[Osta-board] Sponsors needed for the Awards Banquet

[Allan Bruner]

Dear Colleagues:
You might consider talking with your local reps for California Casualty,
ING, Security Benefit Life (TSA company for teachers), NEA Benefits folks,
OEA, your local banks (or US Bank Corp, the parent), Les Schwab, and a host
of engineering firms in the Metro Area.

I'll pursue my face-to-face contact with Horace Mann; she has been a very
generous sponsor.

Bernie, is there a target amount for numbers and sponsorships to drive the
price down to "reasonableness?"  I remember my Pres-Elect year when Terry
Tucker was Conference Chair at the last NSTA Regional in Portland... and
the choices I had to make and the costs were not cool!

Let's make the "ask," colleagues... if you need a script, let me know... I
can help with a script.

Thanks for your collective care and leadership in OSTA.

Allan Bruner




On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Bernie Carlsen <bcarlsen at reed.edu> wrote:

> Good morning, Board members,
>
>     We are searching for some sponsors to help cover the costs of the OSTA
> Awards Banquet at next October's NSTA Western Regional Conference.  If you
> know of any person, company, or friends who might be able to help us,
> please send their names to Lori Lancaster, <lancaster.ld at gmail.com>, or
> me.
>
>    The awards breakfast that WSTA hosted at the NSTA Seattle Conference
> cost $45 per plate, an outrageous amount for any teacher to pay (or for
> OSTA to cover the comp'ed awardees!)
>
>    Please talk to reps from any companies who you might deal with.
>  Science supply people, science book salesmen, Insurance, car dealers, real
> estate agents, Les Schwab, US Bank, etc.  Lori would like to get this event
> funded by the end of this month or else she may cancel it.
>
>    Partial sponsorships are possible.  $5000, $2000, $1000, $500, $250.
> The Celebration of Excellence in Science Teaching in Oregon and Washington
> is scheduled for Thursday evening, October 24th, at the Loyd Center
> DoubleTree Hotel.
>
>    Your efforts are appreciated!  The sponsors will be well recognized at
> the conference as this is one of the highlights of OSTA's participation in
> this Portland showcase.
>
>
>     Thank you for all that you do!    Peace and friendship,  Bernie
>
>
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-- 
*D. Allan Bruner, National Board Certified Teacher*
Science Chair
2006 Oregon Teacher of the Year
Past-President, Oregon Science Teachers Association
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