Congratulations to Matt Lyles (Coulson Oil Catamaran) and Leadership Greater Little Rock Limbo Leaders for capturing the 2006 Individual and Team Challenge Cups, respectively, at Wednesday's Awards Celebration Lunch. As of noon, Wednesday, May 24, the final day of the campaign, Matt sold $45,125 (11.3% of the campaign's total) in memberships, products and sponsorships, while the Limbo Leaders raised $47,455, just besting Matt's Coulson Oil Catamaran's $46,275.
With more sales on the way, as of today, Friday, May 26, your Calypso Cup: 2006 Total Membership & Resource Campaign has raised an impressive $406,597.00.
While the competition for the Challenge Cup ended on Wednesday, crews have until noon, Friday, June 2nd to turn in membership checks and signed Product & Sponsorship Agreements, which will be commissioned and credited toward trip awards. As long as the signed Product & Sponsorship Agreement is turned in by the deadline, the Chamber will pay commissions when payment is received.
Sponsored by Lexi Strother, the Awards Celebration Lunch featured island cuisine from RSVP Catering and Tropical Smoothie Deli & Cafe. Calypso Cup Co-Chairs Beth and Mike Coulson welcomed the group and congratulated Affiliated Foods for making their first sale of the campaign. They then awarded 27 trips to the campaign's top individual producers:
Four-Person, Two Consecutive Night Stay at Mountain Harbor Resort Condominium ($2,500 - $4,999)
Ronnie Dedman (AT&T Margarita Mamas & Daiquiri Daddies)
Carol Isom (Leadership Greater Little Rock Limbo Leaders)
Annamary Daugherty (Leadership Greater Little Rock Limbo Leaders)
Trey Payne (Leads Group 2 - Pinnacle Pina Coladas)
Chad May (Regions Bank Reggae Rainmakers)
Michelle Mosley (Telcoe Federal Credit Union Telcoe Tahitians)
$1,000 Credit to Chamber Member Travel Agency of Choice ($5,000 - $7,499)
Ginny Moulton (Ambassadors Magic)
David Fox (Baptist Health Castanets)
Margot Vogel (Baptist Health Castanets)
Cara Wade (Baptist Health Castanets)
Kelly Bass (Leadership Greater Little Rock Limbo Leaders)
Liza Freeman (Leadership Greater Little Rock Limbo Leaders)
Luke King (Regions Bank Reggae Rainmakers)
David Trice (Regions Bank Reggae Rainmakers)
Betsy Davies (Twin City Bank Soggy Dollars)
$1,750 Credit to Chamber Member Travel Agency of Choice ($7,500 - $9,999)
Lisa Estes (Bank of the Ozarks Jammin' de Ozarks)
Clyde Anderson (Twin City Bank Soggy Dollars)
Two-Person, Four-Night Stay at Key West, Florida Hyatt Resort or Amelia Island Plantation ($10,000 - $12,499)
Joy Secuban (Alltel Antiguans)
Dawnetta Fortner (Arvest Bank)
Kimberly Hipps (Leads Group 2 - Pinnacle Pina Coladas)
Two-Person, Four-Night Stay at Florida Four Seasons ($12,500 and above)
Leila Alston (Baptist Health Castanets)
Phyllis Flint (Chairman's Task Force Coconuts)
Matt Lyles (Coulson Oil Catamaran)
Elizabeth Small (Leadership Greater Little Rock Limbo Leaders)
Phillip Partain (Metropolitan National Bank We Be Jammin')
Carol Langston (Pulaski Technical College Paradise Posse)
Lynne Connor (Chairman's Task Force Coconuts)
Campaign Stats
As of the close of the campaign, you sold 71 new memberships for $36,200.50. You also completed 14 membership reevaluations - 14 more than last year - for $14,044. That means that in this campaign, we beat last year's total new member income by $11,854.50.
So far, you have added $85,000 to the GOT STOCK IN LITTLE ROCK Economic Development Fund.
You raised $10,000 for the Building Fund.
You sold $11,485 in Business Advertising, besting last year's total by $2,760.00
In a brand new frontier, you sold $20,000 in Website Sponsorships, something we didn't even have to sell in the last campaign. And, you sold the Chamber's first-ever Enhanced Web Listing.
You sold $25,000 in Specialty Publications, beating last year by $13,500.
Finally, in Programs & Events, you sold $199,870, besting last year by a whopping $88,520. You also sold a total of 98 programs and events, far outdistancing last year's 61 by 37 sales.
Last year, the Building Fund accounted for $199,700. This year, other than a stairwell, there was very little left to sell. So, excluding the Building Fund from our totals, last year we raised $367,665. This year, excluding the Building Fund, as of Wednesday, you had raised $387.649.50, beating last year by $19,984.50.
While last year's campaign made a total of 209 individual sales, this year, you made 211. And among them, Ginny Moulton (Ambassadors Magic) made more individual sales (13) than any other participant.
By any measure, thanks to you and your business/organizations' commitment, your Calypso Cup continues to be a rousing success. Until the deadline next Friday, we'll continue to post updated spreadsheet results, so check back often. Meanwhile, thank you for serving the Little Rock region through your service to the Chamber.
