IAS auction coming up

From: alan at unity.ncsu.edu on 2000.09.03 at 02:22:07(5331) Although we currently do not have the list ready yet of the plants that will be available for this years IAS auction, I thought I might go ahead and send out a 'pre-announcement'. Since so many people get paid at the end of the month, you can use this 'pre-annoucement' as a reason to go ahead and allocate a larger portion of your budget for plant-bidding :) Once we have the list available, the message below will be put out on Aroid-l. So start saving those coins! ---- +More There will be an Auction at the IAS Meeting this September. The auction is typically held after the banquet on Saturday evening. This year the banquet, auction, and lectures will be held on September 23. The following plants will be auctioned to the highest bidder.... < Insert list of plants here > *** We are working as quickly as possible to get this list together *** Now, the auction will work this way.... you send me a bid... the highest that you would be willing to pay for the plant. If the bidding on the floor stops at $50.00 and your bid to me was $100.00, you will get the plant for $55.00, if the bidding on the floor has been in $5.00 increments. If the bidding has been in $1.00 increments, you would get the plant for $56.00. Actually, I will be bidding for you as the auction is actually happening, but, I will not exceed your maximum bid. If your bid is successful, I will notify you and you can send the IAS a check and the plant will be mailed to you. If there are any questions on this procedure, send an e-mail directly to me, alan_galloway@ncsu.edu. Please do NOT hit the reply button and clog up the list. Important!!!! If you care to make a bid... Send me a PRIVATE E-MAIL to with AUCTION as the subject. In the body of the message indicate which plant you are bidding on and the maximum amount that you will pay for it. And feel free to bid on as many plants as you would like. Rememer, this is a means of raising much needed funds for the IAS organization. >>>>>>>>>If you send a reply to aroid-l, your bid will be trashed by the >>>>>>>>>moderators.<<<<<<<<<<<< I will check my e-mail as late as 11:00 pm eastern time on Tuesday, Sept. 19 to see if there are any further bids. Alan -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Galloway alan_galloway@ncsu.edu Assistant Director for Systems Information Technology North Carolina State University http://www4.ncsu.edu/~alan Campus Box 7109 (phone) 919-515-5483 Raleigh, NC 27695-7109 (fax) 919-513-1893

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