Dear all,
I quite agree with Andy concerning the committee. I don't think it's right
to put Mimi through all this alone. I haven't had the pleasure of meeting
her, but Mimi seems full of energy and extreme good will, let's keep her an=
d
not exhaust her.
anny
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Andrew Halmay <venivici_at_rogers.com> wrote:
> Friends, Czernowitzers, Romans, Countrymen and Undertakers -
>
> Re the Cemetery Project.
>
> I have no objections to a trial with a Dr. Bursuc or anyone else but I
> would like to save Mimi from another fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants, rolle=
r
> coaster effort with a flow of reports of disappointments and disasters th=
at
> wore me out even as a distant bystander.
>
> While we all deeply appreciate and laud Mimi's effort on the plaque, I
> don't want to see her running herself into a hospital or grave and, as Ha=
rdy
> points out, we are owed a report on the final moment of glory before she
> gallops off on the next project - (after having put us through the ups an=
d
> downs of adventures worthy of a Cervantes novel)
>
> We have sincere interest among a small number of us to get the cemetery
> cleared and maintained. Bruce points out that there are funding sources
> outside our group. For starters, however, it is important to determine wh=
at
> is feasible. Let us form a committee of three to five who will take char=
ge
> of PLANNING and who will write a business plan, so to speak, that will
> determine the economic feasibility of the project - how much can be raise=
d
> within our group, how much can be raised from outside sources, etc.
>
> I hate the word =93committee=94 but we need a small group which will be i=
n
> charge of the project and will report to the rest of us on their progress=
or
> come to us on major decision.
>
> I'm back to my hands. I would like to see a show of hands from volunteers
> to sit on the committee. We already have a chair for the committee =96 Mi=
mi,
> as always, is champing at the bit. I don't want to see her committing
> herself financially on behalf of the rest of us. It is not fair nor
> professional.
>
> Various ideas and suggestions can come from all of us but the main work a=
nd
> responsibility will be that of the committee. We are not making an MGM An=
dy
> Hardy movie in which Mickey Rooney says, =93Hey, let's put on a show.=94
>
> I have a dozen suggestions for the fund raising effort but I'll sit on
> these to submit to the committee once one has been formed. I would love =
to
> volunteer to work on the committee but I have far more than I can handle =
in
> my own little world. I'm simply putting in my two cents because I would
> like to see this project done and if you approach it without proper plann=
ing
> you'll end up like so many wannabe film producers who start production
> before being fully funded and end up with unfinished films.
>
> All the best,
> Andy
>
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