[FFCF-Fundraising] Banquet/Amy

[Vic Bedoian]

Hi,
I didn't get any sense of when DN! Would firm up their schedule.  So I'll
call Norman Solomon.   

-----Original Message-----
From: Sue Kern [mailto:skern at sti.net] 
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 8:33 AM
To: vbedoian at kfcf.org; fundraising at kfcf.org
Subject: RE: [FFCF-Fundraising] Banquet/Amy

>Sounds reasonable if we can pinpoint Norman Soloman.  If he can't do
it though, and DN calls back before you start trying anyone else, we can go
with her.  I can't tell from your e-mail if they were saying that the
definitely couldn't tell us until a month or two before the event, or if
there's a chance they could call back within a week or two.
>
>---- Original Message ----
>From: vbedoian at kfcf.org
>To: fundraising at kfcf.org
>Subject: RE: [FFCF-Fundraising] Banquet/Amy
>Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 09:18:05 -0700
>
>>Hi Everyone,
>> 
>>I just talked to Dennis Moynihan of Democracy Now! - he said they
>are still
>>working on their scheduling and can't commit to a date at this time.
> They
>>definitely want to come to Fresno and will make it a priority but
>because of
>>all kinds of factors and constraints, they can't pinpoint at date
>that they
>>can promise to be here.  I explained to him our constraint about
>reserving
>>the hall and dinner etc.  He said they would make some decisions
>soon but
>>was not specific as to when.  
>> 
>>So here's what this means to me:  I think we should get another
>banquet
>>speaker, maybe Norman Solomon.  Since we need to nail down a date
>and make
>>all the food plans - we need to move on.  When DN! contacts us, a
>month or
>>so before they come out here, we can arrange a speaking engagement
>at any
>>number of places.  We should start putting out feelers to FSU, FCC
>etc in
>>preparation for that event.
>> 
>>What does anybody else think?
>> 
>>Vic
>>