Whoof. We had a lovely time, and raised more money than I expected. Well, more than I expected earlier this week. We were hoping for a late ticket-sales surge, and pulled out a bunch of stops to try and make it happen... but it didn't. In the end, we had 94 guests (63 bid numbers) - and we were missing 4 of 5 of our most-involved families, who had other commitments. Argh.
But, we had good stuff for sale, and excellent food, and a great auctioneer, and we made the best of it.
So, what's next, for this fundraiser, and for this blog?
For RGMS, I am going to take the items that came in late, and the ones I held back, and launch an online auction in a week or two. We'll get those heavy hitters who missed the event yet.
For the blog; I'm going to use it generally to talk about some topics that may be of interest to auction chairs - how to set up will-call, say. I have definite opinions on that. And procurement. Look for a post on that next.