St. Judes...Getting to $100,000 Ideas

Terry Green · January 24, 2008, 08:56:00 PM

Dave Stinson...great idea...just don't know if we have the time or man power to do that.

Keep kicking it guys!

DesertDude · January 25, 2008, 09:43:00 AM

Doug, that aint right.....To early with no warning this morning.....

DesertDude

vermonster13 · January 25, 2008, 09:50:00 AM

One thing to remember during the auction, if you want to be able to bid on items up to the end. DON'T KEEP MULTIPLE PAGES OPEN! That makes it like there are a lot more folks on the site than there really is. We had well over 1000 people on at the end of the auction last year and with so many folks with multiple pages open it was like having 6000 on which slows everything down a real lot.

Lewis Brookshire III · January 25, 2008, 11:01:00 AM

Man all this talk has gotten me exited! Is it time for the Auction yet?? LOL

ber643 · January 25, 2008, 12:06:00 PM

Thanks, Doug (I think - :rolleyes: )

We live (and die) with our mistakes -

Anything for the kids at St. Jude!

Lewis Brookshire III · January 25, 2008, 12:15:00 PM

Yeah Bernie, I dont think that pic will ever die!!! HAHAHA

Kingstaken · January 25, 2008, 02:08:00 PM

Just when mt eyes were healing they had to go and show that photo again..

Tom Anderson · February 21, 2008, 04:12:00 PM

Bernie,
Where's all those other pix of you flapping those pom-poms and such?

Terry Green · February 21, 2008, 04:24:00 PM

Those are probably on the St Judes 2007 forum on that particular 'item' thread....I can't remember who started it though.

Chris Surtees · February 21, 2008, 04:38:00 PM

If you do run the three pages for three days it maybe a good idea to have separate end times for each so bidders can jump from page to page as they end.

Terry Green · February 21, 2008, 04:48:00 PM

Yep...we already got that covered!

"We create Auction Forum 1, Auction Forum 2, Auction Forum 3, and Auction Forum 4 that are all separate, and all have the same start date, but have a different end date. Auction Forum 1 will end, and a day later 2, and a day later 3, and a day later 4."

ber643 · February 21, 2008, 07:50:00 PM

It is going to be different and interesting - but still loads of fun and good deeds.

You never mind about those other pictures, Tom (Native Craft) or I'll tell everyone you asked for them to go with your lavender fletchings. (Mind you, I didn't say you did, I just said I would tell everyone you did. - I take no prisoners! :p

superkodiak · February 21, 2008, 09:05:00 PM

I am not sure if anyone has thought of this idea or not. The majority of the guys on here aren't able to bid on many of the hunts or bows, some of the nicer items that are part of the St. Judes auction. =) Anyways, what I was thinking was that one or two auctions could be set up as buy ins for the chance to win a hunt or a nice bow that some of us couldn't afford. You could buy in at whatever set price, say $20 to get your name put into the drawing. You could buy in as many times as you want. Through the duration of the auction. At the end of the auction the drawing can be held and a winner announced. Obviously you would want to get more money raised than what the item is actually worth, might be a way to do just that!? Works for many gun raffles, why not traditional equipment.

vermonster13 · February 21, 2008, 09:14:00 PM

Hey Shawn, I e-mailed that very idea to Terry. Have one major item as a raffle. If it was in last years auction then set the number of tickets to increase the sale price over what it raised last year and don't draw until every ticket is sold. Gives us poor folks a shot at something we wouldn't otherwise have.

Terry Green · February 21, 2008, 09:17:00 PM

That's a great idea!!!!.......but the problem is I don't have time to run a raffle.....I've just got too much going on to take on another project.

vermonster13 · February 21, 2008, 09:27:00 PM

There are 14 of us Terry. Pick one to run it.

fyrfyter43 · February 22, 2008, 06:14:00 AM

Guys, I love the raffle idea! But if you're gonna do it, make sure you check into the "games of chance" laws. I would hate to see anybody get in trouble trying to raise money for such a good cause. The laws vary by state, and some can be very restrictive.

My fire company got in a good bit of trouble a few years back for running a 50/50 without a license.

Ray Lyon · February 22, 2008, 08:28:00 AM

Good point on the raffle. In MI, I believe you can have an auction without a license, but if you do a raffle, then you have to fill out a little bit of paperwork (not unruley, but it has to get done).

The raffle is a good option for the points mentioned above. So who's our "Tradgang resident attorney"???