[*BCM*] FW: 2010 Bicycle Relay-Race at Harvard?

[rob levy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Gilpin_Faust

Oh.

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 3:59 PM, rob levy <r.p.levy at gmail.com> wrote:

> And who is this mysterious Dr. Faust(us) the message is addressed to?
> Seems like it could be a Faustian bargain.   I'll go ahead and assume
> Harvard plays the role of Lucifer in this equation.
>
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Anne Buckingham <goannego at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Given that they're talking about doing this next July, they're offering
>> cash prizes and a car to the winners (which would give issues if any of the
>> athletes were NCAA), and there's no website or confirmed place to do hold
>> the event, plus the fact that the numbers submitted seem entirely made up
>> (24K people per day? On what basis?  How many riders?  Will they self select
>> or do the colleges have to submit a team) and the claim it will be televised
>> (over six days? In Boston on Fourth of July weekend? Are you kidding?) I
>> really wouldn't worry about it. The other pitch (that it gets lots of
>> prospective students to the campus) isn't something that Harvard has a
>> problem doing.  And given that the theory is that the participants are
>> already in college, it is a bit of a moot issue anyway.
>>
>> They're pitching it as an opportunity for Harvard to make money for
>> itself.  But the Harvard guys are smarter than this e-mail.  And if for some
>> reason Harvard did decide to do it, there is zero preventing them from
>> taking this idea and making it their own.  So odds of this coming off?  Zip.
>>
>> 2009/11/22 Louise Johnson <lsj2020 at gmail.com>
>>
>> Harvard is about the last organization I would consider doing a fund
>>> raising event for.  What planet are you on?  Louise Johnson
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 5:06 PM, Jess Phillips Jr <
>>> jessphillipsjr at msn.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> From: jessphillipsjr at msn.com
>>>> To: info at northeastbicycleclub.org
>>>> Subject: FW: 2010 Bicycle Relay-Race at Harvard?
>>>> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:51:26 -0600
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Re – Bicycle Relay-Race 2010 in Cambridge, MA
>>>>
>>>> Dear NEBC, as you can see below, we're planning a unique cycling event
>>>> for the Boston, MA, area next year. We sure would appreciate the help of
>>>> your Boston/Cambridge area members with planning this race.
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely
>>>>
>>>> Jess Phillips, Jr. <http://phillips88.com/Jess_Phillips_Jr.htm>
>>>>
>>>> jessphillipsjr at msn.com
>>>> 409-454-7365 <http://www.%20409-454-7365/>
>>>> http://phillips88.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> From: jessphillipsjr at msn.com
>>>> To: president at harvard.edu; council at cambridgema.gov
>>>> CC: brad_quigley at harvard.edu; jen_flynn at harvard.edu;
>>>> sara_aske at harvard.edu; info at quadbikes.org; awashbur at fas.harvard.edu
>>>> Subject: 2010 Bicycle Relay-Race at Harvard?
>>>> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:19:08 -0600
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   To: Drew G. Faust – President, Harvard University
>>>>
>>>> Re *– 2010 Bicycle Relay-Race at Harvard?*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dr. Faust:
>>>>
>>>> The purpose of this email is to seek your office’s help with bringing a
>>>> large college bicycle relay-race to the *Harvard *campus next year. My
>>>> name is Jess Phillips, Jr <http://phillips88.com/Jess_Phillips_Jr.htm>.
>>>>  I am a retired NFL football player and head of the Relay-Race 100
>>>> organizing committee. We are an eclectic assortment of bicyclist from around
>>>> the country. As you can see below, we had originally planned to have this
>>>> event in Bermuda. However, after conferring with prospective sponsors
>>>> and the fact that each of these college students would have to get visas and
>>>> passports to travel to Bermuda, we have decided to have this collegiate
>>>> relay-race in a more easily accessible U.S. city.
>>>>
>>>> The plan is to have each major U.S. and Canadian college/university
>>>> submit a coed, four person bicycle relay team. Each of the four team members
>>>> – two males & two females -- will race 25 miles. The top three fastest teams
>>>> will receive trophies and prizes. The ideal dates being *Tuesday, June
>>>> 29th to Sunday, July 4th, 2010*.
>>>>
>>>> This would be a great fund raising opportunity for the university. And
>>>> it will attract hundreds of prospective future students to your campus. We
>>>> expect this relay-race will attract 24,000 plus people per day. That
>>>> includes race participants, their families, friends, spectators and press
>>>> from all over the country. Each of these 24,000 daily visitors will spend,
>>>> on average, $17.00 per day while at this event. *Keep in mind this will
>>>> be a six day event*. $17.00 x 24,000 = $408,000,000 in gross daily
>>>> sales.
>>>>
>>>> Over the course of six days, we’re talking about gross sales just from
>>>> parking, food, and memorabilia of over *$2.4 million* and that doesn’t
>>>> include the hundreds of thousands of dollars that will be spent on area
>>>> hotel/motel rooms, renal cars and restaurants. *We would like for the
>>>> net proceeds from the concession and parking fees to go to **Harvard in
>>>> exchange for hosting and helping us organize this event.
>>>>
>>>> *Dr. Faust, would *Harvard *be interested in helping us bring this
>>>> unique sporting event to *Massachusetts* this coming July? We plan to
>>>> consider other locations, but I think the *Harvard *campus would be an
>>>> ideal place to host this first-ever event.
>>>>
>>>> If interested, I would appreciate an opportunity to discuss with you in
>>>> more detail our plans for this relay-race and to find out what if any
>>>> local/state licenses and/or permits that we would need. We think this will
>>>> be a great spectator sporting event that will be televised nationally, and
>>>> we hope to make this an annual event. Thank you for your time. Your
>>>> questions, comments, suggestions are encouraged.
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> Jess Phillips, Jr.
>>>>  <http://phillips88.com/>
>>>>
>>>> jessphillipsjr at msn.cm  409 454-7365  www.phillips88.com
>>>>
>>>> *
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> *
>>>>
>>>> To - *Andre Curtis,
>>>>  *Chairman, Bermuda Tourism Board*
>>>> *Hamilton, Bermuda
>>>>
>>>> From *-* *Jess Phillips, Jr. *<http://www.google.com/search?q=Jess+Phillips+Jr&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1>
>>>>
>>>> Re *-* *2010 Bicycle Relay-Race?*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mr. Curtis, my name is Jess Phillips, Jr.<http://phillips88.com/Jess_Phillips_Jr.htm>I am the chairman of the Relay-Race 100 organizing committee. The purpose of
>>>> this email is to seek your *help with hosting a 100 mile, coed bicycle
>>>> relay-race* in Hamilton Bermuda during Spring Break in March 2010. This
>>>> will be a six day event: Monday to Saturday.
>>>>
>>>> Regarding the 100 mile bicycle relay-race: Each team will consist of two
>>>> males and two females from colleges and universities all over the U.S. and
>>>> Canada.* *Race team members will travel 25 miles before passing the
>>>> baton to their teammate. Because this race will be televised, we would like
>>>> to have a race route along the beach front.
>>>>
>>>> The big attraction for the collegiate race teams will be the cash prizes
>>>> and the new car that each of the four winning team members will receive.
>>>> We are extremely confident that will be able to find several corporate
>>>> sponsors for this unique event that we would like to have every year.
>>>>
>>>> Mr. Curtis, this race, which will be televised, will bring thousands of
>>>> people to Bermuda this coming March and generate hundreds of thousands of
>>>> dollars in sales from hotel rooms to rental cars. Who would we need to
>>>> contact to discuss the possibly of having this Spring Break 2010 Relay-Race
>>>> in Bermuda? Your help in this matter is much appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> *Jess Phillips, Jr*
>>>>
>>>> jessphillipsjr at msn.cm <>  409 454-7365 <> www.phillips88.com
>>>>
>>>>
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