Thread: April 24 and 25 2010 Portland Oregon Get together

Here is the OP

Again to reiterate.

I am going to approach the Union Gospel Mission re a canned food/clothing drive. I am going to approach Hair M to see if they want to get on board. I am going to go to some of the higher end "beauty schools" here and give them a flyer so they can come. It will be in a Mason's lodge/Elks lodge etc..

Anything else?

Lets get some ideas flowing.

I received an email back from the UGM and we are going to start generating ideas to get the word out there. I am sure that they have a Press kit or something that would be handy.

I mentioned the even to my barber at HairM. As soon as I sew up the UGM, I am going to hit them up.

I tried looking up some barber supply places here around PDX but my computer was having "issues" that required ITG at work to get involved. Other than that I'm still pretty new to all of this so I'm not really sure of any ideas that might work. I'll keep working on ideas though.

Some of the guys from B&B are planning it out to be there....

I put the link for this new thread into the one that's on B&B along with a call for suggestions on what people would like to see at an event like this. From what I saw I was only the third person to post on the B&B thread.

One of the guys at B&B put together a listing of shops in the PDX area that carry shave soaps, creams, blams, etc,etc.. Maybe we could contact one or more of the shops that have a larger available selection and see if they would like to set up a display/booth or whatever. There were some of the "perfumery" shops listed that you could put together your own custom scented shave creams. The perfume part might be a good one for the ladies. Just a thought.

I live on the Olympic Pennisula and I have a son who lives in Oregon City. The get together would be a good excuse to do both!!

Originally Posted by xmixahlx

i'm way the hell up in bellingham, wa - but if there is some excuse to be down in oregon i'm interested.

Originally Posted by Vnam68

I live on the Olympic Pennisula and I have a son who lives in Oregon City. The get together would be a good excuse to do both!!

I'll add you to the list of potentials First off I need to find some place to do a gathering at. I've got an idea or two but any suggestions would be helpful

As I said in the OP I am interested in attending. Full time stay at home dad so no guarantees, but I will see what I can swing.

So here's the question I hate to have to ask. How much are people willing to pitch in to help make this get together happen? I haven't even gotten to any of the hotels yet but most of the community centers and Mason lodges in the area require a $500+ deposit then generally $600 per day. I thought we could limit that part of the meet to one day and figure out something else for the other but even so I can't afford to pitch out $1100-$1700. Once again if anyone has any suggestions lemme know. I'd love to hear from someone other than just the voices in my head..

Thanx,
Michael