eBay would be one good choice, but they'll take a percentage of our donation and then paypal will take their fee (and so on). Another option is to create a world-commentable wiki page describing the auction and let people leave a comment and their name and bid on the page, which would be the virtual equivalent of the holiday party "Silent Auction" events. Nancy Powell wrote:

We have only done auctions in person at the Holiday Party, so we'd have to chart new territory with this. I'm cc'ing Matt in case he has ideas about how we could do this through the website.

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Pamela Lee mailto:pambudgie@yahoo.com> wrote:

As to the spare seat... please talk to me about how we've done auctions before (if we have before) where not everyone is present in person at a single place. Are you thinking ebay?

More background on the poster, please: 1 - who is leading the effort? I'm not sure I understand Josette's role, vs Patty's role. 2 - It's a laminated sorta poster? Not a watercolor or oil? 3 - "suitable for collection" meaning..?

Thanks for keeping me in the loop! - Pam

--- On Tue, 8/19/08, Nancy Powell mailto:nancyp2@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Nancy Powell mailto:nancyp2@gmail.com> > Subject: A couple of fundraising things > To: "Pamela Lee" mailto:pambudgie@yahoo.com> > Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 8:59 AM > Hi Pam-- > Just wanted to be sure both these things are on your radar: > > 1) We are transporting Madison, the macaw, to the Oasis in > September. At > last word, Mal Raff was going to be flying Madison there. > The tab would be > picked up by a student of his who wants that kind of flight > experience. > Mal's plane would have room for an additional > passenger. We thought we > might raffle off, or auction off, that seat --- I would > definitely bid on > it! I think auctioning may be the way to go. > > 2) Patty Blau is designing a poster for Mickaboo that > would be suitable for > collection. It will be a sort of stylized grouping of > birds, with lettering > under it that says "Mickaboo Companion Bird > Rescue." I'll send you her > latest draft. This is a project that Josette started and > is quite invested > in. > > --N