[*BCM*] FW: 2010 Bicycle Relay-Race at Harvard?
Dave Atkins
datkinsg at gmail.com
Sun Nov 22 18:07:10 EST 2009
Come on folks; this is obviosly a scam or troll-baiting email. If they
can't do the event in Bermuda or at Harvard, I'm sure they can host it
in Nigeria.
On Nov 22, 2009, at 4:14 PM, Louise Johnson <lsj2020 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
> jessphillipsjr at msn.com
> 409-454-7365
> 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 bring
> ing a large college bicycle relay-race to the Harvard campus next ye
> ar. My name is Jess Phillips, Jr. I am a retired NFL football playe
> r and head of the Relay-Race 100 organizing committee. We are an ecl
> ectic assortment of bicyclist from around the country. As you can se
> e below, we had originally planned to have this event in Bermuda. Ho
> wever, after conferring with prospective sponsors and the fact that
> each of these college students would have to get visas and passpor
> ts to travel to Bermuda, we have decided to have this collegiate rel
> ay-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 mile
> s. 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 fr
> om parking, food, and memorabilia of over $2.4 million and that does
> n’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.
>
> jessphillipsjr at msn.cm 409 454-7365 www.phillips88.com
>
>
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>
> To - Andre Curtis,
> Chairman, Bermuda Tourism Board
> Hamilton, Bermuda
>
> From - Jess Phillips, Jr.
>
> Re - 2010 Bicycle Relay-Race?
>
>
> Mr. Curtis, my name is Jess Phillips, Jr. 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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