Silent Auction Bidding
Empress Patti
The silent auction format consists of an individual item or a group of items to be auctioned to the highest bidder. Each item or lot will have a description sheet as well as a bid sheet listing the stated value and minimum bid, along with the increment that the bid advances. To bid, sign your name and write in your bid on the next available line of the bid sheet. At the close of the auction winning bids (the highest bid on each sheet shall be deemed the winner) are collected in preparation for announcing the winners and distributing the items. Bidding begins at 8:30 a.m. in the Exhibits Hall on Friday, March 25, then closing for the day at 4:30 p.m. It will continue at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 26, until 6:30 p.m. There will be a cash bar and hors d’oeuvres starting at 6:00 p.m. as we count down to the finale. After the bidding closes, and while the winners are determined, we invite you to participate in the Silent Auction Committee’s Jeopardy game show.
Winning bidders of the auction items may pay with cash, check or MasterCard or Visa. You do not have to be present to win, however, you must claim and pay for your item no later than 3:00 p.m. Sunday, March 27 at the Registration Desk. If you wish to ship the items home, this can be done through the business center at the hotel on Monday (business center is closed on Sunday), or through the FedEx Kinko’s located on 8th Street and Marquette Avenue (3 blocks from the hotel) which is open 24/7.
Let Us Entertain You with VRA + ARLIS Jeopardy!
Patricia “Empress Patti” McRae Baley and Allan Kohl will be hosting VRA + ARLIS/NA Jeopardy Game Show while the winning bids are determined. We invite you to participate in the fun! Any conference attendee can volunteer in advance to be a contestant and show off their knowledge in a number of exciting categories such as:
- Librarians in Popular Culture
- History of our Organizations
- Minnesota!
- Tech Talk
- Past Conference Cities
- Misplaced Masterpieces (all visual clues) and more!
There will be some extremely silly (but adorable) prizes (and your pride) at stake. We will need at least 8 volunteer contestants: 3 for the first game and 2 challengers to the champion of the first game, with the rest serving as alternates. If you would like to be a contestant, we ask that you send an email stating your intent to Patricia McRae Baley at patricia.mcrae@unlv.edu, with the word “Contestant” in the subject line. We will need at least 8 volunteer contestants; 3 for the first game and 2 challengers to compete against the champion of the first game, with the rest serving as alternates. Contestants will be chosen based on the date stamp of their email and randomly assigned to Game 1 or Game 2. Contestants will be notified by email if they are among the first 8 to apply.
Start brushing up on your knowledge, and practice answering in the form of a question!
Shhh…. Yourself!
The Silent Auction Committee would like to invite all conference participants to submit their own image of themselves Shhh-ing to appear as part of the Shhh… Silent Auction! blog page and to get in the spirit. Please email your best librarian-esque digital photo (Jpeg) to Julieann Swanson at swansonj@umn.edu. Strut your stuff and show us your best Shhh!
Important Silent Auction Dates
| Begin to receive forms and shipped donations | Monday, January 3, 2011 |
| ALL forms and shipped donations to be received no later than | Friday, March 11, 2011 |
| Hand carried items to Registration Desk to be received no later than | Friday, March 25, 8:00 a.m. |
| Silent Auction bidding opens | Friday, March 25, 8:30 a.m. |
| Silent Auction Finale Event | Saturday, March 26, 6:00 p.m. |
| Deadline to pick up and pay for won items | Sunday, March 27, 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. |
VRA + ARLIS/NA 2nd Joint Conference Blog 
Great donations are already arriving, let’s keep the momentum going!
Sorry I can’t make the conference this year, but Two Cat Digital is donating 4 gift certificates, each worth up to $300.00 in services (scanning or consulting). And in response to past experience with these certificates over the last seven years, we’ve extended the expiration date to the 2012 conference. The old ones expired on 12/31, and so many recipients would contact us at Christmas time begging for an extension. Hopefully this will help.