[NU Sports] NU & Bowl Tickets

[Roy S. Lamberton]

The solution is - 

Each NU club finds a sports bar, or suitable watering hole where they can
watch the bowl game. Admission is one (or more) ticket donations.

I'm sure the DC, NY, LA and Chicago clubs could raise quite a crowd - and
those who want to watch the game with friends could do so AND contribute to
the bowl ticket sales.

I'm sure any sports bar would be happy to "host" such an event for the
expected bar tab alone.

rsl

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-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Jim Leonard
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 11:16 PM
To: Northwestern Wildcats
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] NU & Bowl Tickets

That's a great idea, Harry. The Chicago-area donors that can't attend the
bowl in person could be invited to Welsh-Ryan to watch the game on a big
screen in sort of a 'satellite bowl' venue. 

Go Cats!
Jim




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From: "hakirsch at aol.com" <hakirsch at aol.com>
To: jintsjason at me.com; jleonard518 at yahoo.com
Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
Sent: Wed, December 23, 2009 12:12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] NU & Bowl Tickets


NU could also consider hosting a function in Chicago for those that donated
tickets as well-One thought would be to have a private party to watch the
game somewhere (If a lot of the donors are also going to the game, then
perhaps a private party in January somewhere in the area would make sense)-I
realize a lot of us ,myself included, dont live nearby,but it might
 encourage  local alums to donate --This would help sell tickets, help a
good cause, and offer some alumni an opportunity to mix it up with other
Wildcat faithful--

Harry


-----Original Message-----
From: Jintsjason <jintsjason at me.com>
To: Jim Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com>
Cc: Northwestern Wildcats <nwu-sports at tssi.com>
Sent: Wed, Dec 23, 2009 1:00 am
Subject: Re: [NU Sports] NU & Bowl Tickets


Great post. Just so you know, there is a button just for donating. used if
this morning. Safe travels, Jim. 
 
Jason Singer 
jason at jasonsinger.com 
 
On Dec 22, 2009, at 6:42 PM, Jim Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com> wrote: 
 
> Fellow Wildcat Faithful, 
> 
> I am waiting on my first paycheck in Korea, but I plan to donate two >
bowl tickets. 
> 
> With respect to not selling the 11,000 allotment, I am disappointed > that
NU isn't more creative. I don't think they do much to educate > season
ticket holders on the importance of buying through NU. But > beyond that,
there are two things I can think of to make NU's goal > easier. 
> 
> 1) Improve the donating process. I donated 4 Alamo Bowl tickets last >
year to Big Brothers/Big Sisters of San Antonio, but I had to do the >
legwork myself. I received the tickets in Nashville, then mailed > them
overnight to San Antonio and received a tax deduction letter > from BBBS. 
> 
> NU should step in and make this easier.On the NU bowl ticket website >
there should be a button that says 'Click here to Donate' and then > 4-5 tax
deductible options. Perhaps, BBBS, USO, Red Cross (I really > don't care
which groups). Then when you purchase the tickets, NU > sends them directly
to the organization and the organization gets > your information so that
they can send you the tax deduction letter. 
> 
> I emailed NU Athletics about this last year and never heard back. 
> 
> 2) Waive the $8 per ticket fee on donated tickets. If NU is > ultimimately
going to have to buy 4,000+ tickets then this is a > small sacrifice to
generate more sales. 
> 
> Merry Christmas to you all. 
> 
> Victory & Honor, 
> Jim 
> 
> 
> 
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