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Below is the accounting of the finances from the SEO Poker Tournament. From the feedback it was one favorite events from any of the SEO conferences.

I am posting what is almost all the financial transactions that will take place before, during, and after the conference. I will update this post periodically as the final transactions are completed. The expenses will be marked paid as they are paid.

Income (all collected)

Players fees received after Paypal costs $4244.38

Sponsor Fee after Paypal fee $1465.86

Sponsor Fee after Paypal fee $1465.86

Sponsor Fee after Paypal fee $ 904.95

Dan’s $500 extra donation $ 500.00

for the firefighters wife!

Cash Donations $ 50.00

(Gave them free t-shirts)

Total Income as of 1/6/06 $8,631.05

Expenses

EventBrite (registration site) -82.35 (paid)

EventBrite -55 (paid)

Get Noticed Advertising for t-shirts first payment -1725 (paid)

Get Noticed Advertising for t-shirts second payment -2102.45 (paid)

tip to Valet at Venetian on poker night -1 (paid)Advertising playing cards handed out at Pubcon -175.99 (paid)

Software for players to practice texas holdem -14.95 (paid)

Shipping costs to send Sponsor 1 t-shirts -15.76 (paid)

Shipping costs to send Sponsor 2 t-shirts -56.79 (paid)

Shipping costs to send Sponsor 3 t-shirts ????? (paid)

Amount to be paid to Firefighters wife -848.88 (paid)

Extra amount from Dan to be paid to Firefighters wife -500 (paid)

Amount to be paid to burned Firefighters -848.88 (paid)

Amount paid to Criminon -848.88 (paid)

Amount paid to John Dau (rebuilding Sudan) -848.88 (paid)

School in India for better water and sanitation -848.88 (paid)

Note – The school allready got their project funded! Yehhhh!!

So instead the money is being donated to the Childrens Project School.

If you can take a minute to read this it will blow your mind.

Let’s see if you can read it and not cry, I couldn’t and still can’t.

Total Expenses $8836.34

So the whole thing shook out with me having done a bunch of work, and cost me out of my pocket some hundreds of dollars. Funnest money I ever spent.

Take a look at these Indian girls new computer and tell me if it was worth it. 🙂

I can’t even begin to tell you all what this event meant to me on every possible level. It was truly one of the great nights of my life.

Much Love,

dk