PR/Fundraising Updates and Questions

First, I want to thank all of you for working so consistently on the various PR and Fundraising needs. You have been more conscious of posting to the blog than I have. We have already learned alot this year. Timing is key in getting proposals and funding. We need to raise the flag much earlier if we don't have our funding. Line up food, etc well in advance - we can do all of this going forward.

Thank yous:

• Allison and Lauren for helping to line up some food.
• Brittany for taking care of the ACE hardware connection.
• Meg and Hannah for working on several fundraising proposals.
• Hannah for really getting ahead of the curve on the chairman's essay.
• Allison and Lauren for doing the thankless job of copying the DVD.

TO DOs:

1) We have a presentation to a potential sponsor scheduled for Tuesday, 2/28. Hannah, Meg, Sophia and I will be attending. Hopefully, we will have some good news after this meeting. We will work Monday night, 2/27, to prepare for this presentation.

2) It looks like the Chairman's Award Essay is well underway. Are there any items outstanding for the Chairman's award submission?

3) Have we put together any PR information for Portland? We received an advance notice that we should designate a spokesperson and I would also suggest that we may want to have some prepared material about the team. Do we have a fact sheet for Portland like we used in Atlanta?

4) We need to prepare a proposal for Motorola Foundation. Can someone start working on that? I have an outline of the information they require. Cisco Foundation is out - they will not fund schools.

That's all for now.

Mr. B