Geek Aid 2007 AAR
We got back from this year’s Geek Aid event a few hours ago. Some thoughts:
First, a big thanks to all the sponsors this year. Not to dismiss the other sponsors, but I was really impressed with the number of voulenteers that PC Pro Schools gathered up.
Attendance seemed to be higher this year. If I had to hazard a guess I’d say it was about twice that of last year.
While I’m not privy the exact numbers from the previous year, or this year, fundraising efforts have improved. This year saw the addition of a 50/50 raffle, a prize raffle, and a silent auction for some WMCAT student’s artwork. The prize raffles were fun, as there were about 20 things to win. I could swear half of them were sleves of No Water Golf Balls. Personally I won two of them myself. Honestly, a lot of people helping out at the event won raffles, but there’s a reason for that: We bought a bunch of tickets.
The silent auction for artwork was great. Theresa and I picked up 3 pieces that we’ll have framed and put in our living room, all photos done by WMCAT students. Scott Laursen, of Adams Consulting, one of the sponsors, put up a framed photo measuring about 24″x12″ taken by himself at the ALCS Game #4 from 2006 signed by a numer of the players on the Tiger’s team which went for $250 itself. That was pretty cool.
There is one thing I’d like to see improved for next year: The hanging of sponsor’s banners. They’re putting up good money to make this event happen and they deserve a good professional display for their company name. In the two years that we’ve done this we come armed with a number of banners, all of different sizes, and no real plan for getting them up aside from using rope, tape, and bungee cords. I think we can do a little better in this area and I’m sure we will. This year was a bit of an improvement over the previous one. Next year we will have our act together a bit better.
Anyway, good event. Good times. I’m looking forward to doing it again.