Howdy gang,
We're starting to do the final countdown till rodeo and things are starting to heat up (in a good way). Our rodeo tickets will be officially going on sale at our Cupid's Corral dance. As a thank you for supporting our first rodeo we have created 500 limited edition collectors weekend passes aka the "Golden" ticket. These tickets are going to go quickly. We will be offering online sales for our tickets by the end of January including individual day passes if you can not make the entire weekend.
As our marketing strategy is kicking into full gear we are looking for different artwork to use in advertising. If you feel creative and want to try some artwork design for the rodeo please send all artwork to Pres@Libertygra.org. All artwork must be received no later than 2/18. Please submit artwork in PSD (Photoshop) format without combining layers. By submitting your complimentary artwork to LGRA we have the free right to change, alter or utilize the artwork at will. All approved artwork submissions will be posted on the LGRA website with credit given to the artists. Imagine seeing your design in HX magazine along with other publications. I look forward to seeing how creative our membership is!
We are looking for help with marketing in and around Eastern PA, NJ, DE, NY, NYC, Boston, Pittsburgh and Ohio. If you live in any of these regions and know of GLBT or GLBT friendly establishments that would put our poster up and/or take other marketing tools like bar cards and membership forms please send me an email and we can get our marketing packets out there.
With our memberships help we ARE "Stampeding into History".

At then next General Membership Meeting we will be announcing a change in the membership renewal dates. As demonstrated by the chart on the right, we will be going to a quarterly renewal process. It will extend some memberships up to 3 months and allow for the Membership chair and assistant to process cards and renewal notifications in a much more timely and cost effective manner.

Hello everyone, I hope you're enjoying the relatively calm winter so far. Spring will come sooner than we know it, and the inaugural Liberty Stampede to boot! I hope you've marked your calendar for May 9-11, and join us for a great time...
The Liberty Gay Rodeo Association has many great benefits - enhancing and promoting the country & western lifestyle within the GLBT community, the education on rodeo events, and outreach to the GLBT community. But most importantly our premier purpose as an organization is charitable work. As we grow stronger, LGRA hopes to become a source for helping non-profit charities within the area. The Liberty Stampede is a big part of that. We have teamed up with R Perry Monastero and the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund to find recipients of our available grant monies raised from the rodeo. DVLF has been experienced in locating the right match for the best benefit from our donations, and Perry has been especially helpful and knowledgeable in guiding us in the right direction. In order to be a great success, of course your support is crucial. By all means, as a member you are LGRA's greatest resource! I hope you are planning on coming, but also make sure to spread the word around to your friends. Also if you or anyone you know would like to be a sponsor for Liberty Stampede (personal or corporate), I implore you to get in touch with our great sponsorship chair, Steve Oliver, at sponsorship@libertygra.org. It not now strengthens our organization, but also helps some very worthy causes. Also if you are a part of a 501(c)3 charity and want more information on how to be a part of the Legacy Fund, contact DVGF at http://www.dvlf.org. Now let's rodeo!

Cheers!
Ernie Bowers
Trustee

HI.

Jeff Sotland . Partner in a law firm in Philly. Commissioner of the City of Brotherly Love Softball League, Board member of the Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus, Chair of the Sports subcommittee of the Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus and charter member of the Independence Business Alliance (LGBT Chamber of Commerce).

Not sure what else I can offer. I own a dog lol

THREE MONTHS AWAY!!! That's right, our first rodeo, the Liberty
Stampede 2008, is only 3 months away! I can't believe how fast the
time has flown. Several of us will be in Las Vegas this month for
IGRA University so we can learn the ropes to throw you guys a Rootin' Tootin' rodeo! I've been receiving volunteer forms from across the country.

I've been working with our Rodeo Directors, Jeff and Tom, in
getting our coordinators in place and things are just starting to fall
into place. I've requested that the ASGRA Volunteer Coordinator (Beth Brockelman) be my Assistant Volunteer Coordinator and she has agreed - there's nothing that can take the place of experience and she's done the ASGRA rodeo for a while now and I welcome her aboard.

We are still in the need for more volunteers. We need people to help us setup on Thursday, help us with the dance Friday and Saturday nights, and at the rodeo grounds on Saturday and Sunday. We also need people to help us pack it all up on Monday. Our volunteers are rewarded by gaining access to the dances and rodeos - 4 hours gets you in to 1 dance and 1 rodeo and 8 hours gets you into both dances and both rodeos. If you are interested in being part of this momentous Philadelphia event and help us Stampede into History then go to our website at http://www.LibertyStampede.com and fill out our volunteer registration page.

Chris

The next trail ride will be Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 11:00AM. (Reservations are now closed for the February Trail Ride) We will be riding once again at Sheeder Mill Farm, 12 Sheeder Mill Rd, Spring City, PA 19475. For more information about their farm, visit their web site at http://www.smfhorses.com/.

To RSVP now, you can send an email to Jeff Bolognese.
vp@libertygra.org

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