Tuesday, April 21

After leaving class today, I was pretty pumped. Aside from the fact that today felt more like a meeting that ever, I had a new t-shirt, a new committee for kid friendly activities, and a tickets in my hand. I was a little upset to hear about Tom Matte, since I knew he was a big sports selling point and was assured that he would be 95%. I know I wasn't the only one on the event planning committee that was feeling the same way. Regardless, I was excited and ready to move forward; there was so much to get done and our event was really coming together.

Then there was an e-mail. I understand where Corey is coming from. I've tried to be understanding of his vision since the beginning. He was part of the original project team (during proposal development) and has not given up on that original idea. However, I do not believe that we should move the event. Regardless of the obvious (the fact that the proposed change would occur after the conclusion of classes and graduation), I do not feel as though it is fair to even suggest that we change the date. People have worked hard to invite community leaders, sports figures and other important people to the event. Advertisements have been printed. People have gone into the community, knocking on doors to tell people about the event. Tickets and t-shirts have been printed, date included. Because there is not a logistical problem, there is no reason to change the date. It would be foolish to change the date.

Agree with the e-mail Melanie sent out- it will make us look incompetent and we clearly are not. In addition, we will be throwing away effort and making our merchandise worthless. We should have known about the Tom Matte ahead of time but we will have other sports figures and everything else is in order. I'm sure we will be voting on Thursday but my vote is for no change.