Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Lusk is fat...wanna play?

he does look taller, What a great diet! Congrats. my check is on the way!

First of all, nice shirt, Bob! It fits you so well at your new fighting weight!

Address for check: YES, the address and contact name that Bob provided will work. However, if you would like an acknowledgement of the financial donation to a tax-exempt institution, checks could also be sent to me, and I would respond with a thank you letter on university letterhead that is signed by both Bob and me. I'll put the address below.

Sunil asked who to make the checks out to: SDSU Foundation. However, be sure to put "Jesse West Endowment" on the subject line so there is no confusion over where to deposit the funds! It never hurts to be careful, you know!!

Thanks, Bob, and thanks so much to ALL of you. We'll bring two of the most recent Jesse West award winners to the Pond Boss Conference.

Dave Willis
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
South Dakota State University
SNP 138, Box 2140B
Brookings, SD 57007

David.Willis@sdstate.edu

My check is in the mail to Dave. Great job Bob. Bob I am down 35 lbs total , including 12 since Canada . Thanks for the encouragement and support.

Bob said "Step on the scales and play. I'll pledge $1 for every pound YOU lose, too!

Check in the mail also!

First Congrats Bob. Picture did not quite show the Texas Cowboy boots, yes I know the tricks to looking taller. Bob keep it up Randy and Bing I think have money tied in with conference weight so more motivation to keep it going.

Aaron you got time to update the spreadsheet? Curious to see the totals and might help Dave keep track. I think an announcement of the great news at PB conf is in order. My checks going out today.

Check is in the mail to Dave.

Seems like I also stepped out and offered another buck for a conference time or post Christmas weight.

My accountant is beginning to wonder if I graduated from SDSU.

Bing

Probably very simple, but could someone post the total amount for me to write the check for? Also could we get an update for how much money was just raised in total?

Hey my check is in the mail as soon as I get my butt off of here and finish a couple of fishies for a customer. A dollar a pound at 58 pounds right?

Congratulations Bob. I'm going to share this with my wife who has battled the bulge all her life. Of course she lost a lot of weight before she met me and got her hooks into me. I wouldn't trade her for any other woman in the world even if she does have a weight problem. Just worry about her health and fat is not sexy.

$67.86 you've cost me, Lusk.

OTOH by my figures, you're worth another $301.86

I bet Dave will provide a total after its all in.

Okay, I started at 5:00 this morning to summarize this stuff, and now working to put together the next PB. Went through all the thread, here's what I see.....

Summary $2,602.28 now,

Plus ewest’s total, plus catmandoo’s at conference, plus Bruce Condello’s add-ons later, plus Burgermeister’s, plus AaronM’s at conference, plus rmedgar’s add-ons at conference, plus Bing’s add-ons at conference, plus JHAP’s pledge for conference, plus CoachB’s add-ons for JHAP…. Could easily be another $2,500, maybe more, depending what ewest does.

Individually…..
Lusk $1.00/lb plus $1/lb for each one ewest loses. Eric lost 35. Lusk is sending a check for $100.00 + $150 for Dwight’s matching fund idea.
CJBS2003 $1 per pound….$58.00
teehjaeh $2.50/lb…$145.00
Dave Davidson $1.00/lb…$58.00
Tom G $1.00/lb…$58.00
Sunil $10/lb…$580.00
catmandoo $10/lb…to be paid at the conference, if still at July 15 weight or below. (see at conference)
Theo Gallus $1.17/lb…$67.86
ewest $1.50 for the 1st ten pounds; $3.00 for the next ten; and more for the next and so on; plus a kicker for the 35 he lost in the same span. (Eric may tell us his total)
2catmom $1.00/lb…$58.00
Bruce Condello-$2.50/lb or $5.00/lb if Lusk gives $5/lb for every pound over 266 on Christmas Day. Maximum $250 Modification….another $125 if Lusk gets below 250 anytime between July 15 and Thanksgiving and still 250 on Christmas morning. Lusk accepted the challenge. Condello owes $250 now and will owe another $125 when Lusk sheds below 250 (which will happen in August) and still below 250 Christmas.
Dave Willis-$1.00/lb…$58.00
Cecil Baird-$1.00/lb…$58.00
DIED-$1.00/lb…$58.00
Burgermeister--$5.00/lb for each pound he loses…need update from the burgermeister.
AaronM--$5.00/lb for conference weight, plus $5.00 per pound for the weight he loses by conference. We’ll know at conference.
rmedgar--$1.00/lb, plus another $50 if Lusk is under 250 at conference, plus another $100 if Lusk is still under 250 December 27. Rmedgar owes $58.00 now.
Bing--$1.00/lb July 15 and another $1.00/lb for every pound under 316 at conference….$58 now plus some at conference.
FattyMcButterpants--$0.99/lb…$57.42
Dwight—if Lusk donates $150, he donates $150…Dwight owes $150.00
heybud--$2.00/lb…$116.00
Greg Grimes--$1.00/lb…$58
Jeffhasapond--$1.00/lb for every pound lost by conference, plus $1.00/lb for every pound he loses by conference…we’ll see at the conference.
CoachB--$1.00/lb for Lusk, plus $1.00/lb for every pound JHAP loses by July 15. That’s $58 for Lusk and awaiting jhap.
RB Blackshear--$1.00/lb…$58.00
Pedro--$5.00/lb….$290.00

Wow, Bob -- looks like nearly a 2 hour task to summarize all of that.

I think the Forum members already know the long-term goal for the Jesse West endowment. Bob, Eric, and I have a long-term plan to develop a graduate research assistantship, with most emphasis on small impoundment research. We also get a short-term return on the endowment of about 5% per year, which lets us help students now as we keep our eye on the bigger prize. Obviously, the current economy hasn't helped.

Bob is our master fundraiser. It was his idea to start the silent auctions at the conferences. Last year, he raised extra money with the auctioning of "guest passes" for his place after the conference. This year, his weight loss idea really added to our total. We'll have a silent auction at PB III as well, and two of the previous student awardees will be there to help. CORRECTION: WE NOW WILL HAVE THREE STUDENTS THERE WHO HAVE BENEFITTED FROM THE JESSE WEST ENDOWMENT.

From December of 06 to March of 09, we cracked 40K! We'll obviously bump that again nicely this year. It appears that slow and steady wins the race!

I hope you guys either don't mind or perhaps actually appreciate hearing an udpate such as this one. Fund-raising is a funny (two-edged?) task, but with a goal like ours, I hope you like hearing the details.

Its the people I like hearing about , each individual and their projects and then meeting them. These are quality young men and women student-scientists with lifetime goals and aspirations that we get to help along their journey. Plus they do research that helps recreational fisheries like all the PB ponds.

Like many PB endeavors it is a first , one of a kind , from the heart creation done by PB members. IIRC it is the only purely private fisheries research endowment at SDSU. It is open and flexible and geared to fill the needs identified by the Profs and students in applied fisheries research.

Thanks for helping and sharing the journey.

Bob, you left me out, but I will send in a check anyways.

congrats bob.

now its payback time..........i'm gonna mail the check through the el dorado post office..............you (dr. dave) should be receiving it about the same time i get my PB magazine.......

I'm not paying until I weigh you myself.

I want you to get on my back and I'll judge whether you've lost all that weight or not!

You and me both, DIED (the mag, that is!).

Congrats Bob and to all of the PB Forum Members! To health and healthier ponds...

Okay, Bruce, you can stick your hands in my mouth Monday at 4 pm...at your office, buddy.
Then, on your back I go!
Got scales? Er, scales to weigh on, I mean.

Nate...don't know how I missed you, buddy. So sorry! I did get a phone call around 6 and got interrupted for a minute. You're the best! Also, I know you've emailed me a couple of times (as has lots of people...) and I'll get to answer you shortly. I've never been so overwhelmed for so long in my life. I love it!

Times like these make days fly by pretty darn fast! I have a few irons in the fire as well and know the feeling.

Wow, guys! Six checks in the Monday morning mail. You don't fool around.

I honestly can't thank y'all enough! That's the northern y'all, with the "eh" at the end of the sentence. Spoken, but not written, eh?

Edit: let me start a running total. $1602. Impressive. Thanks to Bing, Ewest, Greg Grimes, Randy Edgar, Sunil, Pedro Rodriquez (a self-proclaimed reader without much posting), and some guy named Willis.



Plus, let's not forget that Rainman already had his tilapia "sale," and donated another $250. Thanks, Rex. I'll add that to the total for the year later, but for now, we'll keep it separate from the Lusk Loss Leader.

Dave, who do we make the check out to and what addy do we send it to?

From page 13 of this thread

Dave Willis
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
South Dakota State University
SNP 138, Box 2140B
Brookings, SD 57007

David.Willis@sdstate.edu

- checks to : SDSU Foundation. However, be sure to put "Jesse West Endowment" on the subject line so there is no confusion over where to deposit the funds! It never hurts to be careful, you know!!

I'm disappointed I wasn't as active a member during this thread's heyday, but it was an incredible idea. Great potential for a nice win-win. And I'll send a check anyway. Nice job Mr. Lusk.

Thanks Greg...