Subject: RE: The Tournament
From: "Ashley Biden" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:09:25 +0000

Of course. Call you at 5 pm?

From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 1:03 PM
To: Ashley Biden
Subject: Re: The Tournament

Call me about this later please.

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On Sep 29, 2015, at 12:51 PM, Ashley Biden <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:
I agree. There are many individuals from Wilmington who have approached me about attending but cannot pay the fee to attend cocktail party. Could we keep the golfing prices the same but lower cocktail fee? I know Beau would want any and all to attend. I think the first event is about getting people together who love Beau and just want to celebrate his memory. The next fundraiser can be focused on making money. I think this is what Beau would want. Thoughts?

Warmly,

Ashley

From: Robert Buccini [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 9:12 AM
To: Sonia Sloan
Cc: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>; Biden Hallie; Ashley Biden; Bill Gardner; olivere ron; sears fred
Subject: Re: The Tournament

Sonia and Fred, let's speak tomorrow via conference call.  As opposed to not extending a discount to Beau's Deputy AGs, let's discuss a way to underwrite the reduced fee.  I am concerned that the people that will continue Beau's legacy to protect children (the AGs) and work in conjunction with the foundation, are feeling exclude from the foundations first fundraiser.  I prefer that the first event is one that is not exclusionary due to the pricing.   Best, Rob
Robert E. Buccini
The Buccini/Pollin Group
322 A Street
Suite 300
Wilmington, DE  19801
302.691.2122 w
866.279.6957 f
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On Sep 27, 2015, at 7:30 AM, Sonia Sloan <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

From: Sonia Sloan <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: September 27, 2015 at 7:25 am

Subject: The Tournament

Dear friends,
We have been reading the emails about lowering some of the fees for the Beau Biden Golf Tournament and providing reduced fees for some foursomes and lowering the costs for some folks to attend the cocktail party. The $200 golf fee and $50 reception fee proposed would actually require the Beau Biden Foundation to underwrite these guests because this price will not cover the the fees WCC is charging. It is difficult to comprehend why we would have a fundraiser and invite people to participate for a fee that would end up costing us money ??
As members of this event committee, we have been working very hard across the community to garner financial support for the event and for the Foundation. Folks have stretched to make their gifts and some folks have understood that they may not be able to pay these fees. Certainly there are many people who have worked with and supported Beau over these many long years who would not be very happy if exceptions were made for anyone.
The brochure with the established fees has been widely distributed and it would not be appropriate or fair or honest to change that for anyone. How would we look if other groups learned that we made exceptions for some and not for others?
We appreciate your concerns but hope you understand that the fee structure cannot be changed. And we hope that everyone will participate in the event to the best of his or her ability.
There will other opportunities to attend fund raising events to support the work of Beau's Foundation in the future at a lower cost if this one does not work for you and others.
Thank you for your interest and concern.

Best regards,
Sonny Sloan and Fred Sears
Event Committee Members

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