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PLSO Issue 1 2016 January February

The Oregon Surveyor | Vol. 39, No. 1 10 2016 PLSO EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AUCTION Auction Hits High Marks „ Gary Johnston, Auction Chair The 2016 PLSO Education and Outreach Auction was a great success in several respects. With over 250 people attending the dinner, there was inspired bidding for silent auction items until closing. Dinner had the added benet of background music furnished by Full Funkal Nerdity, a band led by Pioneer Chapter’s Chris Sherby. Finally, the live auction, led by auctioneer Sid Voorhees from Eugene, was very entertaining and kept the bidders and the audience engaged throughout the live auction. e result was that donations and PLSO auction revenues reached a new high. Total income from the auction was $11,673. Of this amount, $4,687 was designated for the scholarship fund and $1,868 was designated for outreach. e remainder will be distributed by board decision at the April meeting. In addition, the 50-50 rae yielded $606 for outreach and nally, assorted cash donations brought in an additional $386 for the scholarship fund. e auction was also supported by 14 students from OIT. ey received and catalogued auction items, organized displays, and helped with other fund raising eorts. PLSO owes them special thanks for their service. Quality donations were generously provided by PLSO members, chapters, conference vendors, the Eugene Hilton and Cabelas in Eugene. Six items were oered at the oral auction and over 70 were sold at the silent auction. roughout the evening, bidding was very spirited and several items sold for more than the market value. is indicated that members were not only interested in purchasing unique items, but were willing to generously support education and outreach. To illustrate, special items sold during the live auction, included: • Bu and Bu transit from PLSO sold for a 1 year term to William Eimstad for $650 • 2009 BLM Manual signed by BLM chiefs and authors, donated to PLSO by the estate of Sue Newstetter and sold for a 1 year term to Tim Kent for $1300 • Bag-o-Cash donated by PLSO conference registrants, sold to Kyle Latimer for $1000 • Custom made steelhead shing rod with reel and tackle made by John Wise with donations from Willamette Chapter members, sold to Leland MacDonald for $800 • Grandfather clock donated by Al Hertel, sold to Joe Ferguson for $700 e auction was a genuine success in many ways, and post conference comments will be evaluated to see what might be done to make the 2017 auction even better. anks to everyone for their support and participation.


PLSO Issue 1 2016 January February
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