I'm moved and settled into my new place so it looks like it is time to start dealing with the money for the F2F.

Here's how we're doing this. There are no tickets for the weekend. We're not collecting money from each person. Some of us have extra cash, and some of us do not.

So, we need to raise a minimum of $2500 to cover the food costs for Saturday night and to pay for the hospitality suite for the weekend and to have some food and drinks in the suite for everyone to munch on.

I've opened my paypal account and am ready to take whatever folks want to send. I'm going to post how much money we've collected, but I'm not attributing any of it to individuals.

That covers the cost of the event for us.

However, I'd also like to help out those among us that can't afford to travel, or pay for a room or any of those things. In the past we've had very generous folks pay extra money. In this vein there's a second fund that is being set up. This is basically a pool of money for folks to donate to help get people to the event and for rooms at the event. If people don't have an objection to me tracking the money in and out of this pool privately then you can just earmark money to go into the travel/housing pool and it will be set aside. If anyone wants or needs some extra help, send me an email and you'll get hooked up. Also, if folks have things like Frequent Flier tickets that they'd like to offer, just email me and I'll keep track of it all.

My PalPal account is under stagesound@earthlink.net and is now open and ready for service. When you send money please mention whether it is for the main fund or for the travel fund. You'll get a confirmation email back from me once I've logged the money.

So, we need to raise a minimum of $2500 to cover the food costs for Saturday night and to pay for the hospitality suite for the weekend and to have some food and drinks in the suite for everyone to munch on.

I thought some of the food costs for Saturday was going to be covered by our bar tab? Or did I misread?

We need to spend $1500 on Saturday. Part of that will be offset by the bar tab, but last year in DC we spent less that $1000 in drinks.

So, for safety sake I'd like to collect for the worst possible situation. If we raise a ton of money maybe we can do an open bar for part of the night.

Also, does that big post look like it's ready to put up in Press?

Will it be first come first serve for the scholarship fund?

last year in DC we spent less that $1000 in drinks.

Ah, gotcha. And here I thought we were such a reliable bunch of lushes!

Will it be first come first serve for the scholarship fund?

Yes, I believe this is what will work the best. I'll post updates about how much is in the fund and if we have a need for more money in it. That way both sides can stay anonymous.

t selfish

FWIW, I would be relieved to know that we had gathered enough to offset the costs of the food and beverages since it's my credit card that will be charged otherwise.

t /selfish

Okay, I'm going to post this in press and link over to here for discussion.

So, if it's first come first serve, and someone who doesn't need the money (like me) were to ask for it, that person would get it?