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Pat,

Dave Smith has ademently said that he does not want Factory Five associated with this event if it is raising money for Cystic Fybrosis. I think he is excited at the numbers that have been raised for the cause in the past, but he WILL NOT have his company sponsor the event so long as Team Jenny is the benificiary. He does not want to be seen as using his daughter's name to market his cars. I, along with others have exchanged e-mails with him on this very subject, and it is a decision that is near to his heart. So near to his heart that I felt like a dweeb after putting some pressure on him to be at future Flings. We all know that his daughter's name and being at Spring Fling with a trailer full of cars is not going to sell one car for them. Wether his trailer of cars is there or not, if there is someone that is in the crowd that needs a push towards FFR, being at the fling will give them that push.

BTW, I have to agree on the band part. It was cool having someone that was part of the era such as the Ripcords present. It was okay having the band that we had this year. But I do not think that a band is entirely necessary. Heck, if need be, my contribution could be the set of DJ speakers that I have, a laptop full of MP3s and some automixing software that I purchased. But instead of paying a band, maybe we should look into getting a local radio station to broadcast onsite.

Just some thoughts,
Tom