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

[Louise Johnson]

wow, if you read to the end of the Dr Faust biography, it says her salary is
close to $800,000 per year.  Hard to plead that your organization should
have a fundraiser with that kind of bloated CEO salary.  Louise Johnson

On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Anne Buckingham <goannego at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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