On Sun, 12 Oct 1997, Butterfly Bill wrote:
> Glenn said,
>
> >>BTW in Oregon on the 2nd or 3rd it was announced @ Dinner Circle (w/
> 10,000 people on site) that the Magic Hat collected $2,800 or so. I know
> that folks donated goods and services to the Family Gathering too but
> HEY: IMHO this $ amt. sucks. Not even a buck per gatherer.
>
> >>I light of the additional fresh food requests that have been posted on
> AGR since then, add'l $ could have been used. Personally I thought that
> the Magic Hat could be better filled PRIOR to the biggest mass of our
> family coming home so that we might meet their needs when they arrived.
> So I acted accordingly. Did the magic hat collect more in a single
> offering from the 4-7th? Will a banking council member report here a
> daily report of what was gifted?
>
> >>I hope that bringing this issue into the light will encourage folks to
> contribute and doing so generously to the magic hat.
>
>
> I don't know about Oregon, but I was on the Banking Council in New
> Mexico, and from June 10 until July 7 - when it was passed for the last
> time - the Magic Hat grossed a little over $17,000. With about 15,000
> there (according to USFS estimates), that was about $1.13 per gatherer.
>
> The Mini-Manual and Rap 107 say, "Give EARLY to the Magic Hat." Give all
> the money you brought for that purpose the first time it appears to you
> - don't space your contributions over several days. The money needs to
> be in the kitty BEFORE all the people come, so there is time to go to
> the stores and get the stuff before the gathering really becomes
> populated. This has been Rainbow dogma for many years.
>
> In the early weeks, the Hat will average $100 or less per evening
> circle. In the week before the "official" opening, the Hat will get
> several hundred dollars. By June 27 or -8, it will get over a thousand,
> and two thousand and change is typical for July 1 - 3.
>
> On July 8, the NM bank had about $1400, which was more than enough for
> the two and a fraction weeks of cleanup. The last day before most of the
> people finally left, we had a circle where we distributed about $40
> worth of rolls of pennies. I kept the $2 bills that Cholly put in, and
> gave most of them to Robbie Gordon, who made origami rings out of them.
> The bank was completely emptied.
>
> Yes, the Hat can use all the money it gets, but I don't think what it
> does get is scandalously low.
>
> - Butterfly Bill
>
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