[Penguicon-Concom] [penguicon-general] Danger!! I've been thinking

Mon Jun 16 15:57:17 GMT 2008

To recap what was done for Tracy (and could be done for Tom), there
was an auction, there was a bake sale, there were folks donating
proceeds from various events they held (e.g., my scotch tastings),
etc.

Gambling tends to push a lot of buttons for a lot of reasons, the
close ties of illegal gambling to organized crime being a biggie.  Of
course, back in the old days there would occasionally appear a
"Seminar on Wealth Redistribution Through Applied Probability and
Statistics".  Makes it sound so much more educational...

--John

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 2:41 PM, LadySarah <ladysarahmarie at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wouldn't have had a clue if you hadn't told me.  Thanks!  :)
>
> Lady Sarah, que_sara_sara
> "I don't know man, I didn't do it." ~~Mal2
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> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Jer <jer.lance at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> An auction to benefit someone isn't a big deal. Gambling for charity,
>> however, requires considerably more time and energy devoted to legally doing
>> everything.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 2:35 PM, LadySarah <ladysarahmarie at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm going to bet someone who remembers how we handled the auction to
>>> benefit Tracy was handled is still around, they should be able to tell us
>>> what we did to keep from being in trouble with that one. :)
>>>
>>> Sarah
>>>
>>> Lady Sarah, que_sara_sara
>>> "I don't know man, I didn't do it." ~~Mal2
>>> Programming Assistant, Penguicon 6.0
>>> The Chocolate Goddess, coming soon to a con near you
>>> Warrior Princess of the Clan of the Lonely Goatherd
>>> IWG Wench #539 MCL, Local 69
>>> Scarlet B. Harlot, Figure Head for the Scarlet Harlot -- Privateer #36
>>> W3NCH, the HAM Radio Wench
>>> "...because you can't spell Wench with an 8!"
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Gini <zoethe at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It's not a bad thought, assuming all the other logistics could be
>>>> solved, but we would have to make it clear that it's a donation event, but
>>>> not really a charity event - unless Tom has registered as a charity, we're
>>>> just making a gift to him, not making a tax-deductible charitable donation.
>>>> It might seem nit-picky, but these legal differences can really trip people
>>>> up.  And it still runs up against the gambling laws.
>>>>
>>>> Gini
>>>>
>>>> Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.
>>>>
>>>> -Dumas
>>>>
>>>> --- On Mon, 6/16/08, LadySarah <ladysarahmarie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: LadySarah <ladysarahmarie at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Penguicon-Concom] [penguicon-general] Danger!! I've been
>>>> thinking
>>>> To: penguicon-general at penguicon.org
>>>> Cc: "Penguicon Concom Discussion List" <concom at penguicon.org>
>>>> Date: Monday, June 16, 2008, 11:21 AM
>>>>
>>>> Can I suggest a worthy charity?
>>>>
>>>> Our own Tom Smith has just had knee surgery to fix a torn tendon and
>>>> will shortly (prolly this week) be having the 6th surgery to correct a
>>>> "birth defect" they've been trying to correct all his life.  Tom has been
>>>> making his living off just his music for the past several years and has zero
>>>> insurance.  I know we did a lot to help Tracy through her cancer, maybe we
>>>> can help Tom now?
>>>>
>>>> Sarah
>>>> (brain almost back on the planet)
>>>>
>>>> Lady Sarah, que_sara_sara
>>>> "I don't know man, I didn't do it." ~~Mal2
>>>> Programming Assistant, Penguicon 6.0
>>>> The Chocolate Goddess, coming soon to a con near you
>>>> Warrior Princess of the Clan of the Lonely Goatherd
>>>> IWG Wench #539 MCL, Local 69
>>>> Scarlet B. Harlot, Figure Head for the Scarlet Harlot -- Privateer #36
>>>> W3NCH, the HAM Radio Wench
>>>> "...because you can't spell Wench with an 8!"
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Ron Blanchett <muteid10t at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> A charity casino event would be much harder to pull off and would
>>>>> require a lot more work just to get off the ground and way more
>>>>> function space to run. This is why just a poker event is on the table
>>>>> right now and also because I don't have the resources or the interest
>>>>> in a full blown casino event.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 6/16/08, Jefferson Fury <gyrovagus at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> > My thought is that Texas Hold'em is not poker.  It is the
>>>>> > watered-down
>>>>> >  bastard offspring of poker and had it been born to Romulans would
>>>>> > have
>>>>> >  been mercilessly killed at birth.  Why not have real poker?  Maybe
>>>>> >  even expand it to "charity casino event" and have blackjack, craps,
>>>>> >  roulette?
>>>>> >
>>>>> >  -moatn
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >  On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Ron Blanchett
>>>>> > <muteid10t at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >  > I have been throwing this thought around for the last couple of
>>>>> > days:
>>>>> >  >
>>>>> >  > What does everyone think of having a charity poker tournament this
>>>>> >  > year at Penguicon???
>>>>> >  > It would be Texas Hold'em Poker and all the Money used to buy into
>>>>> >  > said tournament would go to a charity of Penguicon's choice. I
>>>>> > know at
>>>>> >  > least one of our GoH's (if he shows up this time) likes to play
>>>>> > and
>>>>> >  > there should be at least a few other people that would be into it.
>>>>> >  >
>>>>> >  > Thoughts, interest, concerns welcome.
>>>>> >  >
>>>>> >  > -Ron
>>>>> >  >
>>>>> >  > --
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