounds approaching people, (wait til they are finished doubling--:-))
> telling them you are collecting trophy donations for the "Pacific
> Southwest (for example) Futurity/Maturity." Tell people that you can
> accept pledges. They don't have to pay today. German Shepherd people
> are incredibly honest--they almost always pay up. (The few that don't
> are indelibly branded in my brain!) If you get a pledge for a donation,
> be sure to get a phone number and/or e-mail address. Remind folks that
> if their donation is received by (I think it is March 1st--but you also
> need time to get the list into Rau, Tish can tell you) their name will
> appear in the catalog for the Futurity/Maturity for that region.
>
> 3. Keep a record of who has paid and how they paid--check number, cash,
> etc. Send your donations to Tish on a "flow" basis. Send your list of
> donators to Rau by the due date.
>
> 4. Send an e-mail reminder or call people who pledged amounts about two
> weeks before you need to send the list into Rau.
>
> 5. There may be a few who don't get their money in til later, but they
> always do. :-) (German Shepherd people are wonderful!!)
>
> 6. There are some people on this list who always donate for their own
> regional Futurity/Maturity as well as another region. (German Shepherd
> people are wonderful!!)
>
> 7. There are some people that have offered to pay for the pledge of
> folks who have suffered great tragedy after they made their pledge.
> (German Shepherd people are wonderful!!)
>
> I do not see myself as a person that is good at doing this, but, you
> know, I have done it for two Futurities and I think it has helped the
> clubs tremendously. Another thing, one year I was fairly new in the
> area. A person who lived in the area for a long time went over my list
> of people that had donated trophies and personally called people I did
> not know, that I had missed. This helped a lot.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Shirley Briggs O'Brien
> Gridley, CA
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