[Osta-board] Sponsors needed for the Awards Banquet

Sat Apr 20 21:15:43 PDT 2013

Colleagues:

I have attached three documents:

1.  The sponsor letter that describes what we are doing.
2.  The sponsor Levels that describe what they get in return for their
donation along with a submission form.

Intel and Xerox already have already declined.  They stated that they are
supporting their local STEM partnership efforts instead.

Since Vernier will not be holding the event at OMSI (due to difficulties
with NSTA), Christine has said they would help out.  I have not heard back
from her about how much they are willing to donate.

I have a couple more of these requests out that I have not heard back from
at Boeing and CH2M Hill.  I also attended an IEEE meeting a couple of weeks
ago and passed these out to the board members to take back to their
engineering businesses.

I appreciate your suggestions for sponsors. However, I cannot do anything
with them without names of people at those companies to contact along with
an e-mail or snail mail address.  If you know people to contact, then
please, by all means do so.  Use the forms I have provided if it will help.
 These kinds of requests are better coming from a known quantity than an
unknown.

I am hoping to raise $5000 to offset the costs of the event.  I am still
planning on charging $30 for non-awardees to attend.  We have a keynote
speaker, Dr. Kent Thornburg from OHSU.  The third document is the
*draft*of the advertisement for the event, which includes the
information about
the keynote speaker.

Please use these with any potential sponsors you have.  NSTA will need the
advertising for the event in in mid-May. I am not inclined to move forward
with this unless $2500 can be raised by the time NSTA needs the information
for their website and pre-conference advertisements in May.

I have sent the same information on to our colleagues in the WSTA.  I am
hoping they can help out with the fundraising as well.

Thanks for your help,
Lori

On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Lela Thieme <lela.thieme at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have some ideas...a script would be great...I know the one I would like
> to ask will require a 45 day before I receive a response....they just gave
> $1000 to our chamber and gave $15000 to my playgroup project a couple years
> ago!  They are great supporters of local and beyond...
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Allan Bruner <brunera at colton.k12.or.us>wrote:
>
>> 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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