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just what we've been doing to this point in totallity:

For the Gryphon Racing Team and all those involved- this is what is going on, and what I have done so far.




You're all part of the sponsorship team this year dedicated to bringing money to the team so they can compete in an awesome engineering competition in May in PONTIAC, MI! I've talked with most of you a number of times about the project.



Given the large time frame for the project to get sponsorship money, and realizing that Murray's team at the absolute worst will be in trouble if they don't have enough time to implment their ideas into the car, we are pushing ahead with a customizable marketing plan to various large companies to get some sponsorship dollars quickly.



Jason contacted us and I have stopped going to the Gryphon Racing Meetings due to a number of interests that I'm attempting to manage at the same time. It is virtually impossible for me to attend one of these meetings but I will continue to try to do so on a weekly basis and mostly when we have something of enough substance to work on with you guys. The racing team just needs to focus on building the car and we'll have the money for you soon enough.



Anyways, Denisse and I have been working closely with our recent award winning engineering recruitment officer who knows how to sell things, we just come up with the marketing ideas and we'll customize it per company because in the sponsorship world, every company has a different diversified strategy and we have to match those diversified strategies to get the money. This is one of the reasons why this might take some time although I could think of reasons WHY companies would want to sponsor gryphon racing very quickly. That does not happen very often to me so I am convinced that we will do well enough.



I have also contacted Mary Ann and Jacqueline in the engineering department and I will be proposing that they have AGREED to send an email to all registered former almuni of the university of guelph engineering to support the team. I will be designing the idea myself and further implementing it. We can raise a ton of money this way, and they'll get tax deductions, and on everyone's mind right now is taxes anyhow.



Finally, Denisse and I are doing separate marketing approaches for organizations, so we have a really diversified set of tools available to us on the project!



Also, my cousin Alex is President of the Robotics Club at Martingrove in Toronto, so he is along for the ride in learning how to make sponsorship money and as well to assist in any possible way he can through his existing connections!



The process is starting underway this week. I was away most of the time for a few weeks, and I am now back until the end of the semester.



Also- if you know someone of notable fame that went to Guelph or a great motivational futuristic speaker, I'd love to have them for an event I'm running on March 19, 2010- The Commerce Formal.



In the future, we may all need to meet but for now there is no reason to meet unless any of you would like to meet with each other and such, or with me.



Cheers,



Dan Verhaeghe

dverhaeg@uoguelph.ca

519-803-4754