[MRSSA News] Swivel Clinic for Region - Vote Needed

[Mark Bortz]

See my comments below.

Again we need to act fairly quickly on this.
We have tentatively committed to Betty to get her time.

Mark

On Jul 6, 2006, at 4:19 PM, Kristi Skillings wrote:

> I have a couple of questions . .
>
> Do you feel that you could fill all the spots from teams within our  
> own region? Or do you feel this may be too difficult to do?

Well it all depends on the northern folks if their willing to travel??
I would prefer to fill the slots from within the region but would  
rather have others ski than pay Betty for idle time.

>
> If you think that you may not be able to fill all the spots . . .would  
> it make sense for Betty to spend some of the time in Iowa and some of  
> the time in SD or MN?
I know that she was planning on coming directly from a clinic to Cedar  
Rapids on the  31st and plans on being to Division II nationals in  
Waterloo on the 4th.

Travel to another site might cause some loss in skiing time.  Someone  
would have to transport her to the next clinic site.
She still would expect to receive the $500 per day.  But if this would  
get more skiers it might make sense.

I haven't heard from Waterloo yet, so I don't know how many girls there  
are interested.
Five Seasons would probably take 5-6 slots (8 slots per day).

>
> I know Prior Lake has girls interested in a clinic with Betty, I know  
> Otters have quite a few as well - however, I doubt we would make it to  
> Iowa in the middle of the week to partake.
>
> I would imagine other teams (Sioux Falls, Aberdeen, Rochester, Albert  
> Lea, Little Crow . . . .) would also have an interest in some Betty  
> time as well, if she would be at their site or a close neighbor.
>
> Would it make more sense for her to divide up her time with teams in  
> our region who are interested, before opening it up to outside teams?

Yes see above.

>
> Again  - I have no idea how much participation you think could get  
> from your team and the other local teams in the region - I'm just  
> throwing some ideas out there to try to stretch our regional dollars  
> and get more bang for our buck.
>
> Kristi
>
>
>
> Mark Bortz <mark at planetbortz.com>
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>
> This just came up, need to act sort of fast.
>
> Betty Bonifay has an opening for July 31, August 1,2,3 (4 days)
> Five Seasons is willing to host & furnish gas for the event.
> I've tentatively committed to this with Betty.
>
> Cost of Betty is $500/day + $300 travel = total would be $2300.
>
> If we do 8 hours of skiing / day (8-12, 1-5) that gives us 32 1 hour
> skier slots.
>
> If we charge $65 / skier for 2- 1/2 hour sessions (1 hour total skiing)
> in either a morning or an afternoon
> we have the potential to raise $2080 to offset the cost. Best case this
> leaves $220 for the region to cover.
>
> I don't know if we can get all 32 slots sold.
>
> Five Seasons would buy a minimum of 5 slots. (possibly more?)
>
> To help fill the slots we could invite Backwater Gamblers and the
> Mississippi Blackhawks as well (they are relatively close).
>
> Would the region be willing to accept some financial risk in this if
> all slots are not sold????
>
> ********
> Here is where the vote is needed
> I would propose that the Region cover up to $600 of the cost of the
> clinic.
>
> Please give a yes or no vote as soon as possible.
>
> I ran this by Dave Nemec who thought it was a good idea and proposed
> the monetary cap.
>
> Thanks
> Mark Bortz
> Five Seasons Ski Team
>
>
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