Thank you to everyone who attended our latest meeting. I will be sending the meeting minutes and the forms I promised later this week.
On a more personal note. I just wanted to remind everyone that we are 68 days away from the auction. And 81 days away from Relay. 68 DAYS?!
Autumn and I (and a select few team members) have been working non-stop to make this auction and our team this year the best it has been. We have both made sacrifices financially and in our work and personal lives because we believe in the cause that we are fighting for.
We have both lost loved ones and have watched our friends and family suffer from this disease that has no bias, no regard for age, gender or race. It has no sense of timing or being just. It has taken things, people and experiences from our lives we can never get back.
I am not asking for sympathy or to be thanked. We both do this because we love it and have some inexplicable obligation to participate and be successful. And we are no different than thousands of other people in Tacoma who have been touched by cancer.
But I am hoping that THIS year, above all others our team is in this fight with us.
We currently have 14 registered team members. We have a couple who are not registered and a few people who cannot commit to the team, but want to participate during Relay and want to come walk laps.
Last night I scheduled a mandatory team meeting. Of the 14 registered team members. 6 came to the meeting. (including the 2 captains)…….. 6.
I know, everyone has lives outside of team functions, I don't dispute that, or make judgments. I just want to confirm that everyone is onboard.
Autumn & I cannot do this alone and before the posters get printed and hung, and the press packets are sent out I need to know we will have the help we need. I need confirmation that team members WILL be available May 18th (the day of the auction) and (at least some part of the day on) May 30th (Relay For Life).
When discussing the auction, we concluded we need about 18-20 people to make the auction run smoothly and to make sure every aspect is covered (details in the meeting minutes to follow). 18-20 people would make sure that it is a great and fun night for everyone involved. More hands make for lighter work. I am hoping we will have all the support we need to make this event a success. But if we do not, that decision must be reached before we are in too deep to cancel.
20 people is more than we have team members, so we may need to recruit friends and family to help out for a few hours on Auction day. If we can't convince more people to help us out, we will probably be able to make everything run smoothly as long as every team member will be there to assist.
So please, let me know to what extent you plan on being involved in our team. So I can plan accordingly.
And thanks again to those team members who have already contributed so much to our team. You know who you are. We appreciate your commitment. I plan on celebrating with A Beach Babes Beach Party when all the work is finished, we deserve it.
P.S. If you know someone who would like to participate at any level, I will be happy to send them an invitation to join our team, just send me their email address.
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