Rally to Restore Sanity Chicago Update 10-18

[Angie McMahon]

Hello everyone, as promised this is your daily update...very late. I
had a long day of work and this is the first chance I could write it.
I am also pretty tired so I am gonna ask for forgivness on spelling
and grammer.

OK, after a long discussion with the Police Commander, and the Chicago
Park Dist I have been told if I am confident that we will meet all the
requirments that we can go ahead and start to promote the event as
HAPPENING!!!! They are being very gracious to work with me to make
sure it will be a safe event and they are expecting us, so make your
plans.

Now here are some more costs, I am gonna list the Old costs and the
New costs so we can all get an idea of our goals.

1. $5000 security Deposit to the Chicago Park Dist

1.a. $70 late permit filing fee

2. $2,900 for insurance for 10,000 attendees

3. $1,750 for 10 port a johns (most likely this will be where the park
ask for more)

3. a. Traffic controllers, a cost that I will get soon.

4. $75 to record with the State the NFP papers

5. $38 to file articles of Incorporation

5a. $5 for the Cashiers check to pay the filing fee

6. $275 penalty for taking donations before NFP status was granted

7. $800 to file for tax except status (or pay taxes on the donations
collected whatever is the least amount)

8. Staging $1,000 (this is an estimate of the frieght charge to get
the stage to us and take it back the same day, the actual stage is
being donated)

8.a Even though Meeting Tommorow has donated some sound equipment we
are in need of bigger speakers (the ones they are providing are best
used for max 300 people in an inside space) I have Insiders
Entertainment that said they could donate the mixing board and
speakers but again a frieght charge to get it to us. This cost I will
know in the morning.

8. b. The Police Commander would like us to purchase T-Shirts for our
security officers, 25 t-shirts. I have to make some calls, not sure
on this cost.

9. Chicago Park Dist required union labors to assemble the stage (this
cost is yet known to me)

10. Lakefront Maintenance cost (garbage pick up) this cost is yet
known to me, but the form has been submitted requesting the fee.

11. Jumbo Tron, $5,000 What has been donated is the Audio equipment
(from http://www.meetingtomorrow.com/) and the security (as well as
legal services from http://www.kamelilawgroup.com/)


So what now, in the morning I will put a post up for vollenteers, we
will be in need of approx 10 stage hand helpers to assemble the actual
stage, as well as folks to man a check in table, a donation table, and
work the crowd for donations as well.

I have the flyer art that has been sent to me, I will upload it for
folks to start to download to pass out flyers, I will also get some
printed so I will need folks to pick em up and get em out. I will
think harder on this in the morning when my brain is working again.

Also we are in need of a sattilite dish to get our boardcast feed. I
have a friend who is gonna make calls to Dish Network and Direct TV in
the morning to see about sponsorship, if anyone has any connections to
this company speak up now.

I am in need of someone with good press contacts (a PR person) right
now I have just sent out prelim stuff to sites and general media but I
am not expert (all the Theater critics got a release...those are my
contacts and I doubt that will go very far for this)

Our donations are currently at $11,185 and we are gonna need more,
especially if we want that Jumbo tron. So don't stop spreading the
word. So far Oprah has not come through...so feel free to keep
emailing her as well.

This is as far as my brain will let me think tonight. Great job
everyone. More clear thoughts in the morning.

Angie