by David Shulman

The items for bid will be listed first, followed by the auction rules. This months auction, as in the past, will continue to benefit The American Glaucoma Society. The prior auctions have raised over $6000 total, and we hope to be able to keep adding to that total.

We would like to offer my continued thanks to Phish/Dionysian Productions and String Cheese Incident/Madison House for their kindness and generosity with the auction items they have donated!!

Item #1 & #2

Pair of tickets/after show passes good for any Phish fall show of the winners choice. (Minimum bid $250, bid increments of $25)

We have 2 pairs of these for the auction, which means the top 2 bidders will each win a pair.

Item #3

Pair of tickets/after show backstage passes good for any String Cheese Incident 2000 show* of the winners choice. (Minimum bid $150, bid increments of $10) *Not including Festivals or New Years show(s)

The auction begins now, with bids accepted until July 17, midnight, central time.

The Auction Rules:

1. When you find the item(s) that you want to bid on complete the form below and send to The Mimi Fishman Foundation at tmmff@aol.com.

2. Include with your form the amount you are comfortable bidding. Some items, especially feature items will have a minimum bid, as well as a minimum amount that bids must be increased by. We will try to keep the minimum bids current to save time from bids that fall below the lowest bid.

3. You will receive a response to your bid within 24 hours. You will be given the detail whether your bid is the highest or not. If not, you will be given the current high bid number as well as the amount you would have to increase it by to be the highest bidder. If you do not receive confirmation to your bid then please assume for some reason the bid did not make it to it's destination and re-submit.

4. If you had a leading bid that was outbid by someone else, you will be notified so you will have the opportunity to re-submit another bid.

5. There will be no limit to the amount of bids you can re-submit.

6.  The day after the auction ends, the 2 leading bidders for each item will be notified (in the case of the Phish tix/passes (since there are 2 pairs) the 4 leading bidders will be notified.  The leading bidders will have 48 hours to resubmit a final bid if they wish.  After receiving the final bids, the winner will be determined by the person with the highest final bid submitted.  Again, in the case of the Phish tix/passes, the top 2 final bidders will both win the tix/passes.

7. During the auction we will try to update the high bids at: http://hometown.aol.com/tmmff/myhomepage/auction.html  

This will reduce the amount of bids that are below the current high bid, thus saving you and I time.

8. The winner will be notified within 24 hours of the auctions end. You will be given payment (money order) instructions at that time. Payments (donations), minus shipping expenses, will be made out directly to The Mimi Fishman Foundation.

Special Rules for the ticket/passes auction:

Here are all the necessary disclaimers and specific rules:

1. Due to how quickly the fall tour is upon us, the winners must send their winning money order in within 7 days of being notified as one of the winners.

2. You will need to let me know the show you pick with your money order.

3. For those of you that have had the privilege of after show passes you realize that sometimes the members of Phish make an appearance, and at times they do not....or maybe one or two of them hang out while the other one or two don't. Bottom line is that no guarantee can be made that just because you have after show passes, does that mean you are guaranteed to meet the band. By bidding on this item you are acknowledging that you have been made aware of this. Sorry to overstate this issue, but I feel it's important to mention.

4. I will also need to know when you mail in your money order the name of the person that will be picking up the tickets. The tickets would be available at the will call of the desired show, and IDENTIFICATION WILL BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE TICKETS. The person picking up the tickets will be listed on the bands guest list, and this procedure is very important.

5. Sometimes guest list tickets are awesome... in terms of the seat location... but not always. I can suggest however, that I have yet to see "bad" seats (if there is such a thing at a Phish or SCI show) given out on a guest list, but I must state that no guarantees of seating location can be made.

Ok, now that the rules are out of the way... let me say you will be bidding on what I feel is truly a unique opportunity. You, or someone you might be bidding to give the prize to, is going to have an incredible concert experience. And let's not forget, this auction's purpose is to raise money for a very good cause... to benefit The American Glaucoma Society! So bid often, bid high, and best of luck!

Bids accepted until July 17, 2000, midnight, central time

AUCTION BID FORM (copy and paste)

  
(send to tmmff@aol.com)


ITEM BID ON:

DOLLAR AMOUNT BID:

NAME:

ADDRESS:

CITY:

STATE:

ZIP CODE:

PHONE NUMBER (DAY):

PHONE NUMBER (EVENING):

EMAIL ADDRESS: