High Dudes, I will be your friendly email czar for the upcoming 15th annual Ice Fishoree. And before you continue reading this post, if you are on the email list, this message will be much easier to read from your email. The planning committee has met and discussed how we will attack the preparation of this event. It is going to require help from everyone on this club, and I am specifically speaking about work that needs to be done BEFORE the day of the tournament. So following is a general outline of the tasks to be performed. To start with we are asking for each of you to volunteer in any way possible, and to communicate that to the group. I will be sending frequent updates with what tasks have been completed, what duties have been filled, and what still needs to be done. If we don’t get things done voluntarily, then we will just assign tasks to individuals. Forrest, I think Balda already has an assignment for you buddy Rough outline of plan (will be revised/modified as needed): • Advertising and donations: These 2 items should be executed together whenever possible. What I mean is any place of business you approach for a donation for our raffle should also be a place to hang one of the attached flyers/posters, and vice versa. And also take the donation letter attached that Balda worked up wherever you go…it will help make our cause more legitimate. In order to maximize the profit on this fundraiser, we need a high volume of fisher people in the tournament. It would be great to have over 100 entries. And we need a good raffle to take advantage because that is where the money is at. Following is just a short list of places to start with, but certainly more should be added: o Boomers—done o Rookies o Musky Mike’s o Dick Smith’s o Bucky’s o Foolery’s o Golden Mast o Hideaway o Revere’s o The Next Bar (Oconomowoc) o Lakerz o The German Bar o Hog Alley o Channel Inn or whatever it is called now o Kurt’s Steak House o Delafield Brewhaus o Gander Mountains o Sherpers o Any other bar, restaurant, outdoor related store that is relatively in the area. o Your Employer_______ o YOU: every single active member of the club is responsible for donating a ~$20 value in raffle prize(s). This has always been the case, and the deadline for turning in your donations is the chili cookoff on Jan 24th. Things like bottles of booze and small items in the sporting goods section somewhere…just use common sense here. o YOU Again: talk about it, spread the word, facebook people, reach out and touch someone, etc • Big Ticket Raffle prizes: Back in the day we used to get this from the beer distributor. We are not that fortunate anymore, so we all need to take a moment and think. Do you know of any one or place that could donate any item that would fall into this category? Things I can recall from the past include a portable ice shanty, ice auger, lifetime supply of PBR (dream on dude), and many others my faulty memory forgot, but you get the point. We need at least one big thing to attract folks into wanting to buy multiple raffle tickets. Cause that’s where the fu#kin money is! This is a work in process, so speak up ASAP if you can help. • Day of Event: after everyone does what they can to help gather donations, put up flyers/posters, and spread the word, the final requirement of every club member is to work at a minimum (1) 4 hour shift either on the ice or in the bar. Adam “giggles” Karl is in charge of the bar scene, Hausylikesicefishing will have Stumpy Bay, and Mike “tonka” Balda is the Pres. If for some reason you cannot attend the event and work your 4 hours, then you will owe an additional $20 dollar value in raffle prizes. That is not a new rule, but an old rule reestablished. Following is a rough outline of the Day of Event duties and materials needed: o 5 am personnel to sell entry tickets in Rookies parking lot. o 7 am personnel to open and man the weigh-in stations: Stumpy Bay Golden Mast Rookies Roaming weigh-in station hopefully on Vince’s Mule, with raffle tickets to sell and lets bring back shake of the day! o 11 am personnel to relieve the above 7 am shift: Stumpy Bay Golden Mast Rookies Roaming weigh-in station o 3 pm personnel to relieve the above 11 am shift to finish the last 1.5 hour on the ice and clean up out there: Stumpy Bay Golden Mast Rookies Roaming weigh-in station o The Mule: Vince may we borrow it for the day if the ice is sufficient? o (4) calibrated fish scales o Order raffle tickets for the prize drawings and the Sadler’s 50/50 raffle: Sadler, I am basically asking if you would like to own this task? o (2) large Weigh In Signs for the ice stations: see the photo on the 2 big flyers…that is from 2004…something like that but no stinkin Miller shit o (2) pop up tents for the ice w/ sidewalls or a tarp to block the wind. o (2) tables for the ice o (2) portable raised fire stoves for the ice o Firewood: Senior?? o Food and Grilling setup?? This is one of those things that usually gets half assed but giving some cheap hot dogs or brats away can increase raffle sales at a low cost. o Dice for shake of day o Raffle selling: all day on and off the ice…again this is where the money is at! o Rookies: be there…this is mandatory for you as well as every other active club member. We work together on this and have some damn fun every year! I hope everyone made it through this long but necessary email. Now pick the items you can best help with, and reply to the email or personally tell one of us what you are taking on. By “us” I mean myself or Balda to keep it simple. And I want to point out that advertising and donations is first because that is most important right now, so please prioritize that first. Rack your brain for any place that could offer some item or gift certificate and/or be a good place to hang a flyer. If you are going to print any of these to distribute, make sure it is in color and in the size they were designed for. The (2) posters that both have the old photo of frozen Okauchee Lake was made for 11x17 paper and the other flyer was designed for regular 8.5x11 paper. If you have to pay to make copies, I will reimburse you, but they better get posted somewhere that will help. I suggest using the copier where you work and be discreet And to add to all that, don’t forget to tell us what you do, where you hang flyers, what donations you collected, etc. I will send weekly updates with progress and updated lists. Last point, I promise. Wings! We decided a follow up to our meeting yesterday was necessary, so why not do it as a group on the next wing night. Next Tuesday or Thursday will probably be the day. I will send another email with the date and place for wings and follow up fishoree meeting. I can also have flyers printed out for those that don’t have access to color printer, but I need to know who needs and how many of what flyer. Thanks for your support
Posted on: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 21:42:36 +0000