6-17-09 cont'd: Bike Race? T-shirts & Fund-raising

[6-28-09: My apologies for not keeping this up-to-date better, I'm working on it! --LeftyX]

6-17-09: Julie R. suggests a benefit bike race, with bikes decorated to look like dinosaurs - DYNO-BIKES! Dan S. on the other hand jokingly suggests a raffle, with the winner getting to blow up the dino! Or gets to decide on a different head and name -- Limbaughsaur, anyone? David L. suggests a marathon, "Joggin' for the Noggin". Martha D., admitting no sentimental feelings for Bronto, suggests removing the rest of the skin to expose the metal skeleton for a "really cool modern sculpture".

6-18-09: Interest in t-shirts continues to come in. Colonial Village (our "sister" neighborhood across Roxboro Road) is included in discussions. Julie R. proposes a "Bronto Bike Brawl" meeting for June 29.
The "Save the Bronto" committee meeting resulted in several folks volunteering to contact local t-shirt makers to get preliminary quotes. The vendor will be picked at our next meeting on 6-25, then potential (preferrably, in the neighborhood) sponsors will be contacted. Nancy R. will open a bank account to be used exclusively for donations; has purchased the domain name www.savethebronto.com, and obtained savethebronto@yahoo.com for email. Chris R. has already started the blog www.savethebronto.blogspot.com (this site). Repair estimates have not yet been received from the Museum -- they want to get quotes from several companies.

6-19-09: LeftyX (me) heard from the Scrap Exchange (www.scrapexchange.org) that they don't have any silk-screening classes scheduled, but several staff members are experienced in this. (It seemed like a potentially cheaper alternative to commercial production, but probable inconsistent results and production time required by this method are significant drawbacks.) However, the Scrap is supportive and appear to be willing to sell our shirts from their storefront.
We were, then were not, but are now "on" again for doing fund-raising at the free Durham Community Concert Band show at American Tobacco Campus this Sunday 6-21, around 4pm. They're going to play the theme from The Flintstones before Nancy R. makes her pitch. Four volunteers are solicited to pass the buckets.

6-20-09: Rowan, my contact at the Scrap Exchange, says the bronto's head was removed about 1975 when the brontosaurus / apatosaurus confusion was realized. Sebastien also notes this story on the Durham News [part of the (Raleigh) News and Observer] website: http://www.thedurhamnews.com/news/story/197604.html (but it's unreachable right now on 6-28-09).

6-21-09: We raised almost $200 at the Community Concert Band show!