Hey guys, I was trying to think of some selling points for the bag pack, because from my experience of bagpacking (three years... grrr...) it is ALWAYS necessary to seem like your doing it for a really justified cause. So I was thinking, (and I've discussed this with a few of you already), that perhaps we should do the musical this year in aid of some charity. There are a few reasons for this. 1.) We are non-profit making society, so why not give all our remaining cash/funds away at the end of the year? 2.) Last year's musical lost money, but I think we've learned from these mistakes and if we follow Style Soc's footsteps of a charity event, I think we will sell more tickets and thus make profit and therein 'raise money for charity.' 3.) In terms of bagpacking, we can say (honestly) 'Well, yes we are a student organization, but at the end of the year we hold a charity fundraiser show and donate all our funds to charity... blah blah blah.' Realistically, this goes a long way in getting people to give more money at a bag pack. 4.) To emphisize, we are a non-profit organization and I see no reason why not to do the musical in aid of charity, because 'in fairness' it will most likely be the last thing we do next year (like it was this year) and thus the 'best time' to donate to charity. 5.) It will be ALOT easier for the PRO to sell the musical if its a charity fundraiser. 6.) Lastly, after being on committee last year and hearing all the talk of a charity fundraiser for 'this and that,' I was disappointed when we failed to deliver and I think its something that this years committee could work to improve/explore/whatever... Anyway, to sum up... Charity = Bums on seats + More Donations = Better show So in my thinking... we get a bigger better musical and the charity make money... it is a win-win situation. Anyway, I wanted to open this up to discussion, and if people are in favour/against to vote on it via e-mail. I would ask people to try and limit they're e-mails (cus we know how that turns out!) Anyway, my vote doesn't count (unless its a deciding vote) so... I'm opening it to discussion, by wednesday I would like to have the votes in (bag pack is thursday) E-mail me with your votes: Yes = Musical as charity fundraiser No = Musical is NOT charity fundraiser Spoil = Undecided in the matter Thanks, Steve P.S. You may text me or call me with your vote too. -- Stephen Grimes 55456550 Applied Physics DCU Drama Chair Jedi Master 085 7079768 Bonnie: "Somebody save him, he can't swim!" Peter: "Oh, he's not even kicking. Kick Joe, kick." Lois: "Peter, he's a paraplegic!" Peter: "That doesn't mean he can't hear. Kick Joe, kick!" - Family Guy