Subject: RE: DNC
From: Andrew Tobias <[email-masked]>
To: 'David von Storch' <[email-masked]>, 'Rob Smith' <[email-masked]>
Cc: 'Rod Grozier' <[email-masked]>, <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 11:43:38 -0400

Makes a lot of sense.  Thanks, David!

 

From: David von Storch [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 11:28 AM
To: Rob Smith <[email-masked]>
Cc: Andrew Tobias <[email-masked]>; Rod Grozier
<[email-masked]>; [email-masked]
Subject: Re: DNC

Hey Rob -

I am happy to help out however it might be productive.

Last year I hosted an event at my home and I am happy to do that again. We
learned last year is that there is a very small list of people who might be
interested in putting together a table for an event in NYC.  I do not have a
new network of people that I could invite that would be receptive to such an
idea and I don't think that it would be productive to ask my
friends/acquaintances back one year later for the same pitch.  Given the
dynamic of those who live in DC, I have a strong hunch that they would
assume that such an event should be held in DC.  It's not the same as asking
people from other cities.  DC by definition is a political town and people
think of such events through that lens. 

I go to the NYC event for very different reasons. I find the DC gay
Democratic political crowd socially boring as hell (I'm being charitable
here) and the NYC event is a chance for me to hang with my NYC friends and
get them involved in politics, which is outside their wheelhouse.  

The HRC National Dinner draws people from around the country and it is
logical that such an event would be DC-based. They have a weekend of
networking, constituent- based advocacy and lobbying on the Hill to get
people feeling plugged into what they are financially supporting.  My sense
is that similarly the logic is more for a national Democratic LGBT
event/dinner to be in Washington as well, where ancillary events could get
people to be more involved in what the DNC is doing outside its front door.
It wouldn't make me more willing to go and support the work of the DNC, but
I am an outlier. I think it such an event/weekend would have a stronger
connection between what's being done and the money that is being solicited.
People want to feel good that their money is being put to good use and
having such events in DC helps to make it tangible.

This is all a long way of saying that 1) I'm here to help, 2)I have
supported and continue to support the NYC LGBT Dinner 3) there are some
structural challenges that your event raises that make soliciting support
from DC a problematic proposition.

I hope this input helps you in a positive way.

David von Storch 

President 

Urban Adventures Companies, Inc.

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On May 16, 2016, at 10:59 AM, Rob Smith <[email-masked]
<mailto:[email-masked]> > wrote:

Cocktail reception. Maybe at your apt or the gym pool. 
Get some people to attend and try to get them to buy or sponsor a table. 
Ideally we'd get 5 tables from DC 

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On May 16, 2016, at 10:47 AM, David von Storch <[email-masked]
<mailto:[email-masked]> > wrote:

Maybe....

What's the. Deal-do-o?

David von Storch

President 

Urban Adventures Companies, Inc.

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On May 16, 2016, at 9:28 AM, Rob Smith <[email-masked]
<mailto:[email-masked]> > wrote:

David,

How care you?

We're gearing up a big election. Based on what's at stake this year, we're
planning the biggest DNC LGBTQ event yet this year. 

Would you be willing to host a table captain/awareness event in June?

Thank you!!!

Rob 

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