I am very concerned for the fundraiser.  Our Facebook event has plenty of “interests” and quite a few “goings”, but none of this has resulted in actual ticket sales.  I’m also quite concerned about the choice of films.  No one other than Ben has seen either film and while I trust that he knows what he’s doing, the fact that we are going with two little known, “so bad they’re good” films could turn off potential audience members.  If we’d found or gotten the rights to films like The Room, Birdemic, and the like, I think we’d be swimming in ticket sales by now, though this could’ve been difficult to do.

I’ve been sending out emails non-stop for a week and have received exactly 1 response from FilmInk.  I recognize this is likely because of the Easter break that is coming up but it is still worrying.  FilmInk has agreed to advertise our festival on their website for as long as we’d like in exchange for very little (basically just a mention on our website and in our program).  Dov seems like an absolute legend and I hope that this sets the tone for the rest of our potential sponsors.  We don’t have our spaces locked in yet and this is making it harder to send accurate information.

Very few people were in our 5:30 pm class.  I get that it’s right before the Easter break and that it is very alluring to just go home and start the holiday early, but it’s not good enough.  Our fundraiser was meant to be the week we come back, and as a result of not enough planning and not enough people, we’ve decided to push it back a week.  I’m grateful for this decision but I’m still disappointed that there weren’t more people here to decide on it.