Internal Affairs

The Valentine's Extravaganza was held at the Minstrel on February 6, 2015.

As reported by Mark Schaffer ....

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Subject: Re: Valentine Show

From: "Mark Schaffer" <markschaffer100@gmail.com>

Date: Sun, February 8, 2015

The VDEx continues to be a wonderful evening.

Of particular note was the many first-time and talented singers joining us through the Getaway and the Minstrel audience.

Additional decorations provided by new volunteer Bob Cole added panache and joy to the evening.

The main problem was the many disappointed members closed out.

The special $12 price was successful, and universally accepted.

Our intial goal was $300 profit.

We made approximately $1,000 profit,after expenses (including rent).

Thanks to the staff, MCs Gerry and Olga, the musicians, and co-planners Jean Scully, Elizabeth Lachowicz and Barbara Moo.

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The February Evening of Music was scheduled for February 14th but was postponed due to a snow storm earlier in the evening. It ultimately took place on Sunday, February 15th in the afternoon at the home of Christine and Steve Humphreys. It was a nice gathering and several guests took Christine up on her offer of courtesy portraits taken in her home photography studio. Thanks goes out to Mike Agranoff, Lori Falco and Pam Robinson for quickly and successfully getting the rescheduling word out on the Folk Project website, the member mailing list and Facebook, respectively. The hosts reported that no one came to the house on the originally scheduled Saturday night in the snow.

The February Bonus Evening was held on February 28th. I was not able to attend but nothing unusual was reported to me.

The March evening of Music will be held at the Home of Kathy Haynie in Skillman, NJ on March 14th.

Christine DeLeon

Folk Project

Internal Affairs Chair

On Feb 8, 2015, at 7:57 PM, christine@christinedeleon.com wrote:

>

> Hi Mark. You did a beautiful job with the show. A great time was had

> by all and by all accounts, it seemed to be a great success. Thanks

> for all your work. I suppose it's time now to come down from the fun

> bubble and look at the numbers. Did the show make a profit?

>

> Good news is that the entire time I was sitting at the door, no one

> complained or even frowned about the higher admission price, other

> than the individual we discussed (who did not complain per se, but

> simply did not ever approach the desk before the show started - but

> we'll discuss that another time).

>

> Lastly, can you tell me what the protocol now is for my March BoD report?

> Am I submitting it or will you be submitting it on Internal Affairs'

> behalf?

>

> Thanks again for all your hard work. The night was a lot of fun!

>

> Christine

>

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