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Originally posted by tinkerman
All our regular supporters were there Celia and they all had a great time by all accounts:D
As the person who instigated this "theme" to the topic & having read the various pros & cons can I say this:
AA missed out on 40tl from my party (4 x 10tl of raffle tickets each) & possibly some more from anyone who had a budget set for their evening so holding it at Anna did have an effect on the amount raised. I did not deliberately avoid the raffle, it had been done & dusted before I arrived back having gone elsewhere to eat as the Anna prices were not to MY liking.
Yes, the venue is good BUT that is the only thing in its favour. The negatives outweigh the positives imho, if you disagree then fine. I fully appreciate AA, CCC's etc. have difficulty finding suitable venues & my hat goes out to all the charities for the unselfish work they do to benefit others however I will not support the Anna bar when they do not support the AA in return. I spoke personally to Mehmet & asked him directly about a % of the bar take going to AA & he stated quite clearly there would be none hence I then bought nothing further from the bar.
Andy, you know full well I will continue to help where I can, same with Embrace & the CCC's but next time if you hold a party at Anna then I will only come along to do the pics, if invited