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Jul 16

The Seating Meeting: Developing an auction seating chart

"We should talk in the morning," one Auction Chair told me, "I'll be tied up with the seating meeting all afternoon." Ah, the seating meeting.  It's one of the most dreaded of auction committee meetings. =============================== What is the seating meeting? It's when the Gala Co-chairs (or a small sub-section of the gala committee) convene to determine the auction seating chart. =============================== Why is a seating meeting important? Where a guest sits ... Read On >

Feb 26 Perspectives from front and back of the auction ballroom

Different perspectives from the front and back of the benefit auction ballroom

When I was in the 5th grade, the room was arranged with an aisle down the middle and rows of three desks clustered on either side of the aisle.  I was in the last row seated with two friends, Bryon and Tammy. As an adult in a classroom setting, I like to sit in the 2nd row next to a wall.  But as a 5th grader, I was assigned to sit in the back. We snickered over 5th grade antics.  Tammy and I would pretend Bryon had no brain and we'd talk "through" his head as he sat between us.  It was ... Read On >

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