<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Gentlemen:<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>A few thoughts and a request.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I like Jon's ideas form a previous e mail:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>Slide show/s at the college outing clubs in December, Me, Ward, Al, anyone?</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>Competition in January</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>Silent auction in February</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>5 college outdoor fest in early March</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>Finally the Winter Thaw</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>We can nail down dates for the 5 college fest and the Winter Thaw. </B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>Perhaps a Farley Initiative addenda to our existing WMCC brochures. A slip in information packet about the goal that we can use to hand out to </B></FONT><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>friends/family who may not climb but are in a high enough tax bracket to benefit from a deductible donation.</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>The web site will need some updating as well. The PayPal account thing sounds like a good idea. Also maybe a significant donor page. $100-250, <SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>250-</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>500, 500- 1000, over 1000$ with your name in whichever category, might encourage some businesses to donate if they can get some <SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>advertising </B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><B>out of it.</B></FONT></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I am suggesting things we can do via e mail so all of us can participate: one of us starts a thread and I'll compile the data.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Let's create a plan of what we would like to do and share it with each other so we will all be paddling in the same direction. Take Jon's ideas and pass <SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>them out.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Let's create a donor/contact list - names, titles, contact info., who knows who, how they can help</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Let's add to the 12 e mail addresses above: who is gonna actually get this shit done?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Let's get that new board member - well, on board.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Let's create a long term wish list (I know we talked about it, but let's start it) What do we want WMass climbing to look like in 5, 10, 20 years?</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Let's create and "stump speech" we can draw on, disseminate (message boards, crags), try to get published in the mags and local newspapers</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Let's identify partners who would benefit from this parking area: the mountain bikers? The trust for public land? Get Harry and his hikers off their asses!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I called the legion - March 17th and 31st (the third and fifth saturday) are already booked. We need to move on entertainment.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Ball's you're courts . . . </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Rob</DIV></BODY></HTML>