[beekeeper]

UPDATE 06/25

SUMMARY OF DONATIONS (paypal fees reflected):

• 23.97
• 28.83
• 38.14
• 48.25
• 28.83
• 19.12
• 14.26
• 23.97
• 19.12
• 23.97
• 10.71
• 23.97
• 48.25
• 14.26
• 23.97
• 15
• 15

TOTAL: $419.62

SUMMARY OF EXPENSES:

Order #1 with WolfPack: $201.03
Order #2 with WolfPack: $225

SUMMARY OF WHAT DONATION MONEY WAS USED TO SEND:

Faux Clays:

(12) sets of 300 Red-White & Blue, with racks and set of plastic cards
(4) sets of 500 Green-Black-Purple-Orange, racks & cards


Marine-chips:

http://www.trademarkpoker.com/detail...0-1700MAR-500s
(3) sets of 500

Additional:

(30) Chiptalk Dealer Buttons
Chiptalk Stickers (forgot to count before packaging)


This is just a summary of what your donation money did. Other members very generously sent chips, cards, card markers, etc. in support of this project.

The first shipment is going out tomorrow (Monday). The second shipment will go out this week or early next week.

Kimdol13 sent me pictures to post. I tried over the weekend, but I have to resize the pictures before I can post them. I ran out of time and will try again this week.

Thank you everyone for your help and donations. Please check the thread later this week to see if pictures are posted.

[bolgenmod]

Thanks beekeeper for organizing this -- and I hope you enjoyed your vacation!

I am totally in for donating some money to this effort -- our troops need chips!! And faux clays do seem the way to go as they are cheap and decent. As for cards, I believe that Joe is out of the "sale" Copags, but perhaps he can make some sort of arrangement because it is for the troops.

Since I am not a member of the FCN, I can't advise on colors except to say that I would assume we would want to be sending a flexible set that they could use for cash and tournaments. But since the fauxs are non-denoms, this shouldn't be a problem.

(Oh no -- just realized that this means that the FCN will soon be getting its own MILITARY! I believe this means that they soon really will conquer the world!)

[BPTDirector]

This is an awesome idea Beekeeper. I'm in for a donation for the chips, and I also have a two deck setup of Copags that are unused that I will donate to the cause for free. Please PM me when the time comes and I"ll send them to you along with my donation.

BPT

[bolgenmod]

I just posted a link to this thread in the FCN membership thread -- threads in "general poker chips" usually get a lot more views. Let's see if all those faux clay fanatics will step up to the challenge!

EDIT: I also bumped the original help the troops thread in general topics. But I promise to stop now.

[beekeeper]

bolgenmod,

thanks for your help.

what I'll do is watch the thread for a while and take down info about vendors and people who have cards, etc. I'll go ahead and contact Joe at PalmImports regarding cards, but I'm open to any suggestions. I know tenpercent has a sticky for discounts in the marketplace forum.

When things have gotten rolling, I'll update the original post to let everyone know where things are leaning. I have no preconceptions on how to do this, so I'm open to any suggestions.

Thanks again to all. Bee

[qwertwert]

Does owning a set of FC's make me an FCN member? I don't know the rules. (my FCN handbook hasn't arrived yet)

Anyway, I'll definitely chip in if this gets going.

The colors I recommend are green/black/purple/orange. This way, for tourneys they can be $25/$100/$500/$1000, or for cash 25c/$1/$5/$10, and both would still be somewhat consistant with standard colors.

For a 500 chip set, I would probably do something like 150 green, 150 black, 100 purple, 100 orange. Or, maybe 150/200/100/50.

I hope this get's going, I think it's a great idea.

-Q

[Wylecoyo]

Absolutely fantastic idea.

[kimdol13]

Beekeeper - The Copags you sent me went into use immediately. Everyone said it reminded them of their respective home games. The base I am stationed at has Marines, Army, and Air Force. We all play poker together. I would be more than willing to be your distributor on this end. Let me know if you need the address again. Using Copags is awesome, I don't care if they are well used. But still playing with bicycle chips. That is like driving a Corvette the speed limit!!!! Thanks again for all of the support. Don't listen to the news. We know the truth.

[sandy creek]

Bee, put me down for a donation
just remember to remind me when the time comes (memory is going.....)

Sandy Creek

[WolfPack]

Well I'll chip in to buy some.You should talk to palimports, I saw a thread a while back where they talked about FC's for .03 per.Discountcasinogear has them for .045 per, and I could get them for this group by at .041 per if need be.