SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE

The sponsorship package was sent to Gryphon Racing Team Leader Murray, and is being proofread over the last couple of days (well, whenever Murray finds time).

I've just also recieved the one-pager, which is another tool we can use to send out to prospective sponsors. I'll also be converting a detailed sponsorship package list into a PDF before sending it out.

There has been no word from CPES, looks like we're all alone in this race against time to get sponsors.

It is my hope that the first round of e-mails are sent out tonight based on sponsors already affiliated with other racing teams in the province at other universities like Waterloo, Toronto, Western and McMaster.

Also, we will be meeting with the SOE Recruitment Officer Jason Tyszka Monday.

The project seems to be going full speed ahead. Time will tell what kind of sponsors we can produce.

2010 SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE COMPLETE

It may have taken a long time, but the 2010 Sponsorship Package is now complete. To say the least, it trumps all the other versions.

I have no doubt that the Gryphon Racing Team will race this year.

Hopefully the mass email/phone sponsorship campaign gets underway later this week before I go off to Montreal Friday.

Dan Out.

This is Thursday January 21.

I'd have to say after tonight's meeting that if I wasn't confident that I could pull off the $20,000 in sponsorship money, I'm very confident now. Especially when seeing the other Canadian schools having attracted tons of sponsors for their racing team that had previously been funded in Guelph much by the school of engineering.

There are so many companies out there, but we'll have to start with the ones that we have a previous affiliation with, good potenial sponsorship companies, and then go from there.

There is nothing we can't do in this world if we put in the hard work to make it all happens.

Right now I'm about to put the sponsorship package together before our next meeting Saturday- so we have something real to send out to our very eager sponsors- we're even including a picture of PM Stephen Harper with the race car!

Meeting With Murray Lyons and Updates on the Sponsorship Coordination

I caught up with Murray Lyons, captain of the Gryphon Racing team last Wednesday, and he expressed a sincere need for sponsorship coordination, $16,200 in all. The money could come in either parts or actual donations.

It is expected that we have next to nothing in terms of sponsorship dollars right now but we do know that Linamar is our biggest sponsor.

I am about to look into the Gryphon Racing Database and find some more information before putting together a sponsorship package as quickly as possible, while comparing our sponsorship package to one that I know was put together by a friend of mine for a robotics challenge.

Having been unable to find the Gryphon Racing Team Meeting last Tuesday, I will finally be able to meet the entire team Tuesday Night now that I know exactly where the team meets!

We're just getting underway and hope to have something of substansial value before the end of the month.