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Apparently bribes of chocolate work well. Although bribing myself was interesting. But tasty.<div><div><br></div><div>We also should have the approval of the rest of the financial committee (Their Highnesses and our Principality Exchequer).</div><div><br></div><div>If that is forthcoming, and everyone wants one or more of these purchased, I can do that. I have a credit card and I know how to use it.</div><div><br></div><div>However, things to consider before anything is purchased:</div><div><br></div><div>Who is going to store it/them?</div><div><br></div><div>Who is going to transport it/them?</div><div><br></div><div>I can buy it and bring it to Investiture, but could anyone bring it home? I could bring it back to the mainland, but where will it go?</div><div><br></div><div>Do we buy more than one and have one in the interior, one in the lower mainland, and one on the Island?</div><div>(Which returns us to...who is going to store them and transport them?)</div><div><br></div><div>Discuss. :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Lenora</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Aug 7, 2009, at 10:35 PM, Sally Mennill wrote:</div><div><div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="197283405-08082009"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">That seems like a good idea to me, provided we can convince that bee-atch of a seneschal to agree to it (and also to purchase the item with her Victoria-living juju). I don't think the walls and back would be necessary.</font></span></div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="197283405-08082009"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial"></font></span> </div> <div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="197283405-08082009"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">Aine</font></span></div><br> <div dir="ltr" lang="en-us" class="OutlookMessageHeader" align="left"> <hr tabindex="-1"> <font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> utr-bounces@tirrigh.org [<a href="mailto:utr-bounces@tirrigh.org">mailto:utr-bounces@tirrigh.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tami Hayes<br><b>Sent:</b> August 7, 2009 10:30 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:utr@tirrigh.org">utr@tirrigh.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Utr] Sunshades<br></font><br></div> <div></div> <div> <blockquote type="cite"> <div> <div style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt">At AT War, THUA had several sunshades which I thought was a great idea. If UTR decides to follow THUA’s example, I think that might be an item for which we might consider fundraising. But we don’t HAVE to (Tir Righ didn’t make the Heralds go fundraise when they wanted money for consulting books. In fact, we upped what they asked for.)<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></blockquote></div><br> <div>On that note, my sister mentioned to me not 15 minutes ago that Canadian Tire had portable garages on sale (10 x 20). They were called "waterproof canopies" or something like that. White cover.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Cost: Roof and poles: $99.99</div> <div> (optional) sides and back - additional $59.99</div> <div><br></div> <div>You might be able to talk the seneschal into approving the purchase for one or two, although I hear she can be a real bee-atch.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Lenora</div> <div><br></div> <div>P.S. I don't know if that sale is local to Victoria or not....</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>