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the final dance of the Grassroots Inaugural Ball DC 2009!

By Mary R. Il. - Dec 30th, 2008 at 8:16 am EST

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Dear friends and supporters of the Grassroots Ball DC 2009.

We are sorry. We tried but it hasn't ended the way we had "hoped".

We sadly announce that the Grassroots Ball 2009 we had worked to hold first at the RR International Trade Center, then at the Ritz Carlton DC, will not happen on January 19, 2009. We are very disappointed to have to send this message to you, especially after all the wonderful support, contacts, ideas, money, etc that came from YOU the Grassroots MYBO folks. THIS was not how we envisioned the final moment, the final dance of this BALL. We are disappointed we won't have a place to meet so many of you,whom we have come to know via mybo over the past year.

We tried and were not successful in finding a venue that would allow us to have ticket prices at a level that would work out financially for you the mybo grassroot supporters and friends, be the type of ball we had wanted, and at the same time pay the venue what they needed. Plus, it does appear that interest is waning for a myriad of reasons including the economy, people deciding not to go to DC, cost, crowds, other events, etc.etc. etc. After 6 days of polling (you can check the results at www.grassrootsballdc2009.com), we have heard back from approximately only 25% of the original supporters of the event. And ultimately we cannot take on the financial responsibility of selling even a low minimum of for example, 500 tickets, without a greater assurance of ticket purchases from at least our original list of 1200 attendees.

A shout out to all those who sent money to sponsor this event, we did raise $25,000 give or take some change! Thank you for your belief that yes we could.

REGARDING those DONATIONS: Any of you who donated money to this effort, please send me, Mary Ritter (maryrttr@gmail.com), your home address so that I can process and mail you a check for your refund. It will be the entire amount, less the 3% Pay Pal fee that we were charged (before your money was released to our account).

We worked like mad & "hoped" that this effort would come to fruition. Thank you each and every one for your support and interest along this amazing journey!

Mary Ritter
Jacqueline DeFloris
Russell Miller

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