[GRC] [RFU] UPDATE: GRC Bid

[Diaz, Ricardo]

RFU people:



This is a hard decision in that we need a united and multivoice group just to bring the conference. It's a good test as to our commitment since if we don't show up, it's only right that the SL should win it. They have a larger metropolitan area and a bigger airport so I would think that others would rather travel there unless we provide a good alternative.



You have represented well why it's a good year to host although I know it will be lots of hard work. Perhaps if we had a formal conversation with WEFT we could be the voice of two and thus make a better argument for the bid.



I don't know if we can get it together next year but if we have a committed half a dozen people, I believe we could do a good job.



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Subject: [RFU] UPDATE: GRC Bid



So the GRC folks have been talking, and it's been mostly agreed upon that, instead of them deciding who should receive the bid this year, WRFU and KKFI should decide amongst themselves who will host and then next year the other will follow suit. I sent an email to the main coordinator of KKFI whose been in communication with the GRC list outlining why the GRC would be important for us THIS year (specifically relating to raising awareness of and helping pay for the radio tower), but really, this is a conversation that everyone at WRFU should be weighing in on. I (and KKFI and the GRC) really need to know how you feel about hosting this year vs. next year. Kansas City also feels very strongly about hosting this year. WRFU needs to think very hard about what hosting the GRC would do for WRFU (and WEFT for that

matter) this year, whether its an investment we want to make now or later, and why.



-Kristina



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