riiiiight. just as we thought we'd finally got our licensing underway, we're called up and unceremoniously dumped back at square one in spite of all we've done so far.
so right now, despite the fact that we could do a whole lot of good and we want to do a whole lot of good, we can be bundled off the streets by unamused Important People.
mumbles.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
roadblocks
Monday, April 24, 2006
moving ahead
right, so I'm seeing the effects of mass mailing a thousand people and running around on the great interweb. and it is encouraging to see your unique vistors suddenly jump to 50 a day over a weekend.
so far I guess lots of people are hearing about it, and there are folks out there interested, but it's all rather vague. so if you're reading this and you're thinking about signing up - send us an email! and we can talk about what you can do and stuff.
in terms of organisation, we're having a publicity meeting this weekend and I need to sort out some stuff with the building management along Orchard. by the end of the week everything should be set for somethingood to go ahead. well, I'm hopeful. :p
so far I guess lots of people are hearing about it, and there are folks out there interested, but it's all rather vague. so if you're reading this and you're thinking about signing up - send us an email! and we can talk about what you can do and stuff.
in terms of organisation, we're having a publicity meeting this weekend and I need to sort out some stuff with the building management along Orchard. by the end of the week everything should be set for somethingood to go ahead. well, I'm hopeful. :p
Friday, April 21, 2006
an embarrassed writer of flyers writes
oh gods. I've gone and made a stupid factual mistake in the email flyer I just sent out to about a thousand people. where in the first line it says "first held in June 2004", it should read "first held in December 2004". why did I miss that when proofreading?! it was in december! in june I was still in diapers junior-college-wise!
argh. :( I'm mortified. :( soph is laughing at me.
oh well, it's done. here's the flyer for your perusal:
argh. :( I'm mortified. :( soph is laughing at me.
oh well, it's done. here's the flyer for your perusal:
do SOMETHINGOOD
12 - 25 June (except Tuesdays & Thursdays)
11am - 7pm
Orchard
Somethingood is back again - first held in December 2004, this year it's a busking festival in aid of the Bone Marrow Donor Programme. This year, we'll be playing for two weeks in June right in the heart of Orchard and all funds raised will be donated to the BMDP. We'll be playing for two weeks in June right in the heart of Orchard and all funds raised will be donated to the BMDP.
If you're a performer, we want you to busk at Somethingood! Musician, singer, dancer or street artist; we're looking for people to make the streets of Orchard a different place for two weeks and the days of leukaemia-stricken children brighter for a lifetime. You'll have an opportunity to play to crowds and do Somethingood this June - all you have to do is register at http://somethingood.atspace.com.
We are also looking for people to 'can' - that is, work the crowds around the buskers to raise awareness about the BMDP and to get them to donate. Grab your friends and spend some time this June with us; again, by registering at http://somethingood.atspace.com.
If you have any questions, please email us at somethingood2006@gmail.com. You can also subscribe to our mailing list, somethingood2006@yahoogroups.com, by sending a blank email to somethingood2006-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
so do SOMETHINGOOD - spread the word to your friends!
With many thanks,
the Somethingood 2006 planning committee
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
wandering in to update
I got my finger pricked last saturday, so somewhere out there is a form with a little bit of paper on it that's got my blood all over it. That's going to be tissue typed (for a whopping $150 which the BMDP pays for - that's why they need the money) and entered into the BMDP's database.
So when someone out there contracts leukemia, they're going to be tissue typed too, and that tissue type takes the form of a number. If I match the first 12 digits of that number, or even the first 6, I'll be a bone marrow donor. But that chances of that happening? 1 in 20,000.
They need people in their database as potential donors - www.bmdp.org will give you more information.
somethingood proceeds apace, I've got two bits of news, the proverbial good and bad. The good: we've finally sussed out what licensing we need and we've started applying for it. The officer at the BMDP helping us out with this was routed in this strange endless loop to government agency after government agency. Bizarre. Anyhow, we're applying for the two that we used last time. That satisfied the people checking our documentation in 2004, so it should be alright this time around.
The bad news is that we have some major competition for the festival. Unbeknownst to us, the Singapore Arts Festival is also doing some busking along Orchard between 10 and 20 June. Which would, yes, be the majority of our festival. I'm really not sure how this is going to work out.
We're having a planning committee meeting this weekend and once we get our licenses, I suppose more people will be reading this. ;) And I should add people to this... it really isn't a one female show. Really.
So when someone out there contracts leukemia, they're going to be tissue typed too, and that tissue type takes the form of a number. If I match the first 12 digits of that number, or even the first 6, I'll be a bone marrow donor. But that chances of that happening? 1 in 20,000.
They need people in their database as potential donors - www.bmdp.org will give you more information.
somethingood proceeds apace, I've got two bits of news, the proverbial good and bad. The good: we've finally sussed out what licensing we need and we've started applying for it. The officer at the BMDP helping us out with this was routed in this strange endless loop to government agency after government agency. Bizarre. Anyhow, we're applying for the two that we used last time. That satisfied the people checking our documentation in 2004, so it should be alright this time around.
The bad news is that we have some major competition for the festival. Unbeknownst to us, the Singapore Arts Festival is also doing some busking along Orchard between 10 and 20 June. Which would, yes, be the majority of our festival. I'm really not sure how this is going to work out.
We're having a planning committee meeting this weekend and once we get our licenses, I suppose more people will be reading this. ;) And I should add people to this... it really isn't a one female show. Really.
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
BMDP donor recruitment drive
if you're attending Raffles Junior College's opening ceremony this saturday (april 8), do go down to the Bone Marrow Donor Programme's room on the 1st floor of block b. they will be running a recruitment drive for potential donors and need your support!
the BMDP need potential donors in its database because the chances of an unrelated match for a child with leukaemia are 1 in 20,000. so to give a kid just one chance in life, the BMDP needs a huge register of potential donors. so go prick your finger - that's all it takes.
the BMDP need potential donors in its database because the chances of an unrelated match for a child with leukaemia are 1 in 20,000. so to give a kid just one chance in life, the BMDP needs a huge register of potential donors. so go prick your finger - that's all it takes.