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Dear BASOC Volunteers,
With less than four weeks to go until the
USOC decides upon its U.S. Candidate City
on November 2, everybody at BASOC is working
together to finish final submissions and
prepare for our final presentations. Thanks
very much to everybody who has been helping
with recent events; the help at the BASOC
office and at Bay Area events has been invaluable
and greatly appreciated.
If everybody hasn't been to the BASOC website
recently (www.basoc2012.org), a new and
improved version went live last week. You're
now able to download both our original bid
submissions and the bid addendum, in addition
to a variety of brochures that we've produced.
Look to be able to download the Executive
Summary - our 100-page submission that the
USOC received yesterday - next Tuesday,
October 15.
There are many volunteer opportunities to
help over the coming days and weeks:
BASOC Bridge to the Future Original
Poster Series Event
Art Museum of Los Gatos, Thursday October
10, 6:15-8:30 p.m.
We have 4 remaining volunteer slots to fill
for tomorrow evening's event in Los Gatos
to showcase our 12-poster Bridge to the
Future Original Poster Series. We're looking
for volunteers to assist with poster sales
for the 100+ art connoisseurs and bid supporters
expected to attend. Preference would be
for those with sales or marketing background.
For directions and to sign-up, please contact
me ASAP at james@basoc2012.org.
Spread Awareness in the Castro this
Weekend!
18th Street &Castro, Saturday October
12, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
We have been given permission to set-up
a BASOC booth in an extremely busy area
of the Castro this Saturday. We're looking
for 2-4 volunteers to staff our booth to
increase awareness and to distribute pins
and posters in return for contributions.
We are expecting an Olympian or two to join
BASOC in this outreach effort. For more
details and to sign-up to help this Saturday
morning, please contact me ASAP at james@basoc2012.org.
San Francisco Bay Area: Rally for
2012
BASOC and San Jose State’s football
program will hold "Rally for 2012”
at Spartan Stadium on October 26th beginning
at noon. This is the final major event
in support of the SF Bay Area 2012 Olympic
Bid, just one week before the USOC selection
of the U.S. Candidate City. This is
the last chance for the Bay Area to show
their support of the Bid effort and send
a message to the USOC voters. In addition,
attendees will get to watch the first place
San Jose State Spartan football team in
their next big home game against Boise State
with the game starting at 2 p.m.
Prior to the game, Olympians will conduct
free clinics in a variety of different sports.
There will be an area for autograph signing
and a “meet and greet” tent
to meet and talk with Northern California
Olympians. There will be many other
activities for fans of all ages. At
halftime, Anne Warner Cribbs, BASOC President
& CEO and 1960 Olympian, will speak
to the crowd. A stadium card display
will be photographed to show the great SF
Bay Area support.
There are many opportunities to help. General
areas of volunteer needs include:
• Event logistics – specific
event management and project management
skills
• Event marketing and promotion –
support spreading the word and driving sales
• Corporate partnership solicitation
– selling corporate partnership opportunities
to the business community
• Event execution – onsite help
conducting activities during the event such
as clinics and other (these will be detailed
over the next couple days)
This is an exciting event where everybody
is invited to share his or her support.
To volunteer in any of the areas outlined
above, please contact Chris Taylor at volunteer@tagergroup.com.
Training for 2012 Event next week
in San Jose
California Sports Center, Thursday October
17, 5-7 p.m.
We are looking for two volunteers to work
with Training for 2012, our youth development
program, to work with a Northern California
Olympian and NBA Player Jin Jing Zhang to
teach youth about the Olympic Games and
their surrounding ideals. Volunteers will
be distributing pins, posters and informational
materials to several hundred children and
family members. To sign-up to help staff
the BASOC booth, please contact Tasha Capen
at tcapen@earthlink.net.
Enjoy a Bridge Builder Party with
Olympians
Marin, Berkeley, San Francisco, Santa Cruz,
The Peninsula - Various dates
We recently had a great Bridge Builder Party
at Campi di Bocce. Our guests had
a fantastic time and it was very successful
for BASOC. Over the next 4 weeks we'll have
6 more Bridge Builder parties. We'll
have appetizers, door prizes and will offer
each guest a Bridge Builder Pin. BASOC
staff will have a presentation and update
everyone about our 2012 Olympic Games plan.
Come as a guest ($20 or $25 entry
depending on the event) or volunteer to
get in free.
We need 8 volunteers for each party. To
volunteer or RSVP, please contact Glenn
Millar, BASOC Associate Director of Marketing,
at Glenn@basoc2012.org. Please specify
which party you are interested in and whether
you are volunteering or RSVPing as a guest.
October 17 - Thurs - 6:30 - 8:30 pm - Gordon
Biersch - 2 Harrison St., SF
October 22 - Tues - 6:30 - 8:30 pm - Berkeley
Yacht Club - 1 Seawall Dr., Berkeley
October 23 - Wed - 6:00 - 8:00 pm - The
Left Bank - 507 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur
October 24 - Thurs - 7:00 - 9:00 pm - The
"W" hotel - 181 Third St., San
Francisco
October 29 - Tues - 6:30 - 8:30 pm - MacKenzie
Bar and Grill at Pasatiempo Golf Course
- 20 Club House Dr., Santa Cruz
October 30 - Wed - 6:30 - 8:30 pm - MatrixFillmore
- 3138 Fillmore St., San Francisco
Office Assistance Required in Palo
Alto
2479 E. Bayshore Road, Suite 703, Palo Alto
94303
With phones ringing and numerous projects
to finish up, we're looking for volunteers
who can commit shifts of 4 hours or longer
to help at the Palo Alto office. Assigned
tasks will range from answering phones to
database entry, photocopying to assisting
with research projects. For the coming three
weeks, please specify a day(s) and time
slot(s) that you are available and contact
me at james@basoc2012.org, Cc:'ing Berta
Lim, BASOC Office Manager, at berta@basoc2012.org.
Retail Marketing Gurus Wanted!
We are currently offering our Bridge to
the Future Original Poster Series at retail
locations throughout the Bay Area. We
need volunteers to help improve our retail
marketing strategy and work with retailers
throughout the Bay Area. If you have
retail marketing experience and would like
to help with this project please contact
Glenn Millar, BASOC Associate Director of
Marketing, at Glenn@basoc2012.org.
Help staff a BASOC Aid Station at
the Silicon Valley Marathon
Sunday October 27, San Jose, 7:15-10:15,
10:15-1:15
http://www.svmarathon.com/
To support this annual event and in return
for a BASOC booth at the expo, BASOC will
be staffing an aid station at the Silicon
Valley Marathon for the second consecutive
year. Volunteers will be refilling water,
cutting up bananas and distributing drinks
and food the 5,000+ runners participating.
We are looking for fifteen volunteers at
each of the two shifts available: 7:15-10:15
a.m., 10:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. Motivated volunteers
can offer to assist for both shifts if desired.
For specific information and to sign-up,
please contact Amy Smith, BASOC Event Coordinator,
at amyt_smith@yahoo.com.
Treasure Island Triathlon
Treasure Island, November 2-3 2002
As many of you may remember, the 2001 Inaugural
Treasure Island Triathlon was a huge success
with over 1900 athletes competing and an
Olympic course record set by a relay team
of U.S. Olympians showing their support
for our Olympic bid.
We are committed to assisting the event
with volunteer recruitment. Everything from
timing, transition and aid stations to body
marking and finish line food. Volunteers
are needed both Saturday the 2nd and Sunday
the 3rd. It will be a great time, and, of
course, you're guaranteed a t-shirt!!
To sign-up please register on-line at: http://www.ggtc.org/ti-waiver.php
For questions or more details, please email
Stephnee Greenwood [stephneeg@hotmail.com]
or Fernando Chilvarguer [fernando@impex.com].
Moving Assistance Required from
the San Francisco Office
155 Sansome Street, 4th Floor, 9:30 a.m.
- 1 or 2 p.m.
On Monday November 4 we hope to be celebrating
our recent announcement as the U.S. Candidate
City by moving from our present San Francisco
office to a different facility. We are looking
for 4 volunteers to donate their time and
their car (preferably an SUV, but not a
requirement) to help us to move everything.
To sign-up to help with our move, please
contact Amy Smith, BASOC Event Coordinator,
at amyt_smith@yahoo.com.
BASOC e-newsletter writing provided by dedicated BASOC volunteers, editing by Elizabeth Faletti, Tammy Kaehler and Berta Lim.
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