INC NEWS - INC Booth At Centerfest Changes Rules

[Mike - Hotmail]

Randy Pickle deserves a special thanks for the major contribution his 
display and forethought that went into organizing the booth.

In fact,  Saturday afternoon when he came to cover his shift, he immediately
recognized that our "concerns" flip chart needed to be set up outside the 
booth to make it more visible,  then he quickly proceeded to gather up a 
bunch of the ballons in his hand and walk out into the midway like a real 
ballon vender would do at a circus!

That and just having Bill Andersons article show up in the Herald Sun were 
very fortunately timed events for INC.

What a salesmen!

Mike


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Woodard" <mike at mikewoodard.com>
To: "RW Pickle" <randy at 27beverly.com>; <inc-list at durhaminc.org>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: INC NEWS - INC Booth At Centerfest Changes Rules


> Thanks to everyone who helped make INC's CentetFest booth a great
> success. Randy mentioned some in his email below.
>
> I would add Randy to the list for his booth design and for his hard
> work putting it together, which included working until midnight Friday.
>
> In addition to the folks list below, thanks also to Susan Sewell,
> Tuscaloosa-Lakewood; Cathy Abernathy, Hope Valley; Barry Ragin, Duke
> Park; Regina deLacy, Hope Valley Farms North; and past president/new
> Herald-Sun columnist Bill Anderson, Duke Park, for pulling shifts at the 
> booth.
>
> And thanks to all of you who just stopped by.
>
> The contacts we made and the comments we heard were invaluable.
>
> Mike Woodard, Watts Hospital
> INC President
>
> At 02:17 PM 9/17/2006, RW Pickle wrote:
>>What a great opportunity it was yesterday (and it's still going on until
>>6pm today) to be down at Centrerfest and get to talk with a bunch of folks
>>we never get to see at our meetings. No doubt, we'll have a whole new
>>bunch coming to our meetings in the coming months! Even after 21 years,
>>people haven't heard about us. It would appear that we are going to have
>>to creat a special team to get out in the community and help neighborhoods
>>organize. Organization and communication were two issues that kept being
>>heard (as well as a number of other issues we'll review over the coming
>>months collected at the event). This whole idea of getting out into the
>>public at an event like this was a good one.
>>
>>We were excited when we heard that the Durham Arts Council was giving cash
>>prizes (three cash prizes; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd) for the best booth.
>>Unfortunately, it was only to the craft booths and not to the non-profits.
>>But all of this is going to change next year because of INC  booth this
>>year. We were told by the event staff that they were sorry for leaving the
>>non-profits out of this competition and would change that next year; and
>>adding one more award, Best of Show. That is the award they said we'd get
>>yesterday for having the best booth at the event. Thanks to to Mike and
>>Cheryl Shifflet, David Harris, Ken Gash (for the printed materials), and
>>Mike Woodard for helping to set the booth up and to all those who
>>volunteered their time to come out and help staff the booth during the
>>event. It really was a rewarding thing to be involved with, meeting all of
>>the neighbors we have across town and who were looking for some help on
>>various issues.
>>
>>I have a couple of photos I'll post next week so you can see how we
>>represented you. And I would urge anyone to get involved with something
>>like this in the future. It was great to see so many people interested in
>>what we're doing.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>RW Pickle
>>
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