shugar
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i know i volunteered iris for this pero (as usual) i started thinking on the way home...
there's quite a number of us around, more than 20 actually, including fringe friends and DOR buddies... that's pretty cool... so i was thinking like this: why don't we all chip in a little money for our xmas party?
ganito idea ko:
1. all divers going chip in about 500 each. if 20 of us go that's immediately 10k, i fed 80 people at don henricos for my kid's binyag for 18k (4k of w/c was bottomless iced tea) so imagine if we even feed just half that number and drinks are KKB? (parang liveaboard)... doesn't have to be fancy... also if we reserve a place and they "cater" that means we have an area to ourselves where we can make noise have fun, get plastered, etc...
2. i was also thinking a small portion of the 500 (100? 150?) will go to a pool that will buy some small items at an LDS for raffling off - doesn't have to be bcs and regs (although sana diba?) but little stuff that a diver would appreciate and celebrate the season (log book, slate, octo holder, hanger, gear bag, etc.)...
3. we can charge a small addiitonal (100? 150?) for non-diver guests (wives, housebunds, GFs/BFs, life partners) to help cover food... maybe even get a few non-diver prizes just so they're not left out (snorkel, mask, makeup kit, sassy girl notebook, whatever)
4. on top of all this we solicit prizes from our local dive shops - especially the ones who we patronize and post referrals to online (gordon, ellen, aquav, aqua1, sworld, etc.) - any little thing will do although BCs/ regs, liveaboards, bp/ws would be great hahahaha - again, all in the spirit of fun
5. we might even be able to solicit some prizes from our resident instructors (something with almost no overhead cost for them - AOW or EAN course, etc.)
6. anyone else who wants to throw in a prize can also do so (e.g. extra regs at home, extra BCs, BP/Ws or whatnot, old SS BP)
the whole point is that aside from the great time we'll be having together, there'll be a little something pa for the xmas season...
all we need of course is a date and a venue to do this in and some people to handle some committee work...
might i volunteer the following:
the amount/s are off the top of my head but i'm not one to make it expensive for everyone so we can always negotiate the charges (e.g. a ppd rate, a non-ppd rate, a non-diver rate, etc.)... of course the more people collect, the more happiness goes around diba?
what do you think? let's do this?
Jag
there's quite a number of us around, more than 20 actually, including fringe friends and DOR buddies... that's pretty cool... so i was thinking like this: why don't we all chip in a little money for our xmas party?
ganito idea ko:
1. all divers going chip in about 500 each. if 20 of us go that's immediately 10k, i fed 80 people at don henricos for my kid's binyag for 18k (4k of w/c was bottomless iced tea) so imagine if we even feed just half that number and drinks are KKB? (parang liveaboard)... doesn't have to be fancy... also if we reserve a place and they "cater" that means we have an area to ourselves where we can make noise have fun, get plastered, etc...
2. i was also thinking a small portion of the 500 (100? 150?) will go to a pool that will buy some small items at an LDS for raffling off - doesn't have to be bcs and regs (although sana diba?) but little stuff that a diver would appreciate and celebrate the season (log book, slate, octo holder, hanger, gear bag, etc.)...
3. we can charge a small addiitonal (100? 150?) for non-diver guests (wives, housebunds, GFs/BFs, life partners) to help cover food... maybe even get a few non-diver prizes just so they're not left out (snorkel, mask, makeup kit, sassy girl notebook, whatever)
4. on top of all this we solicit prizes from our local dive shops - especially the ones who we patronize and post referrals to online (gordon, ellen, aquav, aqua1, sworld, etc.) - any little thing will do although BCs/ regs, liveaboards, bp/ws would be great hahahaha - again, all in the spirit of fun
5. we might even be able to solicit some prizes from our resident instructors (something with almost no overhead cost for them - AOW or EAN course, etc.)
6. anyone else who wants to throw in a prize can also do so (e.g. extra regs at home, extra BCs, BP/Ws or whatnot, old SS BP)
the whole point is that aside from the great time we'll be having together, there'll be a little something pa for the xmas season...
all we need of course is a date and a venue to do this in and some people to handle some committee work...
might i volunteer the following:
- iris/ish - venue coordination
- spoon/jon - prize committee
- pao/ jai - solicitation committee (being instructors you have more clout with LDSs) but we will help siyempre and i can send you a preliminary solicitation letter later
- caloy - accountant/ collector
the amount/s are off the top of my head but i'm not one to make it expensive for everyone so we can always negotiate the charges (e.g. a ppd rate, a non-ppd rate, a non-diver rate, etc.)... of course the more people collect, the more happiness goes around diba?
what do you think? let's do this?
Jag
since its relatively early i think the best would be to decide on a date and a place so that we can make arrangements already.
