April 15, 2020
Announcements
Our next meeting is a Club Forum, we will be voting on our precipitation with the SunFlower Festival.
Coppel Hill Farm in Lee, NH invited us to help with the Sunflower Festival. It is a 9 day fest, 3rd week in July. One weekend they are hoping we will support an "Evening Laser Show" and event to benefit "Make a Wish NH". They get 3-5 K visitors per weekend.
They would like us to commit by May 1. Flag Hill is one of the largest sponsors and is a food and wine vendor.
There was discuss about costs, fund raising, support, etc. Cost for show about $10K. They sell tickets, $25.00 per person, they sell food, they have a vendor tent, and they was us to help recruit sponsors.
Russ discussed applying for a district grant for first responders PPE and KnowBox Project.
We received a thank you letter for Durham town manager, Todd Selig.
We received a thank you letter from Monarch Schools and an invitation for tour in the fall when they reopen.
Renee is going to talk to Newmarket High School about scholarships. We received 2 applications for scholarship from ORHS students.
Renee asked if we would pay for Graduation Cords for Interact Students, Russ set a motion for that, seconded by Will. Passed on vote. Cost of $20.00
Tom T will do some sponsor test calls and bring some more information on Sunflower Fest to the next meeting.
Tom B will reach out to LaserShow suppliers to get pricing.