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Hosting a Jedi Gathering
I always felt guilty not having an envelope to drop in the plate...
And, I'd just as soon not go, as feel guilty...
I don't want others to feel that way and stop coming....
We (TOTJO) have been accused of promoting only those who donate....
John used to to it all.. Money, PR, Membership stuff, site admin, all of it....
Slowly, the work is being spread...
And, right now, all of council is trying to.overlap with the parts that are not assigned...
When we have a finance officer, I will stay out of his/her way, mostly, lol....
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I have a hard enough time keeping my own books in the black! :whistle:
hahahhahahhahhahha :silly: :woohoo:
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Jestor, maybe just keep all donations anonymous. Just a suggestion too. I understand the reason you wouldn't want it that way.
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So, john gets to deal with it, still...
And, none of us are experts, lol...
It is a crap job Wes, you are right...
Maybe I can find someone to do.my job, and ibwould do that job..
Lol....
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Jestor wrote:
Akkarin wrote:
Jestor wrote: Sigh...
*facepalm*
Lol....
Could you expand? lol
Well, lol, I feel that we are talking about how we are not at a point for a physical temple, and then you bring an idea about spending money we still dont have, on another thing... lol...
I just found it funny... Despairingly funny....
That's all...
The funny side of me want to ask about getting decoder rings for us all when we get money ahead... lol...
So, I put it out there, bit know I was going for laughs...:woohoo:...
Right, I get you Jestor
But as Connor was saying it might be good to have some kind of idea on what we might actually spend the money on. People at the moment are talking about donations so it might be good to have some idea of what exactly we might do with the money when we had it - and that it was a reasonably realistic goal.
As for the starving children Wescli, it has always been the position so far as I remember that TotJO is for Jedi things. If you want to donate to help starving children don't donate here, we don't spend our money on that, if you want to donate towards Jedi-like things then that's what we're for.
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Akkarin wrote: As for the starving children Wescli, it has always been the position so far as I remember that TotJO is for Jedi things. If you want to donate to help starving children don't donate here, we don't spend our money on that, if you want to donate towards Jedi-like things then that's what we're for.
Except that religions have a responsibility to their membership just as members have a responsibility to their community.
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When I went looking last year for a place, I looked in the area I was wanting figured up the max amount of money I wanted to have everyone pay and multiplied it by the number of people I believed would come. Although the previous year there was 30ish people, I know that the majority of the time about 15 show up, so I added 5 more to see if I could buffer it. Knowing I only intended on 20, I determined $150 would be the max anyone would pay (after talking with veteran planners). About 50 of that would go towards food, which allowed me $2000 to rent. Then just went looking for places that were either under that amount or at that amount for the 4 day weekend.
That said, I have no idea what prices look like out there. But something I had toyed with was the idea of actually getting hotel rooms and renting a conference room to do classroom formatted workshops. The only reason that would not work out, is because this group likes to do a lot more in the way of physical activities. Given that everyone enjoys the sword classes, I elected to not go that route. But a place like ToTJO seems more intent on the classwork type things, so it's something that you might consider doing if it is more cost efficient.
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Thank you for posting the topic Akkarin.
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Lykeios wrote: I could host a gathering. Depends on where and when and if the gathering happens though.
Thank you for posting the topic Akkarin.
Well....Traditionally The Host is the one to decide all that
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