>At our last board meeting, the topic of how much to donate to AFA at
>this year's convention was brought up. Originally it was to be $500,
>but was quickly changed to:
>$250 for AFA, $250 for Dr Richie's research.
I'm VERY glad to hear this! Tell the club they are doing the right
thing.
>If our fundraising seminar does good this year, I will motion later
>this year for more to Richie. As long as Richie can hold out, I hope to
>see us doing this on a yearly basis.
That'd be excellent!
>Our big AFA fan tried to dissuade the Richie part by saying that the
>University will automatically take a % of it, so Richie won't see the
>full amount. Is this true? Even so, it's fine by me, I call it his room
>and board or something like that.
No, actually, if I recall correctly, I believe the University matches
all outside donations with funds of their own. If you want to drop Dr.
Ritchie a letter, he'd be glad to explain how his funding works. I DID
have notes on it a couple years ago, but it was in with my club
treasurer stuff, and it's in someone else's hands now (probably tossed
out as non-essential).
Since there's been a lot of trouble with folks mis-quoting Dr. Ritchie
on the Internet, I'm encouraging anyone who has a NON-emergency question
to write to him instead of calling. That way they have a written
document with a signature to quote from instead of trying to remember
"just what did he say about this".
You can write to him at:
Dr. Branson W. Ritchie DVM, PhD
PO BOX 189
Athens, Georgia  30603-0189
--Kathy
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