Another Update

Bad news, good news.

Bad news: We are almost definitely not going to get the dates we want for the event.

Good news: There's still some hope of getting something in the general area, either before or after.

More good news: I've been ensured that insurance will be relatively painless. We can't start that, though, until we submit the application and get the dates.

What I'm going to do is put the dates on top priority and alter the event based on what's available. Which includes a long conversation on the phone with Tom Landy and a set of possible dates to ask about.

I'm going to propose ANY date that falls on a weekend in the entire month of October. If they have an opening, we want it. What I need to know from you guys is if you're okay with sacrificing parts of our event (like the stage or bounce house) for the Halloween theme?

The other thing I need to know is what you all want to do in the event that there are no free dates in October. Tom said we're onto a great start by having the paperwork and stuff we have, but things like this book up very early on by annual organizations. Even if we come across an open date, he will need to call the organizations that have done events there in the past to make sure they weren't planning on using it. They get priority.

If we can't get October, I think we should weigh the pros and cons of a winter theme and a fall theme and choose one of them. If we do November, we'll go for what openings there are for what we want. For December, it will be within the first week or two so we can have it done before CAS is due.

I really need all of your feedback on this.

Pleeeeease discuss this here. We can't arrange another meeting, so this is your only chance to say anything about it. I'm going to call Mr. Landy back on Friday. I know it's not a lot of time, but that's the way it is.

-Melissa