Valentine's Banquet

 

neither apparently. i asked them

I agree if these #'s are true and correct then something needs to be done about it, but do it under your real name!! MY HELL GROW UP PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!

 

#1 I am in no way asscociated with ANY clique, especialy an elite one by any means!!

#2 Come buy my d.a.m.n tickets if you are going to cry like a d.a.m.n little girl!!

#3 Grow up and use your real post name. This is a nice piece of info that you should be proud of if it is legit!!

I am Sorry but I feel like this is a bunch of 5 yr old S.H.I.T!!!!

 

 

#1- we have nothing to hide.  If anyone wants to see the books, by all means you are welcome to them.  There isn't some secret society of conspiracy or anything.  So feel free to investigate all you want and ask whatever questions you have.

 

#2- I don't see any reason not to post the finances.  Again nothing to hide.  No one ever asked for them before.  Years ago we posted them monthly, every month.  But nobody cared and it was a lot of work for nothing.  But we can do it again. 

 

#3- I don't know the figures myself, but I'll assume the figures above are true.  So let me see if I can answer them (although I wasn't president at the time). 

I think we sold 60 tickets last year.  60x$20 = $1200.  Our goal was to make the ticket cost offset the food cost.  That was the goal.  Charge people for the food. 

This didn't include the speaker cost.  Why?  Because anyone could come.  We had a waiting list of people for tickets, and correct me if I'm wrong but everyone who wanted to come last year was able to come. 

 

#4- in hindsight maybe we should have charged people enough to cover the speaker cost.  So that is what we did this year.  This year, no club money will be spent on the Valentine's Banquet that isn't coming from the ticket sales.  So your concern has been addressed and fixed.

 

#5- after this banquet meeting you are more than welcome to see the finances to verify this information.  Feel free to see for yourself that this event pays for itself. 

 

#6- many people think this event does NOT need to pay for itself.  Some would say it is worth the club spending money to show local store owners, wifes, vendors, and whoever else that we appreciate them.  That is why we also give away some free tickets to the banquet.  So yes, we lose money off the store owners who come, but the presidency felt it was worth it to keep them happy.  In some ways it is an investment. (again, this year I expect it all to be paid for in ticket sales, so this is somewhat of a moot point)

 

And finally.  We certainly appreciate comments and suggestions from people.  But it may be wise for people to ask questions before jumping to conclusions.  If you have questions... I'm always here to answer them.  Or, feel free to jump to conclusions spread rumors.

 

Adam