Thank you, Laura, for the great info. Do you know if parade participants will be given passes to Festival?

Folks, soda won't be refrigerated and will be hot, cold, hot, cold, hot, cold, i.e., it won't be any good in two weeks. I vote that Debbie donates $20 and keeps it. Cups, lids, swizzle, etc. need to go back into Casino Night storage for next year. Alcohol will be returned.

Roger and I will volunteer Friday.

My apologies for missing the setup and cleanup crew. Tracy, Nanay, John, Earl, Lisa.

thank you for organizing this again Sarah!

A Merry Christmas from me too

Congratulations Lisa, I'm confident you will continue to lead the Krewe in a positive direction

I am in agreement with this.

I have successfully logged into the new account and I use my Krewe email daily.

Christmas Party will be catered by Rodies and we have live music 7-10. Please bring what your drinking and this is garbed. Looking forward to seeing everyone and Merry Christmas.

I can come for support. Im awful at public speaking

Thank you sir.

I'm agreeing withe the majority, they put themselves in this position. I believe we should not move forward with this request as it doesn't meet our criteria.

Officers should not be exempt. How about any core member with .....15-20 years in the Krewe are exempt.

What about starting at the top/bottom of the core members and assign in alphabetical order as someone needs help. It's a rewarding task and everybody should have a turn.

I'm in agreement with you Erin, they didn't make bad choices to get in this situation. I'm a softie and will vote to help them with house payment and car, I just can't get behind escrow.

I took Phyllis' suggestion and asked that the original request be amended. Having a friend go through this exact situation (he was back to work in 4 weeks), plus having dealt with a similar situation recently, I definitely feel for this family. The emotional strain is overwhelming at times, and a helping hand helps to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I'm normally a softie for helping everybody but I'm having a problem getting behind this one. My problem is, I don't see a "dire" need here. They aren't about to be evicted, they aren't behind on their utility payments, they haven't missed a car payment, etc. So where does "dire" come into this situation? Will it make their situation easier, definitely. So maybe that's all that's needed to help out with house and car payment. What I definitely can't get behind is the escrow. Escrow doesn't qualify as "dire" no matter how you spin it. It's a shame their mortgage/bank messed up their escrow and I have "sympathy" for the mess, but no matter how you attempt to look at it, escrow is not a "dire" need. Anybody else feel this way?

Thank you Phyllis for the explanation and great suggestion. I would like to amend the proposal: Proposal A - To assist Ariel Lugo as follows: $7,588.12 (mortgage for 4 months) $2,399.88 (car payment for 4 months) Total assistance not to exceed $9,988. All payments to be made directly to the provider. Proposal B - To assist Ariel Lugo as follows: IF Proposal A passes, allow an additional $6,959.29 for escrow shortage provided documentation is provided

My questions seemed to have gotton lost when this new thread sarted: Question 1 -  $6,959.29 in escrow shortage? How do you get so far behind in a escrow account? Normally the bank/morgage holder notifies you immediately. Something seems fishey here and definitely needs an explanation. Question 2 - Can escrow be removed from assistance they are asking for? Question 3 - why did wife quit job to "care" for husband? Some of our Krewe members underwent similar treatment and continued to work and take care of themselves without their spouse quitting their job. Question 4 - what is going on with the money they raised from the "existing" fundraisers? To many unanswered questions to ask for this amount of money IMHO.

Previous comments and questions can be seen by clicking under her name Ariel Lugo - Draft Motion on the gray section "in 2023-08 Arel Lugo"