<P>I have a couple of questions . .</P><P>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?</P><P>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?</P><P>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.</P><P>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.</P><P>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? </P><P>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.</P><P>Kristi</P><P><BR><BR><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE=font-size:9pt><B>Mark Bortz <mark@planetbortz.com></B></FONT><BR><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE=font-size:9pt>Sent by: News-bounces@mrssa.org</FONT><BR><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE=font-size:9pt>07/05/2006 10:13 PM EST</FONT><BR><FONT SIZE=2 STYLE=font-size:9pt>Please respond to Mailing List for Midwest Region</FONT><BR><BR> <FONT SIZE=2 STYLE=font-size:9pt>To:</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 STYLE=font-size:9pt>Mailing List for Midwest Region <news@mrssa.org></FONT><BR> <FONT SIZE=2 STYLE=font-size:9pt>cc:</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 STYLE=font-size:9pt>Mark Bortz <mark@planetbortz.com></FONT><BR> <FONT SIZE=2 STYLE=font-size:9pt>bcc:</FONT> <BR> <FONT SIZE=2 STYLE=font-size:9pt>Subject:</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 STYLE=font-size:9pt>[MRSSA News] Swivel Clinic for Region - Vote Needed</FONT><BR> <BR><BR></P><P><FONT FACE="Monospace,Courier">This just came up, need to act sort of fast.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Monospace,Courier">Betty Bonifay has an opening for July 31, August 1,2,3 (4 days)<BR>Five Seasons is willing to host & furnish gas for the event.<BR>I've tentatively committed to this with Betty.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Monospace,Courier">Cost of Betty is $500/day + $300 travel = total would be $2300.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Monospace,Courier">If we do 8 hours of skiing / day (8-12, 1-5) that gives us 32 1 hour<BR>skier slots.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Monospace,Courier">If we charge $65 / skier for 2- 1/2 hour sessions (1 hour total skiing)<BR>in either a morning or an afternoon<BR>we have the potential to raise $2080 to offset the cost. Best case this<BR>leaves $220 for the region to cover.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Monospace,Courier">I don't know if we can get all 32 slots sold.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Monospace,Courier">Five Seasons would buy a minimum of 5 slots. (possibly more?)<BR></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Monospace,Courier">To help fill the slots we could invite Backwater Gamblers and the<BR>Mississippi Blackhawks as well (they are relatively close).<BR></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Monospace,Courier">Would the region be willing to accept some financial risk in this if<BR>all slots are not sold????<BR></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Monospace,Courier">********<BR>Here is where the vote is needed<BR>I would propose that the Region cover up to $600 of the cost of the<BR>clinic.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Monospace,Courier">Please give a yes or no vote as soon as possible.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Monospace,Courier">I ran this by Dave Nemec who thought it was a good idea and proposed<BR>the monetary cap.<BR></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="Monospace,Courier">Thanks<BR>Mark Bortz<BR>Five Seasons Ski Team<BR></FONT><BR><BR><FONT FACE="Monospace,Courier">_______________________________________________<BR>MRSSA News mailing list<BR>News@mrssa.org<BR><A HREF=http://mrssa.org/mailman/listinfo/news_mrssa.org>http://mrssa.org/mailman/listinfo/news_mrssa.org</A></FONT></P>