Functions performed by Unity Barn Raisers in 2006
As written by UBR, April, 2007.
Sponsorship
- Provide use of Community Center at no charge
- Provide insurance for Community Center
Community Center
- Provide bathroom, kitchen, refrigerator and some indoor space to farmers
- Close building at end of the market
- Bathroom clean
- Tables clean and put away
- Awning rolled up and down
- Store tents
- Provide garbage removal
Promotion
- Brochure design, printing and distribution
- UMD page design in UBR newsletter
- Street sign maintenance and put out 5 out of the 6 signs every Saturday
- Hung OPEN flag every week
- Press releases
- E-mail updates to UBR e-mail list
- Any new signs – had them made
Administrative
- Mailing of applications to current members and to new applicants
- Organize review of new applications
- Photocopying
- Fielding phone calls/e-mails from potential vendors, customers, etc…
- Reminder phone calls to some UMD members about meetings
Banking/Financial
- Bank deposit of application fees
- Bank deposit every week of stall fees
- Wrote checks to pay for any UMD expenses
- Kept the books and reported on income/expense and balance of account at meetings
- UBR has accountant that reviews the UMD books at the end of the season
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