So the BYU 1st stake has the KMB scheduled for this Saturday night. Cross that off as a possible location for our opening social.

Also are there beginner lessons tomorrow night?

I kept this email from last semester. I think most of it applies still. If not, I'm not an official club rep, so you can't yell at me for trying to be helpful.

Buzz:

But I bring good news, especially for all you swingers out there strapped for cash! You can get a membership and not have to pay a single penny! How is this possible, you ask? It is simple: you write letters.

We have had this program before, but many times it has come too late to make a difference, since you already had bought a membership. Not so this year! Here’s the deal. If you write a letter according to the guidelines I will include below and bring it to the dance this Saturday between 8 and 9:30 pm, you will get in free! We will be checking to make sure that your letter has followed the guidelines. We will then take your letter and get it approved. We will then be having a couple letter writing sessions (time and place TBA) next week where you will copy your approved letter 5 times. After you hand us the five copies, we will hand you a free membership with a guest pass, just in time for the opening social!

I have attached a few sample letters to this email as a general idea of how to follow these guidelines. A free membership for writing a few letters? Can life get any better? I submit that it can not!

Buzz

Guidelines

All letters must be about The Math Lab, BYU TV, Teaching Assistants, Mentored Student Learning, Freshman Academy, Honors Program, Study Abroad Programs, Washington Seminar, Harold B. Lee Library, General Scholarships, Museum of Art, Distance Learning, Your Major, Your College, Any specific project or priorities within your major or college.

Do’s

One hand-written page in length

Use correct spelling and grammar

Use the three paragraph form: Opening (Thank donor for donation to BYU Annual Fund), Body (Explain what the Annual Fund supports and a specific example of how one of the programs listed has affected your academic experience), Closing (Be sincere)

Use “contribution” and not “contributions”

Capitalize the words “Annual Fund”

Use a respectful and thankful tone

Write in blue or black ink.

Make your letter personal, polished and neat

Dont’s

Don’t date your letter

Ask donors for continued support

Use &, always write out “and”

Write about building and grounds upkeep or sports

Salutation

Always start with Dear ending with a comma

Final Hints

Make the letter personal

Use the key phrase “donors like you” and “donations like yours”

Explain what the program does and how it has benefited you

If you write about a scholarship, don’t focus on the fact that you don’t have to work

I KNEW YOU WOULD BE SAYING THAT!!! I thought darn on our little stake too. I'm a member of the first stake and when I saw it on our announcements on monday.. i actually groanded out loud in sacrament meeting... oops!!! Dont hate us-

Llama Laurel

That's a pretty accurate guess. I won't have the official numbers until Wednesday or so. Thanks to everybody who came out!

Well, I hear that Swing Team has some sweet coaches [Emoticon not found]

Hi Ron

Boogaloo:

I've heard... I guess time will tell how true these rumors are

geek4life:

Hi Ron

Boogaloo:

I've heard... I guess time will tell how true these rumors are

ken. you can't just unmask a man of mystery like that.

how much would it suck if cat woman told everyone that bruce wayne was really batman?

Hey it's the shim-sham in the MOA! And I'm in that picture! Weird. I'm never in dancing related pictures. Unless they're really awful pictures that should never ever be posted online. Ken.

That was such a fun opening social. Sadly, however, they have told us that we are never invited back into the MOA because they are worried that the loud sound might damage the art [Emoticon not found]

Nope, I'm absolutely serious.

Monet is rolling in his grave right now!

Buzz:

Anonymous:

Nope, I'm absolutely serious.

That was me. Somehow it didn't get that I was logged in.

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