Today’s Rotary Show program was hosted by Mark Eckhoff and Trevor Tkach. Mark is the Board Director given the task of overseeing the Rotary Show this year. The Show dates are: April 25- 28. Mark your calendars!! The President’s reception will be held on Wednesday April 25 at Red Ginger. Mark has three aspirational goals for this year’s show:
- 100% participation from our club (C’mon people, this is the coolest thing we do all year, don’t sit out!!)
- Sell out all four nights! Our hardworking acts deserve to perform to sellout crowds!
- Have our Rotary Show be the ultimate new member recruiting activity. (We’re so cool, people will be begging to be a part of our club!!)
Committee Chairs: These are the people who make sure stuff gets done!
- Set up/tear down: Returning for his second year Andrew Kohlmann (Will he bring back Hans and Frans to “pump you up”? You’ll have to wait and see!!)
- Stage Crew: Mack Beers has decided to retire from back staging shenanigans (he’s been at it since 1984!) and stepping in is past president Mike Meinderstma who has demonstrated that he is more than qualified to conduct his own back stage shenanigans.
- After Glow festivities: Susan Kraus! Location is still under wraps – stay tuned for more details.
- Concessions: Wendy Irvin – this also includes ushers, greeters, clean up. We need lots of hands!
- 50/50 drawing at the show – returning to the money spot is Michael Caruso.
- Promotions: Doing what she does best is Katy McCain promoting the show!!
- Program Editor-in-Chief – Jim Bruckbauer
- Program layout, making sure the I’s are dotted, t’s are crossed is Kathy Bussell (let's face it, this club would be a train wreck without her!!)
- Show Director is the only guy crazy enough to continue to do this: Phil Murphy! (And he’s assisted by everyone who has an opinion about the show……. May the Force be with you Phil!)
- Herder of Cats aka Chorus Master: Bob Stow
- Chorus Director: Al Bonney and you know he always has something new up his sleeve!
- And our “Big Sales Ace” – the King of Rotary Ad Sales: Trevor Tkach
Holy cow!! That’s a lot of committees. And here’s the thing, you don’t have to limit yourself to just one committee! You can double, triple, quadruple serve – hey, your spouse at home won’t mind! Maybe bring the spouse and kids with you to volunteer for something!!
So ad sales kick off officially today. Trevor indicated that emails went out yesterday with the ad sales teams. Even if you claim to “not have gotten the email” you still have to sell ads! The goal for today was $25,000 in ad sales today. 2017 was a record-setting year! We had over $100,000 in ad sales! Now that’s only about $200 in ad sales per Rotarian. Realistically we could easily blow past the $100,000 mark. Let’s have a banner year of ridiculously overachieving!!
Last year’s heavy hitters in the ad sales arena were Mike Buday, Cindy Ruzak, and Bonnie Alfonso. Gil Bogley came in as the Rookie of the Year.
The ad sales team captains are as follows:
Team 1: Al Zelinski
Team 2: Andy Robitshek
Team 3: Bonnie Alfonso (Tim Tate)
Team 4: Cindy Ruzak
Team 5: Gil Bogley
Team 7: Ken Osborne
Team 8: Mike Buday
Team 9: Steve Haskin
Trevor reviewed the Sponsorship levels for the Rotary Show. He didn’t have names for the different sponsorship levels, so the bulletin writer just made some up (because when you’re the writer you can do that). The real names will be coming soon!
$1,000 President’s Level
- Half page color ad in the Rotary Show Print Program
- Logo on shirt of one of the show performers
- Logo to screen during all 4 showings
- Mention during all 4 showings
- 4 tickets to the show
- Listing in the TCBN and R-E “Thank You” ad
$2,000 District Governor Level
- Half page color ad in the Rotary Show Print Program
- Logo on shirt of one of the show performers
- Sponsor of a skit or skits during the show (including references, logo placement and potential incorporation into jokes)
- Logo to screen during all 4 showings
- Mention during all 4 showings
- 4 tickets to the show
- Listing in the TCBN and R-E “Thank You” ad
$4,500 Paul Harris Fellow Level
- Full page color ad on the inside or outside cover of the Rotary Show Print Program
- Logo on the cover of the Rotary Show Print Program
- Logo on the Show Posters
- Logo on shirt of one of the show performers
- Special on-screen recognition and mention for all 4 shows
- 4 tickets to the president’s reception and show
- Listing in the TCBN and R-E “Thank You” ad
And then despite the fact that we didn’t quite hit $25,000 in ad sales at our meeting, President John rang the bell and let us go. The end!
