Somebody come in your office and, “Here’s a check for a million bucks Saul, you’re doing a great job.” Well not a million bucks but, (laughing) not a million bucks, no. But there were people who came in and gave money, yeah. Not that amount, not that kind of an… Read More
Well, I can’t say I didn’t like it, but neither can I say I really liked it that much either truthfully, but sometimes I had to be there, like to put the final touches on what the money is gonna be used for, or that kind of thing, you know?… Read More
So I was there. Read More
Was it difficult to secure private money for the zoo?… Read More
I went out on fundraising things. The Zoo Society did have people, special people to do that. One of them lives in Sonoma now, by the way. (laughing) But yes. Read More
How did you adjust to the task of fundraising?… Read More
Like it, didn’t like it?… Read More
No, I was at the meetings. I would go to all the meetings. I was yeah and I, basically, that’s what I was. I was there at every, all the meetings and they could question me if they wanted. If they needed to know something I was there for them… Read More
And they were big allies for me. Read More
Were you expected to be a fundraiser?… Read More
Well, I think it brought a number of people there that might not, that would become members and know something about the zoo that didn’t before, yeah. Yeah, it was a big event and a good event. Was that a major cultivation event for you to be there and- Oh,… Read More
How did the, what was your interaction with the board of directors of the Zoo Society?… Read More
Were they there to help the zoo or no?… Read More
And the Friends of the Zoo helped?… Read More
Well, it wasn’t operating money. Friends of the Zoo didn’t give operating money. They gave money for special events and special things, maybe some animals, you know, that kind of stuff too. Read More
Was Zoo Fest a moneymaker for the Zoo Society, ultimately the zoo?… Read More
In the beginning?… Read More
Well no, when you were there. Read More
Was it mostly city money?… Read More
Oh yeah. Read More