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

[Anne Buckingham]

If you have a few minutes to be amused/confused and you check the website
associated with the "event" you'll see (if you look closely - it doesn't
seem to be connected at first) that they did initially want to set it in
Bermuda, then they went to California cities, and now I guess Harvard
(though that's not on the website).  There are also plenty of other strange
things.  This isn't something that's going to happen, at all.

2009/11/22 rob levy <r.p.levy at gmail.com>

> 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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