From: MPetrelis@aol.com Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 14:43:39 EDT Subject: MMOW board sez it has nuttin' to say Subj: Statement from the Millennium March on Washington Date: 5/11/00 11:24:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time From: cplanck@mmow.org (Corri Planck) To: signorile@aol.com To: mpetrelis@aol.com Statement from the Millennium March on Washington Organizers of the Millennium March on Washington for Equality have been informed that they will likely not receive projected revenue from the producers of the Millennium Festival. Millennium March officials contracted with Millennium Productions, a LLC, to independently produce the Millennium Festival, which took place on Saturday and Sunday, April 29-30, the weekend of the Millennium March. The Festival was to be the March’s largest revenue line item, and was expected to bring in approximately $750,000, which was estimated to be 65 percent of the total Festival revenues. On Monday, May 1, Millennium Productions informed members of the Millennium March executive committee that they suspected Festival revenues were missing. Immediately following this notification from Millennium Productions, the executive committee and Executive Director Dianne Hardy-Garcia met and a decision was made to contact law enforcement. March officials, as well as Festival organizers, contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) immediately to promptly begin an investigation into the missing money. After consultation with the Millennium March co-chairs Ann DeGroot, Nicole Murray-Ramirez, Duane Cramer and Donna Red Wing, finance committee members Margaret Conway and Michael Armentrout, along with Hardy-Garcia, were directed to meet with the FBI investigators. That meeting took place on Wednesday, May 3. Festival organizers officially informed March officials on Thursday, May 4 that they would not be able to make their scheduled payment to the Millennium March because their suspicions were confirmed that money was, in fact, missing from the Festival. March officials are gravely concerned that the loss of this revenue stream will severely impact the Millennium March’s ability to meet its budgetary expectations. While March organizers spent less than $2 million to produce the event, some March-related bills are still currently outstanding. In order to fully comply and cooperate with the investigation, Millennium March organizers and officials cannot provide further comment at this time. ------------------------------ Michael Petrelis Welcome to AIDS-STATISTICS www.AIDS-statistics.com 2215-R Market Street, #413 San Francisco, CA 94114