The event committee meetings have been long, frequent and intense. Subcommittees have offered detailed descriptions of their challenges. Time has been reallocated from other initiatives, and resources have been redirected. Board members have weighed in with their directives. Take a peek inside one of those meetings and what do you hear? Discussions about strategic vision? Opportunities to be seized? No. You hear endless discussion about napkin colors, hole sponsorships and balloon vendors. Welcome to the nonprofit event one of the most abused, misused and addictive forms of fundraisingone of the main reasons fundraisers pull out their hair and ask, "When will this craziness stop?" How about now?