Boston 2012 Preliminary Bid

30th Anniversary

Annual General Meeting

Preliminary Bid Submitted by Boston Pride

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Table of Contents Table of Contents......................................................................................................................................................... 2 Important Note to Delegates....................................................................................................................................... 3 Letter from the Board of Directors of Boston Pride to InterPride Delegates............................................................ 4 The Boston Pride Committee ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Organizational Eligibility .............................................................................................................................................. 6 The City of Boston ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 General Information ................................................................................................................................................ 7 Quick Facts............................................................................................................................................................... 7 History ...................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Culture ...................................................................................................................................................................... 9 LGBT Community ................................................................................................................................................... 10 Map............................................................................................................................................................................. 11 Social Activities .......................................................................................................................................................... 13 Venue, Dates, and Registration ................................................................................................................................ 14 Conference Venue: The Sheraton Boston Hotel .................................................................................................. 14 Conference Dates: 3-7 Oct. 2012 ........................................................................................................................ 14 Registration Information ....................................................................................................................................... 14 Rate Comparison ................................................................................................................................................... 15 Sheraton Boston Hotel .............................................................................................................................................. 16 Official Proposal ..................................................................................................................................................... 16 Meeting Space at the Sheraton ............................................................................................................................ 21 Conference Budget .................................................................................................................................................... 25 Overview ................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Income.................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Expenses ................................................................................................................................................................ 27 Financial Statements ................................................................................................................................................ 28 Overview 2005-2009 ............................................................................................................................................ 28 Profit and Loss Statements................................................................................................................................... 29 Air Travel to Boston.................................................................................................................................................... 35 Letters of Support ...................................................................................................................................................... 39 Deval L. Patrick, Governor of the Commonwealth of MA .................................................................................... 39 Thomas M. Menino, Mayor of Boston................................................................................................................... 40 Boston City Council ................................................................................................................................................ 41 Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau ................................................................................................. 42 Hertz ....................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Zip Car .................................................................................................................................................................... 44 jetBlue Airlines ....................................................................................................................................................... 45 Contact Information ................................................................................................................................................... 46

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Important Note to Delegates This document was submitted by Boston Pride to InterPride’s Conference Structure and Integrity Committee (CSIC) as a Preliminary Bid fulfilling the requirements set forth by Standing Rule 04.01 and pertaining to the bidding process. Therefore, the present document is strictly limited to the elements called for in Sections 1 and 4 of Standing Rule 04.01, which respectively define organizational eligibility and list nine components to be submitted to CSIC. Boston Pride’s Full Bid to host InterPride 2012 will be available to delegates in October 2010, and at the Annual General Meeting to be held in Long Beach, CA. For more information, you may contact Sylvain Bruni, member of the Board of Directors of Boston Pride, by email at sbruni@bostonpride.org or by phone at +001.617.417.0359.

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Letter from the Board of Directors of Boston Pride to InterPride Delegates

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The Boston Pride Committee • Boston Pride has been in existence for 40 years.

• Boston Pride is one of the largest prides in the USA and is the largest annual public event in the City of Boston.

• Boston Pride is comprised of experienced and dedicated members including: • Keri Aulita – 11 years with Boston Pride, 15 years of development and event planning experience • Sylvain Bruni – 8 years with Boston Pride; Ph. D. candidate from Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Malcolm Carey – 7 years with Boston Pride; accounts payable and financial systems experience • Linda DeMarco – 12 years with Boston Pride; business owner; and board member of Faneuil Hall Marketplace • Kathleen Donahue – graduate of Suffolk University with a degree in Accounting and Business Administration; Vice President and Controller at City Year • Pierce Durkin – 8 years with Boston Pride; holds a masters in management and operations from Harvard University Extension School; board member of Massachusetts youth pride • Alicia Greene – 12 years as community organizer for LGBT, HIV/AIDS and youth rights, board member of Boston SPYCE (Boston’s Black Pride organization) • Wilfred Labiosa – 6 years with Boston Pride; founder of Somos Latin@s (Boston’s Latino Pride organization)

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Organizational Eligibility The table below lists all eligibility criteria defined in InterPride Standing Rule 04.01, Section 1. Boston Pride satisfies all these criteria and therefore is an eligible organization to bid and host an Annual General Meeting of InterPride.

Criteria

Satisfied?

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Be a Full Member organization in good standing for at least four consecutive years

Yes

Boston Pride has been a Full Member organization for over a decade.

Have attended two of the previous three Annual World Conferences

Yes

Boston Pride has attended all last three conferences and many before that!

Be a member of a region that has successfully organized a regional conference or similar event

Yes

Boston Pride is a member of North East Regional Prides (NERP) - Region 6, which has organized multiple successful regional conferences. Boston Pride successfully hosted NERP 2008.

Have an annual budget of at least USD$25,000

Yes

Boston Pride’s annual budget exceeds USD$200,000.

Be a fiscally-stable organization with no operating deficit exceeding ten percent of revenues in a three year period.

Yes

See financial data sheets attached.

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The City of Boston General Information • Boston Pride will be partnering with the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism and the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau.

• Boston is home to visionary LGBT media publications, legal, medical, and academic thinkers, business and community leaders, and openly LGBT elected officials.

• Boston is home to many of the country’s most prestigious colleges and universities including Harvard, MIT, Boston University, Boston College, Tufts University, Emerson College, and Berkeley College of Music.

• Boston’s city and state governments are very supportive of the LGBT community. The Boston Pride Committee has long standing relationships with the Governor’s office, the Mayor and his neighborhood liaison’s, the state legislature and Boston City Council.

• Boston is an international gateway with rich history and world-class cultural institutions.

Quick Facts • Boston has a population of approximately 600,000 people, and is the center of a large metropolitan area with a population of almost three million people.

• Boston is consistently ranked one of the USA’s top destination cities.

• Boston is “America’s Walking City.”

• Boston is a progressive hub of innovation, but also provides old world charm and contemporary flair in a safe and walkable city.

• Boston is accessible by air, train, bus, and car.

• Logan International Airport has approximately 1,200 flights daily on thirty-nine domestic, international, and commuter carriers. It offers domestic service to seventy-nine destinations and international service to thirty-six destinations. In 2008, Logan Airport served 26,102,651 passengers, handled 371,604 flights, and moved 587 million pounds of cargo, mail, and express packages.

• Boston is served by AMTRAK Train. Two stations offer service in Boston; South Station on Atlantic Ave., and Back Bay Station on Dartmouth Street.

• Boston is a hub for New England’s major highways. Interstate 95 connects Florida to Maine; Interstate 93, reached by Interstate 89, is a major thoroughfare between Canada and northwestern New Boston 2012 - Preliminary Bid

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England; and Interstate 90 runs east to west connecting New York State and Boston.

• Boston welcomes over eight and a half million visitors, convention delegates, and business travelers each year.

• Boston is home to a world-class public transportation system; easily understandable five color lines that connect hotels, attractions, shops, and neighborhoods. It serves 700,000 passengers daily on buses, trolleys, subways, commuter trains, and ferries. The “T” is renowned for its safety, reliability, affordability, and ease of use.

• Boston is renowned for its medical and educational institutions, with thirtyfive hospitals and more than seventy colleges and universities.

• Boston has forty-eight square miles of natural beauty, from a bustling harbor, to a tranquil coastline, to a strand of green parks known as the emerald necklace. Boston is home to America’s first public park, t he Boston Common. It runs alongside the flower-filled Public Garden where Swan Boats glide across the pond in the summer.

• Each of Boston’s twenty-one neighborhoods has a remarkably different style, charm, personality, and tone, from the cosmopolitan Back Bay to spirited and artsy neighborhood squares in Cambridge. It’s truly a diverse patchwork of culture and history. All are easily and affordably accessible using Boston’s public transportation system.

• Boston has more than 80 hotels raging from large, international chains to small, quaint boutique-style accommodations.

• Boston is home to hundreds of restaurants. They span the many neighborhoods in Boston, from the South End to North End. Boston is known for its seafood, such as clam chowder and lobster. Small, family owned restaurants occupy every corner of Boston’s Italian North End. Thai, Vietnamese, and Polynesian are among the foods available in Chinatown. Boston’s South End offers everything from home-style cooking to trendy cafes. French, Indian, Irish, Japanese, Mexican, South American, Hungarian, and Greek are also easily available.

• Shopping in Boston is also abundant. Shops range from up-scale establishments to the world famous Filene’s Basement. There are art galleries and boutiques on Newbury Street, with over 200 shops in the Prudential Center and Copley Place.

History • Boston was founded in 1630, just ten years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth.

• Boston had played a major role in shaping American History. It’s where the American Revolution was conceived and began; Bunker Hill was the site of the first major battle of the Revolutionary War; Paul Revere’s House Boston 2012 - Preliminary Bid

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is the oldest wooden building in Boston; the Old South Meeting House was where the Boston Tea Party was planned; and the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the US, is harbored here.

• Faneuil Hall Marketplace is a major site of significance in the US. Called the “Cradle of Liberty,” it began in 1742 as Boston’s meeting and market center.

Culture • Massachusetts is home to more than 2,500 cultural organizations that provide public programs in the arts, humanities, and sciences. They provide nearly 37,000 jobs and contribute at least $4.2 billion in economic impact to the state. Some of Boston’s internationally known institutions are: •

Museum of Fine Arts

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Museum of Science

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Boston Ballet

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JFK Library and Museum

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Institute of Contemporary Arts

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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

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Boston Opera House

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Harvard Museum of Natural History

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Boston Center for the Arts

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Boston Children’s Museum

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Boston Symphony Orchestra

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USS Constitution Museum

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New England Conservatory

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Museum of African American History

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Out on the Edge Festival

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Boston Freedom Trail

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Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

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New England Aquarium

Walk, bike, or take a duck tour to see everything there is to offer!

• In addition to the many internationally known cultural institutions, Boston is also home to a vast array of LGBT cultural institutions, social groups and community service organizations including: •

ACLU Foundation of Massachusetts

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East Coast Biker Chicks Motorcycle Club

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AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts

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FLAG Flag Football

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All Saints Church

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Freedom Trail Band of Boston

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All The Kings Men

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Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders

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Amnesty International's Boston Firefly Group

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Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)

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Arlington Street Church

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Gay Fathers of Greater Boston

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Bisexual Resource Center

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Gay Men’s Domestic Violence Project

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Boston Alliance of GLBT Youth (BAGLY)

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Gay Straight Artist Union

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Boston and North Shore NOW

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Greater Boston Business Council

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Boston Derby Dames

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Greater Boston Dance Groups

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Boston Gay Men's Chorus

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Greater Boston PFLAG

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Boston Living Center

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Harbor to the Bay AIDS Ride

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Boston SPYCE (Boston’s Black Pride Organization)

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Human Rights Campaign

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Join the Impact MA

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Latin American Health Institute

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Queer Adoptive Families

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Liquid Assets New England Swimming (LANES)

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Queer Women of Color & Friends

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Salem Quarterly Meeting (Boston-Area Quakers)

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Senior Pride Coalition

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Somos Latinos (Boston’s Latino Pride Organization)

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MadFemmePride

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Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition

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MassEquality

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Metropolitan Community Church of Boston

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SpeakOUT

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Moving Violations Motorcycle Club, Inc,

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The Theater Offensive

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New England Leather Alliance

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The Women’s Center

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Peoples Rights Fund as Stonewall Warriors

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TransCEND at Cambridge Cares About AIDS

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Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts

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Truth Serum and TraniWreck

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Voices Rising Women’s Chorus

• Boston has played host to some of the most memorable films of Hollywood’s greatest stars: The Departed, Good Will Hunting, Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, Fever Pitch, The Great Debaters, The Women, The Box, Real Men Cry, Bringing Down the House, Pink Panther 2, Bachelor No. 2, and many more! Boston’s “Movie Mile” is located in Beacon Hill and is the most filmed area of Boston.

LGBT Community • Boston is considered one of the most LGBT friendly cities in the USA. • Boston and Massachusetts as a whole are both very progressive.

Massachusetts was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage and also boasts LGBT adoption policies, gay/straight alliances in schools, LGBT teachers networks, and LGBT domestic violence services.

• Boston was host to the first InterPride Conference in 1982 • Boston hosted the 1989 and 2003 International Gay and Lesbian Football (Soccer) Association Championships, the 1991 Gay Softball World Series, and the first Gay and Lesbian Athletics Conference.

• Boston is home to a myriad of LGBT bars, clubs, and dance parties: • Back2Basics Tea Dance @ Verve Lounge

• Jacque’s (one of the oldest drag clubs)

• Chris Harris Presents

• Lesbian Nightlife

• Chub Rub Productions (produces “The Neighborhood,” a queer/trans dance party)

• Midway Cafe

• Dyke Night productions

• Paradise

• Eagle

• Ramrod

• EDGE Fridays @ Club Cafe

• Rise

• Epic Saturdays @ The House of Blues

• Shuttavac Productions

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Social Activities Given the plethora of activities and destinations available in Boston, here is a sample social calendar itinerary that Boston Pride, in collaboration with our community partners, could offer to InterPride Delegates during the 2012 AGM.

Thursday Evening

Meet & greet reception followed by group trip to “Jacques,” one of the country’s oldest drag bars.

Saturday Afternoon

On-land and in-water tour of the city by Boston Duck Tours.

Friday & Saturday Night

Boston Pride will plan both an experience for those interested in the LGBT bar / club / dance scene (i.e., a Club Pass courtesy of local partners & promoters) as well as an alternative group outing option for attendees who prefer to do something non-bar / club related (i.e., a group activity at one of area’s best theatres / museums / art houses like the Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Out on the Edge Festival, the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival or the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum).

Sunday Afternoon

Historic group walking tour of Boston’s Freedom Trail.

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Venue, Dates, and Registration Conference Venue: The Sheraton Boston Hotel Boston Pride is planning to host the 2012 Annual General Meeting of InterPride at the Sheraton Boston Hotel, located at 39 Dalton St, in Boston, MA. More information about the Sheraton is available at Sheraton.com/Boston. The Sheraton Boston Hotel is a Three Diamond (AAA rating) and Three Star (Mobil Rating) hotel.

Room Block: the Sheraton Boston Hotel has the capacity to host this conference as evidenced by the number of guest rooms they are able and willing to offer at discounted rate specified below. Should Boston Pride receive the honor of hosting the conference, we will work with the Sheraton to come up with a plan to reserve room blocks that are directly in line with the expected number of registrations. We will incorporate a reservation timeline into our signed contract with the hotel. For more information, see Sheraton Boston Hotel material on the following pages.

Conference Dates: 3-7 Oct. 2012 Because of the fall foliage, October is a very expensive month in our city. Initially, Boston Pride was thinking about hosting the conference in September in an effort to keep costs down. We recently went back to the Sheraton to ask if they could offer the September rates in October and they agreed. With that said, we feel fortunate to be able to offer the following pricing: Dates:

3-7 October, 2012

Standard Guest Room (Single/Double):

$239/night

Note that these are the actual hotel rates and we are not participating in a rebate program with the hotel.

Registration Information To offset the Guest Room Rate, Boston Pride has worked to propose the following Registration Fee Schedule: Rate

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Early

$125

n/a

Regular

$175

$275

Late

$225

$325

Non-Member

$225

$350 (regular) / $400 (late)

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Rate Comparison While our room rate is a bit higher than typical, due to our Northeast location, we are purposely keeping Registration Fees low to compensate. As you can see from the quick snapshot comparison below, our overall costs are reasonable and in line with other cities.

Item

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Guest Room

$239/night

$179/night

Lodging 3 nights

$717

$537

Tax rate

14.45%

15.07%

Tax cost

$103.61

$80.93

Registration Fee

$175 (regular)

$275 (regular)

Total cost

$995.61

$892.93

Should an InterPride Delegate register during the “early registration” period, the Registration Fee for Boston 2012 would go down to $125, which would bring the total attendance cost to $945.61, only $53 above the cost of Long Beach 2010. Considering the conference is two years away, this is a very minimal and reasonable increase in total expenses.

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Sheraton Boston Hotel Official Proposal

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Meeting Space at the Sheraton The Sheraton Boston Hotel features 70,000 square feet of meeting space, and 50 meetings rooms, including 7 ballrooms. As part of its recent renovation, the Sheraton has added innovative meeting space, including the carbonneutral meeting experience in the “Alive on Five” executive space, which promotes conservation efforts and celebrates a new day in socially responsible meeting planning. The Sheraton also features new Starwood Hotels’ Dynamic Meetings spaces which allow for creative and forwardthinking interactions in small and medium-sized groups.

The following diagrams and tables present the floor plans and capacity charts for the Sheraton Boston Hotel.

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Conference Budget The following sections provide a detailed and balanced preliminary budget for InterPride 2012, which Boston Pride has compiled based on prior experience with conference planning, and thorough input from various conference and fundraising professionals. We feel confident that this budget is achievable and will afford InterPride Delegates a great learning and networking experience in Boston.

Overview Description

Amount

Notes

Income

$113,250

See breakdown next page

Expenses

-$98,850

See breakdown next page

Contingency (10%)

-$9,900

We use this practice to account for possible differences in expenses over the course of the next 2 years and find it useful to incorporate the possibility into the budget to avoid "sticker shock" later on.

Operational Result

$4,500

Operational surplus

Distribution of Surplus Donation to InterPride Scholarship Fund Sister City Program Green Initiative Offset

Amount $2,000 $500 $500

Seed Money to InterPride 2013

$1,500

Total Distribution

$4,500

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Income Category / Item Boston Pride Seed money from Brussels 2011 Boston Pride donation Boston Pride Board fundraising Local business giving campaign Boston Pride Subtotal Registration Members - Early Members - Regular Members - Late Non-Members Registration Subtotal Merchandise and Donations Merchandise sales “2012” donation Partners donations Merchandise and Donations Subtotal Government Support City of Boston Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau Grants Government Support Subtotal Sponsors “Dignity” at $10,000 “Equality” at $5,000 “Community” at $2,500 “Rainbow” at $1,000 Sponsors Subtotal Total Income

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Amount $1,500 $2,500 $12,000 $3,000 $19,000 $7,500 $14,000 $11,250 $2,250 $35,000 $250 $500 $500 $1,250 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $3,000 $18,000 $20,000 $10,000 $5,000 $5,000 $40,000 $113,250

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Expenses Category / Item

Amount

Notes

Venue Food and beverages

$59,400

Staff guest rooms Audio / visual equipment and supplies Conference center and equipment Misc.

Venue Subtotal Speakers Honorarium and fees Travel Speakers Subtotal Admin and Technology Insurance Translation services

$1,800 $10,000 $1,000 $1,000 $73,200

Interpretation services Website Photography

$2,500 $1,000 $3,500 $1,000 $2,000 $2,000

These needs and other access issues will be determined at registration and will be addressed fully

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$850 $500

Registration system

$2,200

Radios and phones Admin and Technology Subtotal Publicity and Publications Postcards Mailings Ads Conference programs Signage and banners Publicity and Publications Subtotal Staff and Delegates Supplies Delegate t-shirts Staff t-shirts Volunteer training Electronic documents (USB key) Subway pass Shuttle bus Conference bags Staff and Delegates Supplies Subtotal Total Expenses

$1,000 $9,550

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Based on 3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 dinners and 2 receptions for 200 registered delegates and 20 comps/staff participants.

Boston Pride uses Cvent for Parade & Festival registrations at $10 per registrant with this system.

This cost is similar to processing fees with other systems (registrations for the 2010 AGM made via PayPal incurs a $10 processing fee).

$400 $400 $300 $1,100 $1,000 $3,200 $3,000 $300 $100 $1,100 $1,540 $1,600 $1,760 $9,400 $98,850

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Financial Statements Overview 2005-2009

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Profit and Loss Statements

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Note: this is an unaudited statement.

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Note: this is a first-quarter, unaudited statement.

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Air Travel to Boston Boston is served by Logan International Airport (IATA: BOS, ICAO; KBOS, FAA: BOS), one of the largest airports in the United States. Logan Airport accommodates for multiple, daily, direct flights to many cities in the United States and around the world.

The following table details sample costs for flights to Boston in the month of October (data: Kayak.com).

Country Antilles Aruba Australia Australia Australia Bahamas Belarus Belgium Bermuda Brazil Brazil Brazil Cambodia Canada Canada Canada Canada Canada Canada Canada Canada Canada Canada Canada Cape Verde China Dominican Republic Dominican Republic France France

City

Non-Stop

Saint Maarten Aruba Melbourne Perth Sydney Nassau Minsk Brussels Bermuda Curitiba Rio SĂŁo Paulo Phnom Penh Calgary Edmonton Halifax Moncton Montreal Ottawa Prince George Toronto Vancouver Windsor Winnipeg Praia Beijing Punta Cana Santo Domingo Marseille Paris

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1+ Stop $455 $420 $1,123 $1,640 $1,138 $228 $986 $507 $300 $1,225 $1,210 $1,174 $1,980 $515 $580 $555 $600 $524 $520 $765 $298 $480 $695 $545 $1,445 $873 $533 $301 $651 $612 Š Boston Pride

Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Grand Cayman Greece Iceland India Ireland Ireland Israel Italy Italy Jamaica Japan Latvia Mexico Mexico Moldova Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Portugal Puerto Rico Russia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland The Azores The Azores The Netherlands Turks and Caicas UK UK UK UK USA USA

Berlin Frankfurt Friedrichshafen Hamburg Hannover Munich Stuttgart Grand Cayman Athens Reykjavik Mumbai Dublin Shannon Tel Aviv Milan Rome Montego Bay Tokyo Riga Cancun Mexico City Chisinau Oslo Manila Warsaw Lisbon Porto San Juan Moscow Johannesburg Madrid Stockholm Zurich Ponta Delgada Terceira Island Amsterdam Providenciales Belfast Cardiff London Manchester Albuquerque (NM) Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton (PA)

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Asheville/Hendersonville (NC) Atlanta (GA) Augusta (GA) Austin (TX) Baltimore (MD) Birmingham (AL) Boise (ID) Burlington (VT) Cedar Rapids (IA) Charleston (SC) Charleston (WV) Charlotte (NC) Chicago (IL) Cincinnati (OH) Cleveland (OH) Columbia (SC) Columbus (OH) Dallas (TX) Denver (CO) Des Moines (IA) Detroit (MI) Erie (PA) Fargo (ND) Fort Lauderdale (FL) Fort Wayne (IN) Gainesville (FL) Grand Rapids (MI) Harrisburg (PA) Helena (MT) Honolulu (HI) Houston (TX) Indianapolis (IN) Islip (NY) Jackson (MS) Kansas City (KS) Lansing (MI) Las Vegas (NV) Little Rock (AR) Long Beach (CA) Los Angeles (CA) Louisville (KY) Manchester (NH) Memphis (TN)

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$270 $155 $218 $205 $141 $246 $261 $253 $281 $270 $190 $129 $191 $172 $238 $360 $226 $212 $212 $292 $205 $158 $410 $130 $310 $201 $218 $336 $460 $648 $239 $218 $270 $252 $236 $325 $252 $256 $261 $261 $250 $236 $213 Š Boston Pride

USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA USA Virgin Islands Zambia

Miami (FL) Milwaukee (WI) Minneapolis (MN) Mobile (AL) Nashville (TN) New Orleans (LA) New York (NY) Newark (NJ) Norfolk (VA) Omaha (NE) Orlando (FL) Panama City (FL) Peoria (IL) Philadelphia (PA) Phoenix (AZ) Pittsburgh (PA) Portland (ME) Portland (OR) Providence Raleigh (NC) Reno (NV) Richmond (VA) Roanoke (VA) Rochester (NY) Salt Lake City (UT) San Antonio (TX) San Diego (CA) San Francisco (CA) Santa Fe (NM) Seattle (WA) Spokane (WA) St Louis (MO) Syracuse (NY) Tallahassee (FL) Tampa (FL) Tucson (AZ) Washington (DC) Windsor Locks (CT) St Thomas Lusaka

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Letters of Support Deval L. Patrick, Governor of the Commonwealth of MA

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Thomas M. Menino, Mayor of Boston

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Boston City Council

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Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau

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Contact Information Thank you for considering Boston Pride as a host for InterPride’s 2012 Annual General Meeting. We will be working over the next few weeks to complete a Full Bid document to be presented in Long Beach, CA, during the 2010 AGM. Meanwhile, should you need more information or details with respect to the present document, please feel free to contact Sylvain Bruni: Email:

sbruni@bostonpride.org

Phone:

+001.617.417.0359

Mail:

Sylvain Bruni c/o Boston Pride 398 Columbus Avenue #285 Boston, MA 02116 USA

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