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FUNDRAISING SLIDESHOW FROM PEGGY M. OWENS
October 21, 2010
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GREAT FALLS, MT – As promised, here is a copy of the slide show from yesterday's Marketing Bootcamp on the Key Elements of Successful Fundraising, presented by Peggy M. Owens.
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MUSEUM TO ASSUME C.M. RUSSELL AUCTION NAME
September 1, 2010
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GREAT FALLS, MT – After being a beneficiary of the Ad Club’s C.M. Russell Art Auction for 41 years, the C.M. Russell Museum is the new owner of the event name and its associated trademarks.
“After much discussion, the Ad Club and the C.M. Russell Museum have reached an agreement regarding the future of the C.M. Russell Art Auction. The Museum now owns the rights to the ‘C.M. Russell Art Auction’ name,” Ad Club Executive Director Sara Becker said.
Earlier this year the Museum filed an injunction, suing Ad Club for use of the C.M. Russell name. “While we felt we had a strong legal position regarding rights to the name, Ad Club did not wish to tear our organization, our Auction family, or our community apart through a legal battle with the Museum,” Becker explained. The Museum agreed to dismiss the lawsuit in exchange for the rights to the C.M. Russell Art Auction name and associated trademarks. As a result, Ad Club must cease and desist using the C.M. Russell name.
Ad Club launched the C.M. Russell Art Auction in 1969 as a Club fundraiser. In addition, a portion of the proceeds also benefitted the C.M. Russell Museum until 2009; donations to the Museum from Ad Club totaled over $5.7 million. The Ad Club recently announced it will not participate in Western Art Week 2011. “It is hard to let go of a 42-year tradition,” Becker said. “But our members are looking forward to focusing our energy and our passion on new events that will benefit both our Club and our community.
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AD CLUB NOT PARTICIPATING IN WESTERN ART WEEK
August 6, 2010
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GREAT FALLS, MT – After 42 years of live auctions, free exhibit rooms, seminars, and entertainment, the Ad Club will not participate in Western Art Week in March 2011.
Earlier this summer, the Ad Club Board of Directors voted to no longer conduct a live auction as part of the C.M. Russell Art Auction. “With a lagging economy and increased local competition, the live auction festivities we enjoyed for so many years are sadly no longer fiscally responsible or possible for our Club to continue,” said Executive Director Sara Becker.
Over the past few months, Ad Club leadership has been reviewing other components of the C.M. Russell Art Auction, evaluating whether or not they would be able to successfully conduct these events in 2011 without the presence of a live auction. “After much discussion, financial analysis, and extensive input from artists, exhibitors, members, and patrons, Ad Club has decided not to participate in Western Art Week 2011,” Becker said.
Ad Club launched the C.M. Russell Art Auction in 1969 as a Club fundraiser. In addition, a portion of the proceeds also benefitted the C.M. Russell Museum until 2009; donations to the Museum from Ad Club totaled over $5.7 million. “While it is hard to imagine March in Great Falls without the presence of the Ad Club’s famed C.M. Russell Art Auction, we are looking forward to focusing our energy and passion on new events that will benefit both our Club and our community,” Becker explained.
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