Galen-Ames Declines VIP Treatment

-Chicago
-Brianna Galen-Ames notified Feast Fest Event Organizers Friday that she does not wish to sit in a special "luxury seat" and have her presence announced on the Feast Fest scoreboard when she attends the event as a spectator on Nov. 24.

If Galen-Ames, 16, is re-signed by Feast Fest for the 2012 event, 2011 will be the only year of her career where she was a spectator.

Due to a harsh response from colleagues and fans in regard to her potential re-signing, Galen-Ames does "not want to elicit a potential harsh and dangerous outcry of a response" if she is given VIP treatment, and especially if she is announced to the crowd on the kitchen balcony scoreboard.

"I want to blend in with all the other attendees," she said. "I love the VIP treatment, but for my personal safety I think that should be avoided."

Event organizers assured Galen-Ames that her request could be met.

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Report of Scouting Summit Uses Scare Tactics Involving TV Ratings to Plump Galen-Ames Efforts - says little about Ainenl

-Montreal
-Head Scouter Jim Dall released the Official report for the Scouting Summit in Montreal from Nov. 1-2 late in the workday Friday.

The report, written in collaboration by Jim Dall and Scouters Mike Angsten and RosaLinda Meschyel, spoke little on the matter of Claudien Ainenl, relegating negotiations with him to "mere fruitless fluff" and "a waste of the time of all the good scouters at this event." It also wrote that "although nothing will be decided or confirmed at this time, our chances of pursuing Mr. Ainenl in the offseason have greatly diminished."

It then went on for seven other pages on the "absolute importance" of re-signing Brianna Galen-Ames for 2012. Galen-Ames, who participated in the summit via webcam from her central Illinois home due to a broken ankle, wanted to raise the maximum contract offer from $1.5 million/year to $2 million a year. Though Scouters refused, they did say they would undergo intense negotiations "of other contractual aspects" to please Galen-Ames. The report elaborated on this: "The talents and monetary importance of this chef are beyond measure, such that we will take measures as drastic as possible as long as they do not interfere with something as sacred as the offer roof."

The report then took on an apocalyptic tone, predicting "all-systems-failures" and "total loss of interest in the event of a certain demographic" if Galen-Ames were not to be signed. "The 30-45-age female demographic will go entirely down the tubes this Thanksgiving with Galen-Ames not on the team. There will be a guaranteed drop of 31% in this demographic and we will need to re-sign her for 2012 to recover from that."

Event Mgr. William Vanderbilt shooed the remarks in the report away, calling them "inflated, biased and meaningless figures."




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The Week in Feast Fest: Friday, November 4, 2011 - Thursday, November 10, 2011

Important Feast Fest dates this week:

Friday, 11/4 - The FF Scouting Department will release the Official Results Report of the Scouting Summit in Montreal Nov. 1-2.

Saturday, 11/5 - No unique activities scheduled.

Sunday, 11/6 - No unique activities scheduled.

Monday, 11/7 - Daved Leineken, the Scouter accused of bribing Brianna Galen-Ames, will face Feast Fest Events, Inc. in court in an unfair dismissal suit.

Tuesday, 11/8 - A meeting will be held among FF executive officials regarding possible expansion of the event in 2012 and 2013.

Wednesday, 11/9 - Writers' Wednesday: First drafts of the 2011 Feast Fest souvenir program and guest's guide will be released.

Thursday, 11/10 - Brianna Galen-Ames will have remarks of about an hour via webcam from her central Illinois home to address the controversy surrounding her potential return as well as her recent accusations of accepting bribes and contractual indecency.

Birthdays!
11/9 - William Vanderbilt (Manager of Feast Fest and the Beachview Resort)

11/10 - Aleck Monde (chef)

Next WiFF - Friday, November 11, 2011 - Thursday, November 17, 2011



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