I'm so excited to announce the 2nd Annual Bachelor and Bachelorette Auction is well underway. On Monday, I was finally able to meet and start planning with the other intern, Adrienne. After a short while of getting aquainted with one another, we started to organize our check list and deligate the numerous tasks. Doing so, worked out great for us. We both know what we are good at and were able to select tasks that highlighted our skills. By the end of the day, we were able to set up a facebook event page, get the final drafts of all the contracts and letters approved, get the website ready for final review, and start to brain storm what we wanted for not only food and decorations, but how we were going to go about finding sponsors and bachelors and bachelorettes.
Adrienne and I were also able to sit down with Amanda and Elissa for a bit to go over the budget. They explained to us the different aspects of building a budget and even showed us last year's budget to give us a better idea. I really can't express how appreciative I am to have Amanda and Elissa there to guide us. While all this was going on, they made sure we understood what they were explaining and gave us helpful tips for things such as food selection, possible decor choices, and even ways to keep the budget managable.
By the time the day was over, I was thrilled with the progress Adrienne and I had. As of now, we are planning on creating a program which includes bio's on all the bachelors and bacheloretts. In order to accomplish this, Adrienne and I must stay on track and start looking for people as soon as possible. I was so glad we were able to get the more technical things out of the way so we can really start to plan the specifics for the event.
By the end of Friday, we will hopefully have a solid list of sponsors to contact, a start list for bachelors and bacheloretts to contact, a rough idea of what food we will be serving at the auction, as well as a rough time line for us to accomplish each task by. I'm thrilled to be working with Adrienne and hope the rest of this planning proves to be as smooth and efficient as our first day together!