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Spivey: Hi 3rdthawkins.
3rdthawkins: hello Spivey beat you by a few secs. :}
Spivey: LOL. I don't like CP time. I think it's disrespectful. As if people don't have anything better to do than wait for me to show up.
3rdthawkins: CP?
Spivey: Colored People. You've never heard the term used before, 'operating on colored people's time', meaning always late?
3rdthawkins: lol yeah, I know, we usually say Black People Time
Spivey: Oh. lol
3rdthawkins: but I know what you mean, black people have their own time
Spivey: That wouldn't be so bad if they lived in their own universe. ROTFL.
3rdthawkins: I know my brother and his wife REALLY Live On Black People Time
Spivey: 'Betcha they don't play that game with working hours. Would be fired in a heartbeat!
3rdthawkins: They give you a time, but yet THEY don't follow through on their OWN time my younger brother is pretty much the same, He Ain't EVER on Time lol
Spivey: Oh, I always have a solution for people like that. Don't be there when they show up. If it's a party or get together where other people are coming, it makes me no difference. But if it's a one-on-one thing, I'm outta there after giving people a little time to show.
3rdthawkins: He Has His Own Clock
Spivey: It's funny, but I feel strongly about timeliness. So, I don't let anyone do that to me.
3rdthawkins: Funny Thing is, I'm ALWAYS Early I don't know why I'm like that, but I always do things way before the time
Spivey: May I ask you a question? Why have you started capitaliziing each word in your sentences?
3rdthawkins: kind of like using all caps (which means hollering/yelling), so Capitalizing the first letter of EVERY Word is to make sure people catch what I am saying when I'm trying to Make a Point there's a difference between writing sam jones and Sam Jones
Spivey: Well, son, sorry to say, but it ain't working! ROTFL. Well, Sam Jones is a noun, someone's name. Proper nouns are supposed to begin with a capital letter.
3rdthawkins: I'll be right back, think my router is causing the screen to freeze ok, back
Spivey: WB.
3rdthawkins: ty
Spivey: You know, I often think my family must have been very common folk compared to the ancestors of some here at AfriGeneas. My family did not keep records of when they took a child of the family in who had been orphaned, or when they decided to cohabitate with someone, etc. On my maternal side, my Grandmother simply recorded everything in the family bible. On my paternal side, I don't know if even that was done.
3rdthawkins: I know what you mean, no one in the family ever passed down any information to their kids, at least not in my direct line, starting with my great grandmother.......... No Family Bible I know of on mother's side, there may be a Family Bible on my father's side (Hawkins) don't know if it still exist........
Spivey: The one kept by my Grandmother disappeared [according to my aunt who took over her house]. That's what you get for fooling around with all that capitalization 3rdthawkins! lol
3rdthawkins: Spivey, did I tell you that my grandfather had passed for white? either that, or typing too fast )
Spivey: No 3rdthawkins. But many blacks did 3rdthawkins. I have no idea of how because the family members I have met have not had the characteristics to pass. I'm not sure how much white blood runs through my maternal and paternal side. I would guess not much.
3rdthawkins: My grandparents were 1st generation cousins, my grandmother was light-skinned, my grandfather was dark, they disconnected from their family, a lot of tension because of that from one of my gf's sisters I met a niece of my grandmother who told me a lot about my grandmother's side of the family
Spivey: How then did you grandfather pass for white if he was dark complected?
3rdthawkins: that beats me Spivey, I wonder that too I guess he used his mother's indian heritage to cover up the Blackness
Spivey: Well, my father and his brothers were listed as mulatto, not white. Their mother was a full-blooded Indian. I didn't know that the children of an Indian were listed as white. Good evening, rcs!
3rdthawkins: Yeah, they can't get away from how people view them..........my father was telling my mother how when my grandfather had moved to Maryland and he was trying to tell the people there he was white, they kept calling him N**** he was upset about it
Selma: Evening rcs
3rdthawkins: hello rcs
rcs: Good evening all
3rdthawkins: That was at Work Spivey, that happened
AYWalton: Good evening all.
3rdthawkins: hello AYWalton
AYWalton: howdy 3rd, rec, Ms. Selma, spivey hope everyone is well.
3rdthawkins: doing good AY
Spivey: That he was called a N at work? What about their friends and neighbors? How did they view him 3rdthawkins?
Selma: Good evening AY
Spivey: Good evening AYWalton. How are you this evening?
AYWalton: doing fine, thanks.
Spivey: Good.
3rdthawkins: not sure Spivey, but my grandfather's cousin mentioned to my mother that when She went to visit my grandfather, she noticed my grandparents had the light=skinned kids enter through the front door while the dark=skinned kids had to pass through the back door
Selma: So on the documents you find for him he is identifed racially as White?
Spivey: Sounds like they had what are called today 'issues' 3rdthawkins. I suppose the main one was a clearly black man walking around pretending to be white 3rdthawkins.
Selma: Not much..just trying to finish up some stuff
AYWalton: does your group meet in the summer months Selma?
3rdthawkins: Spivey, my father did not want to be white, he wanted to be black, my mother is black so are my two step mothers..........one aunt married someone from the middle east another married someone from India, not sure about the others. I do have at least one uncle (who was close to my dad) he dated black also
Selma: Did you get to your pension record this week AY
Spivey: 3rdthawkins ya gotta stop it! I am laughing so hard my water went down the wrong way!!
AYWalton: no I didn't make it. Will get there this week for sure.
Selma: No we don't AY...thank goodness..LOL
AYWalton: Need a spare tire and don't want to drive too far from home without a space. The one I need has to be ordered from Sam's Club. (where the best price is for that tire.) so next week will be my goal.
Selma: Understand that AY..I have purchased from Sam's Club and Costco
AYWalton: Buck Bushyhead here I come. well don't all of you talk at the same time, now!
Spivey: My sister's ex has mixed blood 3rdthawkins. Genetics is funny because all his female siblings came out light skinned and all the males were dark skinned. My niece looked like a white baby when she was born. She had blond hair and blue eyes. My mother's friends thought her father was a white man.
deannie: Good evening everyone
Selma: Evening deannie
AYWalton: greetings, deannie! how's life in Chi-town?
3rdthawkins: that is interesting Spivey
Spivey: Good evening deannie!
Selma: Great postings on the newspaper advertisements AY
3rdthawkins: hello deannie
AYWalton: oh thanks, Selma! Glad you enjoyed it.
deannie: Hot, but it's not as bad as it was when I was in Kuwait in 2004 so I wll not complain
Spivey: Yeah. Her brother [my sister's son] was born brown skinned. Took after the males I guess.
AYWalton: Thought is was a good idea to share some ads from the 1830s.
deannie: How is everyone
3rdthawkins: hmmm, Genetics sure is Something
Selma: There is a VA newspaper (whose name escapes me), think it was printed in Williamsburg...from 1700's I thnk, that has the same kind of advertisements
AYWalton: old publications are always fascinating to read. lots of rich information.
Spivey: It is, 3rdthawkins. Now there was a case where one of my niece's aunts could pass as white but she never did. Perhaps because her male siblings were so dark skinned.
Selma: Give you the real flavor of the time
3rdthawkins: my grandfather's maternal cousin was told by a doctor that should could pass (she's light-skinned) but she told him she wasn't going to be "white people are treacherous"
Selma: Anything new deannie and rcs
Khathu: hello everyone
3rdthawkins: I have a lot of Light Skin on my dad's side, my grandfather's Paternal AND Maternal Side
alt: Hello 3rd, AY, deannie, Khathu, rcs, Selma & spivey
Selma: Evening alt and Khathu
Spivey: Good evening alt and Khathu!
3rdthawkins: hello Alt and Khathu
AYWalton: ok and moving on to genealogy...........how's it going khathu? have your submitted a proposal for the October AAHGS conference as yet, khathu?
rcs: NOTHING NEW --I have been working on New Hampshire ENglish and French Canadian for a friend
AYWalton: rcs I see that there is a big Emancipation celebration in Canada at the end of the month. I believe that Lisa Lee will be speaking there.
3rdthawkins: I wonder if the Unemployment Schedule for 1930 still exisit?
deannie: Not really....but a couple of the member in out genealogy group went to the library so we can use WIFI, we are unable to get on at our regular meeting and we enjoyed the small group....so we will try it again next month
Khathu: no i haven't...still debating whether or not i will submit something
AYWalton: where do you meet, deannie?
3rdthawkins: I was reading statistic data for Unemployment
AYWalton: oh go ahead khathu, this is your time.
deannie: at the public library that was easy for us to get to
AYWalton: if nothing else it will be good practice for bigger and better opportunities. Is the Chicago society Heritage Book out yet?
Selma: WE will all come your session and be Kind...Khathu
AYWalton: we sure will, and bring a friend to boot. lol
Selma: LOL
Khathu: lol
AYWalton: no need to suddenly get shy. we need more folks stepping up and presenting. not enough folks are out there speaking.
deannie: No, it went to the publisher about a month ago....I will keep inforn when it out....I have seen so of the stories...it will be great
Khathu: not shy at all
AYWalton: sometimes it is the same folks speaking and the same folks taking notes.
alt: Khathu, don't you make PP presentations as part of your job in Education
AYWalton: about how many submissions did you guys get?
deannie: over a 100
Khathu: all the time alt
AYWalton: wow that is fantastic!
alt: I thought so,
AYWalton: I mentioned that it was about to come out, in this week's podcast!
deannie: Thanks
AYWalton: I had intended to submit one myself, but never got around to it. but this might become a model for other organizations to do.
deannie: We are planning our yearly tour to Ft Wayne in Sept this year we will be going an extra day....leaving Friday Sept 10 returning Sun
AYWalton: it would be a great fund raiser, as well.
deannie: I hope so
AYWalton: you guys don't play out there! and I saw a good number of folks from Chicago at Samford back in June, as well.
alt: How many in your group ususally make the Ft. Wayne trip deannie?
deannie: a bus load...about 40
AYWalton: that is amazing!
alt: okay, that's great!!!!
AYWalton: what is the date of the Ft. Wayne Trip, this year?
deannie: How many can get on a buts....we only have able 3 or 4 seats empty
AYWalton: a serious and focused group, for sure.
Spivey: Speaking of genealogy, 3rdthawkins, I got a hint from Ancestry about one of my Father's uncles. It looked close, but when I examined the census records I found that it was probably not him. The trees I looked at had the father and the son [who was a junior] married to the same woman with the same kids. It was an unholy mess so I just left it alone because I don't think either person was the person I am looking for.
deannie: Sept 10- 12.....we will leave here Fri morning about 6:00am arrive about 10:00am....
alt: will your group be at the Indiana Genealogy State conference this year deannie? I remember meeting some folks from chicago there last year.
deannie: When is the conference
AYWalton: that is a good ride. And I am sure that some head over to the library right away!
Selma: So its only a 4 hour tirp..that's not bad
alt: I'm not sure deannie... seems like Sept-Oct timeframe
deannie: We go straight to the library....we check in the hotel after 3:00pm and return to the library until closing
AYWalton: I know how you guys are. I bet Nettie is in charge!
3rdthawkins: hmmm, could be the same person Spivey, there's someone on Ancestry that's helping a Sanders family member out, she put a lot of stuff on the tree, it looks all messed up, she has people as the father of my grgrgr gf and know proof that the person in census is the same as my ancestor.....Then she takes the DOB and DOB of someone else and use it for my other grgrgr grandfather
deannie: Our conference is in Oct 8 and 9 and out regular meeting is the Sunday Oct 10, 2010...we have a busy weekend Yes she is and now that her sister is retire they are doing more traveling....
AYWalton: and the lesson is--------do your own research, cite your sources, and leave those personally planted trees alone.
3rdthawkins: you cant' trust what you see on ancestry, it's All Garbage that People Put Up There
alt: I think I was with your group about 10 years ago at Ft. Wayne deannie... A fellow named Coy Robbins from Indiana Univ. was with y'all then.
AYWalton: The same thing used to be in the old genealogy magazines---they used to have family group sheets that you could order. They were also a mess. Now the mess has been digitized.
Selma: I remember that name alt..didn't he write a book on black folk in Indiana
AYWalton: oh yes, Coy Robbins. He is now deceased.
deannie: I do not know him......I have only been a member for about 4 years
AYWalton: Black Hoosiers I think was the title.
alt: yep Selma, he sure did... another one of my 'mentors'.
3rdthawkins: There's People Putting Trees on people not even their family, Some White Person In Canada Doing a Tree of Some black family in Texas, and their little bio or profile says "I Love Doing Genealogy" or something
AYWalton: I might have a copy of it.
3rdthawkins: In other words, they just take information from records and put them together in a tree
AYWalton: he was a nice fellow. I met him at an AAGHS conference in the 1990s.
alt: he was a very nice person AYWalton
AYWalton: he struck me as a professional in the way he carried himself, as well. Nice man.
Spivey: The dates are what tipped me off, 3rdthawkins. The name was Hardy SPIVEY and he was born in August 1882. His father after whom he was names was born sometime in 1842. There is another Hardy that was born in the 1850's and one tree has him as married to my ancestor, and another tree has his married to his own mother. Like I said, it was a royal mess.
3rdthawkins: it's frustrating because when you think you made a connection, it's somebody who has nothing to do with the family you're looking at, and you're really looking for more info and you get all excited thinking you made a connection
Spivey: Tell me about it, 3rdthawkins. I decided not to contact these other researchers because I am not ready to deal with sorting the whole mess out. Besides which, I don't think either Hardy SPIVEY is the one I am looking for.
deannie: At my new little genealogy group...we located one of the ladies ggrandparents....she was unable to locate then in 1920....when we find them her ggrandmother had remarried....
rcs: You can get medium excited when you see the trees on ancestry -- but only "very" excited when you can confirm sources
AYWalton: that was a wise decision spivey
Spivey: True that rcs! lol
3rdthawkins: I tried to calm down this woman who'se doing research on my Sanders family for her friend (A Cousin in my Dad's Generation), but no response.......she has my grgrgr gf James Payson born 1873 and died in 1924, but the Date of Birth and death of death and the parents' name belong to an Ed Payson, a black guy.........Little Does She know, James Payson was White.......This is A White Woman doing the research/helping very true rcs
Spivey: Thanks AYWalton. I did have some doubt in the back of my mind about deciding to do that, so thank you for supporting my decision.
alt: My take on Ancestry.... I use their databses and leave their 'trees' alone.
3rdthawkins: death of death=Date of Death
AYWalton: same here, alt.
deannie: ditto
AYWalton: oh----btw, I did stumble upon some good maps on Ancestry. every state, every county.
Khathu: have a good evening everyone
AYWalton: so if you are making a presentation, you can use their maps. they are great!
alt: I just stay away from their 'trees' and other advertising gimmicks...
AYWalton: use their data---the documents!
deannie: Is anyone going on a gen trip soon
alt: just got a message the other day.. they have a 'hit' or a match for me to research... Walter Thomas, born 1894 in Greencastle, IN ..... I know that's my father LOL.
Spivey: I will look at the trees alt, but as rcs said the joy comes in verifying what you see there.
3rdthawkins: yeah, I keep running into dead ends thinking someone is doing research on MY family, to find out they are an "In-Law" to the person I am descended from or related to
AYWalton: ever go to a genealogy meeting and some people bring their documents in a binder and they are all a mess and confusing and it is hard to see what they are dying to show you?
alt: I guess vicky is 'knee-deep' into her reunion by now LOL
AYWalton: well that is kind of what you get relying on the work of complete strangers especially those who have not cited their sources.
Selma: I hope she is having a wonderful time
AYWalton: yes I bet she is having a throw down good time. I hope she is, anyway! Oh Selma---did you see the photo she sent me?
rcs: I'm sorting out binders to share with a TX cousin coming to town week after next
deannie: The one of the ladies in my new group....Help it what I told her
Selma: Oh yes..it was wonderful...I am glad she went and got it before she left
AYWalton: so am I. she is going back for more when she returns from the reunion.
alt: a reunion rcs, or just a visit?
3rdthawkins: Funny thing is, I seem to have more info on the family than anyone else, just from Online Research, and I'm talking people who lived longer than I did and they don't have as much info I have. Some of my research does give more to the story than what they already have
AYWalton: a reunion.
Selma: That friend of vkn who posted "unidentified" photos...had a a great collecion
rcs: a visit == we have never met --- get togethere of various interested researchers
3rdthawkins: "Interviewing" is also the key
AYWalton: that is the way it always is, 3rd. After all you are researching and they are only sharing what they know (that is, if they are the kind that share.) But lots of times---they just don't know anything.
alt: yes he has Selma.. I'm wondering ..does he want input as to what those photos MIGHT tell im about his family?
AYWalton: and folks want the elders to "give" them info.
rcs: Dinner and drive through of my home county -- her ancestor went to TX - his sister (my ancestor) stayed in Illinois
Selma: Yes, I think so...or ways that he can maybe identify who these folks are..
AYWalton: they won't know when their grandparents got married. I don't know when mine got married, unless I pull out the marriage record and look again.
3rdthawkins: right, but no one passed down info, I know for certain in my direct line, starting with my great grandmother (maternal), information and stories weren't passed down.......My grandmother met her maternal grandmother for the first time when she was 95......she has never met her mother's father
AYWalton: alt, our friend is offering a "business" to get civil war pension files for $50. If he finds nothing then the charge is only$6 for his time.
3rdthawkins: Aftter My great grandmother left Texas, she just didn't keep close with her parents and siblings close contact
AYWalton: well how old was the grandmother 3rd?
rcs: maybe they should offer their servuces on the "Frugal Map" website
alt: AYWalton, looking at that 1900 census record for the community of Wilberforce is giving me great insight as to AME history and my family's connections to Wilberforce.. I post on AfriGeneas some of my findings/conclusions
AYWalton: that is a great tip alt!
deannie: Wilberforce University
alt: yes deanni
3rdthawkins: My Grandmother was possible in her 40s or 50s, but her grandmother was 95
AYWalton: I am still fascinated at how many people were there in 1900 from South Africa. oh---3rd---I misunderstood. I thought the one who met the grandmother was 95 so I wondered how old grandma might be---thinking 115! lol
alt: a BTW on the enumerator for those pages... he was a 27 y/o student at Wilberforce UNiv. in 1900.
3rdthawkins: yeah, I was hoping I didn't confuse anyone with that lol sorry bout that
deannie: My sister is an alumni
AYWalton: now that is a good observation---and a reminder for someting for us to do---pay attention to the enumerator!
alt: is that right deannie.. what year did she graduate?
AYWalton: there used to be a wonderful feature on the NARA website for the 1930 census to find "institutions" Ir provided a link to every place where INSTITUTIONS were. I found the student body at Philander Smith and other places that way.
deannie: about 1980
alt: okay. she's a baby LOL
Selma: LOL
deannie: No, she went late...she was a 20 year old freshman
AYWalton: you sister went where, deannie? Wilberforce or Philander Smith?
deannie: Wilberforce
AYWalton: is Wilberforce still AME affiliated?
alt: she was a student at the 'new' Wilberforce.. The tornado of 1974 virtually destroyed the old campus as well as much of Central State. very much so AYWalton
AYWalton: is that right, alt? I was not aware of the destruction of the campus. wow.
Selma: Me either
AYWalton: I just saw something that made me laugh out loud. You know we had an earthquake here yesterday.
alt: oh yeah the '74 tornado tore up Xenia & Wilberforce.
AYWalton: Here are some photos of the earthquake damage. http://famousdc.com/2010/07/16/dc-earthquake/
deannie: I remember that when we took her to school...
3rdthawkins: Hahahaaaa lol
deannie: Xenia is a city from the past
3rdthawkins: that's hilarious lol
alt: google Xenia tornado of '74 to see how devastating it was
Selma: That is funny ay
AYWalton: I slept through it all. I might have thought it was the postman dropping mail in the box if I heard anything at all.
3rdthawkins: my friend living in DC also said he slept through it, most people say they didn';t hear anything
Selma: Time for me to go folks...have a nice rest of the evening
rcs: good night all
deannie: lol lol
AYWalton: well I guess I should wind down myself.
deannie: My sister loved it....she meet friends from all over and she traveled with them doing school
alt: me too, who's gonna turn out the lights LOL
AYWalton: I hope to see you all tomorrow. last one out the door. Night all.
3rdthawkins: I ain't Teddy Pendegrass
alt: laters y'all
deannie: will I guess I will call it too....my daughter just returned from a graduation party...and she'a given me the 411...i will have this meeting for about a month because she will going to school...so I have to enjoy them as much as I can....nite all...chat in the morning
3rdthawkins: nite you two
Spivey: Goodnight.


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Sidney Crosby Named NHL 'Second Star' of Octoberby Staff Writer / Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was named NHL 'Second Star' for the month of October on Friday afternoon.
Crosby led all NHL players in scoring during the month with 21 points (8G-13A) in 13 games. He tallied at least one point in 11 of 13 contests, including a team-high six multiple-point efforts.
Crosby, who helped the first-place Penguins post a 9-4 record, was twice honored with NHL weekly awards during the month – 'Third Star' for the second week of October and 'Second Star' the following week.
Crosby opened the season with an eight-game point streak – the longest such stretch of his career at the beginning of a season. Included in that run was his eighth career hat trick in Pittsburgh's 5-4 come-from-behind win at Tampa Bay on Oct. 12 and a season-high three assists against Edmonton in his next contest on Oct. 15.
Between Oct. 8-19, Crosby had assists in six straight games (10 total), tied with John Tavares for the NHL's longest streak of the month.

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Some of you may have been wondering, and maybe not, where our April outing was or rather our April outing blogpost. I must admit that I am a bit behind in posting about it. Ann, Diana and I went to TDubs in Waupaca, on April 29th. It was so nice to get together and catch up with each other on what has been happening in our little corners of the world. T-Dubs is a warm and inviting space, with an open kitchen that you can sit at the bar and see the chef's at work, it is really cool to watch the creative process of the kitchen staff. We were greeted by Jenny, who I understand has been at TDubs for quite a long time, and she was our server as well and did a fabulous job, very knowledgable about the menu and the offerings of the evening. I enjoyed a cucumber and mint wine spritzer type drink, it was fabulous, very refreshing. Our appetizer was these cajun seasoned chips with a bleu cheese dipping sauce and let me just say, the dipping sauce was so good, and the chips had a bit of a kick, awesome! The pasta dish I ordered was Chicken Vesuvio, which is penne pasta and chicken with fresh mushrooms, asparagus, red peppers & onions, tossed in a lite white wine garlic butter sauce with chicken, and warm homemade bread, yummm! Ann was pondering several choices, and in the end she ordered a sesame ahi tuna sandwich, which she really enjoyed. Diana ordered pasta as well, in a creamy tomato sauce with several different types of cheese and chicken. For anyone who has ever read any of my blog or my recipes in the local paper, you know dessert factors in heavily, ok probably the wrong turn of phrase to be used in this sentence, but dessert factors heavily into my life. When you can have a dessert experience that varies from the everyday, oh you want it!! Jenny deftly ran through our dessert choices, and of course there was a standout, which I promptly ordered with 3 forks. It was a chocolate cake made with Central Waters Bourbon Barrel Stout, and let me tell you, the vanilla undertones of the Bourbon Barrel Stout were highlighted in this dessert, not to mention that it was so moist, and light and the number one thing, just chocolatey enough to satisfy, but not over the top. Double Yummy!
I have eaten at TDubs probably a half a dozen times, and have found something new and tastey each time. Diana had been to TDubs before for a work related dinner. Ann has lived in Waupaca County most, if not all of her life and she had never been to TDubs. So it just goes to show you, there are alot of things to do and see right here in Waupaca County.
Many people think they need to go outside of Waupaca County to experience Wisconsin, and I am here to tell you, the heart of Wisconsin beats right here in Waupaca County.
I challenge you to find those things that are right around you, and experience something new. It's your day!


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Shawn S needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 1153 designs submitted by 250 freelance designers.
Homeside Properties
Homeside Properties is one of the leading community association management firms in Atlanta. We currently manage over 100 properties in the metro Atlanta area and have over 15,000 members. We specialize in managing homeowner associations in townhome, condo, and single family communities. In addition to these services, we provide construction management (licensed General Contractor), 24 hour maintenance staff, and real estate sales and leasing. We are an established firm in the Atlanta area with a high retention rate of customers. We are acquiring a firm which will add to our current portfolio and have decided it is time to streamline all marketing materials, stationary, logos, letterheads, etc. We want the look of an established firm with a more modern, clean, simple look that will portray that we are up to date with the times and current market trends. We hold many real estate designations held by top industry management professionals. Our current logo is too generic and has too much going on in my opinion.
Our target audience would be new clients as well as existing clients. Establishing a brand that people will know and recognize. In addition, we want to be able to attract larger communities, master planned communities, high rise condos, etc. Given current market trends there are a number of defaulting developers that may be changing management firms and now is our opportunity to reposition ourselves in the market place. In addition, we will start to develop new business lines in hopes of entering the commercial property management industry for offices buildings.
We are trying to achieve a clean, modern, professional feel.
• The logo will be incorporated into the stationary, brochure design, website design, look and design of new office space.
• Logo will need to be in a format that can be given to sign design firm to make a reception area sign, for sale signs, construction signs, etc.
• In addition, we would like to be able to have a font type that can be used for file labeling other items to keep the consistency through out our office.
• Logo must be high quality that can be enlarged with out having the image distorted.
• Be able to have different color logos based on the color scheme we choose.
We want the "Homeside" name to be in a lower case font....maybe even "properties" too. Unsure whether we want to incorporate a "home" into the design but are open to suggestions.
We are currently evaluating office space options and the new design of the office as well as all finish selections will be based of this logo and new colors. So this is the most important part of our rebranding and will carry our into the rest of the marketing materials
Our color preferences can be found at colorhunter.com
search for 737D40 -we like these colors EXCEPT the red
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Here's a list a list of recordings from previous web radio interviews I was fortunate enough to get featured on in 2010 and 2011. Thanks to all my friends, fans and supporters in general and the generous radio hosts in particular, who afforded me a spot on their much respected and treasured radio shows! None of us indies (as in independent artists) could go anywhere weren't it for you and your generous support! For a complete list of airplay one or several of my tracks currently enjoy, please locate this page in your browser.
- wesbound on The Digital Guy Show with Marissa Caliguire March 11th, 2011
- wesbound on WAGTi Radio with April Sims and Christopher L. Fields aka the Poetry Man, April 8th 2010
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- wesbound on Phoenix FM UK /US New Jazz (discontinued), October 10th 2010


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Getting around with the Shado-Pan
So, when last we left off, Ben-Lin had just…um…politely convinced me to lay off beating the monkey.
I can't put my finger on it, but something about that is reminding me of a talking-to Greatmother gave me about 20 years ago.
Anyway, continuing on.
* That would be this occasion, even though this particular Zhi-Zhi wouldn't remember it.
Continued soon, or at least as "soon" as Gurtash can crank out some more of what happened. Gotta say, if nothing else, I'm starting to miss the time-efficiency of Mokvar's transcripts. Oh well…
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Taran zhu reminds me of that earth online talking bear npc smokey. "Only YOU can prevent sha infestation."
Ya, I had been tinkin' da same. And what be with all his pokin' people? He gots a forehead fetish, mon?
I might never stop giggling at Taran Zhu's beltbuckle.
"So he's kind of like your Tirion." Got to say, that's a pretty deft summation of Taran Zhu.
(Although, to my knowledge, he's never commissioned a giant statue of himself.)
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The Levi's flagship in San Francisco is saying hello to 2012 with a makeover of sorts, thanks to the addition of the first-ever fully actualized Made and Crafted concept space.
Envisioned by Ben Phillips, the Global Brand Presentation Manager for Levi's XX, the new permanent shop-in-shop on the first floor of the company's Union Square store is a place that showcases the higher-end line, along with select third-party goods that share a similar design sensibility.
Filled with Levi's top-tier garments, such as short-run, hand-finished Italian leather jackets, cashmere-cotton blend knits, indigo-dyed button-downs with buffalo horn buttons, U.S.-made denim, beautiful leather totes, and more, this shop is the first of its kind "in the world," says Phillips, who gave us a first look around the space.
"On one side of the first floor, you have a section devoted to the evolution of the 501, starting in the 1800s," he says. "And on this side, it's all about the next chapter for Levi's."
The impressive space, filled with hand-crafted everything, courtesy of Phillips and local furniture-maker Sebastian Parker (he did the interiors at Bar Agricole), features custom furniture and lighting, rugs made out of hand-knotted strips of vintage Levi's scraps, plus cool curated goods and gifting items like Japanese stationery, high-quality graphite pencils and erasers, memo pads, locally crafted In Foire perfumes, wallets, scarves, and other accessories by Black Sheep & Prodigal Sons. Take a virtual tour of it all after the jump.


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Giuliani Metalli srl needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 229 designs submitted by 52 freelance designers.
Giuliani Metalli srl
We are an old enstablished company mainly importing metal scrap to Italy and exporting all around the world.
possible supplier or costumer.
the logo should be not too complicated.
It is ment to be in our website and on our papers and documents, next to all company informations.
A good option could be anything that gives an idea of internationality or that has something to do with recycling, but any other option could be good.
To get some information about the activity I made a website:
the logo doesn't need to fit this webpage. My next step will be to make a contest to redesign the page with the new logo.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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vkn: Good morning to all Good Morning to all Writing to stay connected
deannie: Morning Alt It here....what's up....I was doing a little name dropping in Salt Lake...but it did not work....
alt: hi deannie, you're still in SLC?
deannie: No I came back yesterday Hi Selma
Selma: Morning deannie... Did you go to SLC?
deannie: Yes...I had a nice time and meet a lot of new people.....
Selma: From the postings on Facebook it looked like folks were having a great time
deannie: I have not looked on facebook...I get in late
Selma: Daviss and AY and Bbenn have been posting pictures
deannie: I will go on when I get off......
Selma: Were you able to get to the library and do any research?
deannie: Yes....I found some marriage license that I did not have also while I was looking at some military record I found one the give me other places to look....
Selma: That's great..I know you were happy
deannie: Yes...I also learned a little more about the Family Search site....
Selma: Well I am glad you made it home safe and sound Have to run..grandkids just showed up Have a great day
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PUEBLO, Colo.—Pueblo Catholics are preparing to say goodbye to Bishop Fernando Isern, who has resigned for health reasons.
The Cuban-born bishop was Pueblo's fourth bishop, serving there since 2009. The Pueblo diocese covers 48,000 square miles and 53 parishes.
Catholics plan a goodbye ceremony next week in Pueblo. Isern resigned June 13.
Diocesan spokeswoman Katherine Chrisman said in a statement that an administrator would be named by Saturday. Rome could spend six months to a year finding a permanent new bishop, she said.
Isern, 54, was ordained as bishop in December 2009. He had been pastor at Our Lady of Lourdes parish for six years, the latest in a succession of positions he held with the Archdiocese of Miami before being chosen to lead Colorado's sprawling Pueblo Diocese.
Isern grew up and spent much of his adult life in south Florida, where he presumably will return to address his unspecified health issues.
Isern said in an open letter to the diocese Thursday that he is grateful for the warm reception he received here "as a stranger," which quickly made him feel at home. It was with "a heavy heart" that he decided to resign, the letter said, but "Out of love for the church and for the people I have served here, I have discerned it is best for me to step down" because of health problems that have been interfering with his ability to do his job effectively.
Isern was the fourth bishop in the history of the Pueblo diocese, which was created in 1941. Headquartered in Pueblo, the diocese is home to more than 130,000 Catholics in Grand Junction, Durango and other Western Slope towns along with all of Southeastern Colorado.


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Jonathan Hickman is coming to town for Free Comic Book Day, Saturday, May 7th! He promised not to kill any characters while he is here. Jonathan is best known for his work on SHIELD, Secret Warriors and of course Fantastic Four. Jonathan's next series is FF and his early work at Image is amazing.
Jonathan Hickman Signing:
Jonathan signs at the store from 12pm – 4pm on May 7th.
Please limit 2 items so that everyone has a chance to meet him.
Jonathan Hickman Q&A hosted by Geek To Me's Elliot Serrano
Jonathan will come back to the Comic Vault for a 2 hour Q&A and meet and greet. This event is limited to 50 people and you can get a ticket to the event if you PRE-ORDER SHIELD: Architects of Forever HC at the link. This event will sell out fast so don't delay. SHIELD HC is expected to be delivered April 20, two weeks before FCBD.
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IPF Performance LightsPosted in How To: Electrical on September 1, 1998
Never heard of IPF lights before? That's not surprising. But we imagine you've heard of ARB, so don't feel like you're totally out of the groove. IPF has been around for nearly 40 years, making OE headlights for Mazdas, Toyotas, and Subarus in Japan and aftermarket lights worldwide for about half that time. Meanwhile, ARB is a name synonymous with air lockers and air compressors. So what does any of this have to do with anything? Well, ARB, which has been selling IPF lights in Australia for a decade, is now posed to light up the U.S.
But lights are lights, right? Yes, they do all have the same function, but execution is where they differ. IPF is one of the top brands in performance lighting. Therefore, if you're just looking to spice up your truck with some off-road flavoring, you'd probably be better off saving some greens and choosing cheaper brightness. However, if it's function you're after, here are the ones for you.
Among the ways IPF lights differ from other aftermarket brands is that all the rivets are made of stainless steel, there's an internal gusset within the metal lights for strength (the plastic ones are molded one-piece), most of the screws are stainless steel, the connectors are weatherproof, and there's a snap-together wiring loom-no special tools, fittings, or wire crimpers are needed for installation. Hmmm... If you live in a weather-heavy area such as New Jersey or Canada where corrosion is an ongoing battle, and you aren't wiring-friendly, this might be your lucky day.
If you're not shopping around for additional lights, but your current headlights are fairly weak, ARB also carries headlamp replacements, as well as a high-performance wiring looms, which reduce electrical resistance for even brighter lights.
Watt Are You Saying?
Many of the IPF lights feature J-beam technology, which means the bulbs have a high-pressure, xenon halogen gas that delivers a much more intense light than other designs of the same power rating. The J-01 pulls 55 watts but delivers the equivalent of 85 watts, while the ZE-1 has a 55-watt bulb that puts out 110 watts. The 610 and 630 are 55s and give you 50 percent more brightness. However, the 200 is slightly different, with a 70-watt bulb and 100-watt equivalent output.
What Each Light Does A driving-style light doesn't give you the range of a spotlight, but it does light up the road directly in front of you and somewhat to the side. The IPF-pioneered hybrid light (the J-01) has more cuts in the lens, which means the range isn't as far as the driving light, but you gain peripheral lighting. A foglight works best as a low-beam supplement because its beam is very broad and flat, so it lights up all around you but only about 200 feet in front of you; fogs typically don't emit light over their own centerline. There's not too much range, but its use should be for poor visibility rather than for distance. A floodlight or backup lamp is used on the back of the vehicle for seeing, loading, or trailering when you need a flood of light. Its beam doesn't go far, but it will light up a large local area.
Tips for Installation
These come courtesy of Mark Hinkley and the guys at Off Road General Store, a distributor of IPF lights.
•Disconnect the battery before you begin.
•Make sure you install the relay where it will clear the hood.
•Scrape away paint so you can get the best ground for the ground wire.
•Zip-tie the IPF wiring to another wire or hose for cleaner routing.
•Although the directions say to connect the lights to the headlight, you can connect them to an auxiliary switch. However, constant power will go to the fusebox if it is used as the auxiliary power, which is likely to drain the battery.
Sucking The Life
You might be wondering what those additional lights are going to do to your alternator. A way to get very close to the actual amperage draw is to divide the wattage of the light by the voltage of your vehicle. Let's say you have a 65-amp alternator. The amp draw for a standard 60-watt headlight on a 12-volt vehicle is 5 amps. Let's use the same formula for the 900 DDCS driving lights. Each bulb is a 130-watter, and you're going to need two. You'd multiply 130 by 2 and get 260, then divide 260 by 12 volts, and you'd know it's a 22-amp draw. Therefore, one-third of your 65-amp alternator would be drawn to power up the lights. But before you bolt-in a high-output alternator, consider how often you're going to use the lights. In the case of the 900s, they work with your high beams, which you may not use that often, so the alternator you have should suffice. But if you're running through the desert with your high beams on, your air conditioning at full icicle, and the stereo cranking, you'll drain the battery. Your alternator should be able to handle the deed, but if you want to step up for peace of mind, Powermaster can make it happen.


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See my signature. I think I have about 85 in my backlog.
With the availability of cheap games and accessible game sales I'm sure I'm not the only one with a mountain of games yet unplayed. Thanks to amazon's tendency to have games marked down as much as 30 bux w/in months of release, and gamestop coupons I have a yeoman's work ahead of me. Here's my current gen backlog360:dead islanddeadly premonitionbulletstormBioshock 1 and 2Dead Space 2Call of Duty World at WarSaints Row 3rdRayman: OInfinite UndiscoveryMirrors EdgeNier not going to finish it. too repetitive. loved the bosses though.Ass Creed 2 playing on PS3Gears of War 2Witcher 2PS3Dead Rising 2Infamous beat itEl Shaddai lost my patience on last boss, decided it wasn't worth itFolkloreDarksidersHuntedDark SoulsLoTR: War in da NortVanquishTwo Worlds 2 sucks too hardGracesUncharted 2: Electric Sploojaloo beat itDeus: Exnew purchases:arkham cityheavy rainEven though that looks ridiculous I'm still sitting on a 50% completion rate for current gen (not handhelds). I hould have amalur wrapped up this weekend. I want to max out my levels


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I just got back from Japan and boy am I tired! But I gotta remind you that tomorrow, MAY 17th, 2007 I'll be at the BODHI TREE BOOKSTORE which is located in West Hollywood, California (click for directions) at 7:30 PM. This will be the first book signing thing for SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP!, my brand new book from New World Library.
YOU MUST BE THERE! Anyone reading this within 300 miles of LA who doesn't show up will be reborn as a cabbage for the next 150 lifetimes!
Seriously, though, pleeeeeeaaaaaasssseee show up, OK? I'm just imagining the record signing scene from Spinal Tap — you know, where they're all sitting around surrounded by copies of their new record and nobody is there.
AND on Sunday May 20th at midnight I'll be a guest on the SUICIDE GIRLS RADIO SHOW on Indie 103.1 in Los Angeles. I'm pretty sure this is avialable on the Internets and as a Podcast as well if you're not in SoCal.
I'll be profiled in the June issue of LA YOGA magazine. So look for that next month.
AND, an excerpt from SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP! will appear in WHOLE LIFE TIMES magazine in June as well. They're also affiliated with CONSCIOUS CHOICE magazine in Chicago and Seattle, and with COMMON GROUND magazine in San Francisco.
AND on May 23rd I'll be a guest on a radio show called THE GOOD LIFE with host JESSE DYLAN at 10:15 Pacific Time/1:15 Eastern. That's also on Sirius Sattelite Radio. My dad's got one of those in his car. So I hope he listens.
AND Saturday June 2nd, 2007 at 7 PM I'll be in Phoenix at the ARIZONA ZEN BUDDHIST SOCIETY giving A TALK (click for details & location). So be there or be square!
Following that I'll be at:
Barnes & Noble Desert Ridge - 21001 N. Tatum Blvd. - Phoenix, AZ on Sunday June 3, 2007 at 1 pm
Changing Hands Bookstore - 6428 South McClintock Dr. - Tempe, AZ - on Monday June 4, 2007 at 7 pm
AND I'll be all over the San Francisco Bay Area the following week. Here's what's lined up so far:
Tuesday June 12th at the VIRGIN MEGASTORE in San Francisco
Thursday June 14th, 7PM at GATEWAYS in Santa Cruz
Friday June 15th After Dinner Talk at the SAN FRANCISCO ZEN CENTER
Saturday June 16th 7 PM at COPPERFIELD'S BOOKS 140 Kentucky St., Petaluma, CA 94952
Sunday June 17th at San Quentin Prison (this isn't open to the public, but all inmates reading this are invited!)
AND on Wednesday July 25th, 2007, my movie CLEVELAND'S SCREAMING! will have its world premier at the EGYPTIAN THEATER in Hollywood. So mark your calendars!


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Re: Meeting Minutes
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January 12, 2012, 07:39:23 AM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting #15
McDonalds (Jefferson & 55)
Meeting called to order 5:00 PM
Members in attendance:
Ray Hill
Frank Grimes
Jason Poole
Dean Bingham
Dave Kociuba
Thor Batchelor
Gary Lewis
1) Financials (see attached)
2) Club Challenge
J-Town members donated their winnings to the club
3) 2012 Bag Tags
#20 and above were sold previous to playing for the distribution of #1-#19 on a set date. Distribution of 2013 Bag Tags will be the same format.
4) Clothing
J-Town apparel is available for sale.
As a Thank You for volunteering their time, J-Town board members will be able to buy apparel/merchandise at cost, for personal use only.
As a gift for producing the J-Town logo, Mike Kursell will receive 1 screen print item and 1 embroidered item.
5) Ice Bowl
J-Town received a box of minis, discs, and stickers for its finish in the 2011 Ice Bowl. As a nice gesture to the 2012 members, they will receive a J-Town mini until supplies are gone (approx. 99). The discs planned to be auctioned at the 2012 J-Town Ice Bowl.
Coffee, hot chocolate, and food provided by the Morning Star Mission.
Registration Day-of Fee $5.
If a player does not bring 2 canned food items/2 non-perishable food items they will be charged a $5 fee.
All extra fees are donated to the Morning Star Mission.
Dean Bingham will contact Herald-News when flyer is complete.
Meeting adjourned 6:40
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J‐Town Disc Golf Club Meeting #16
McDonalds (Jefferson & 55)
Meeting called to order 5:00 PM
Members in attendance:
Ray Hill
Frank Grimes
Jason Poole
Dean Bingham
Dave Kociuba
1) Financials (
see attached
2) Ice Bowl (recap)
* $8382 and over 1000 lbs. of food was raised for the Morning Star Mission.
3) Discontinuum Club Challenge
* Captain: Dean and Dave
4) Handicap Singles League
* Opening Day 04/10/12, West Park
* J‐Town will be sanctioning leagues with the PDGA on a trial basis. The
sanctioning fee is $25 for 10 weeks paid by the club. There needs to
be a minimum of 5 players to sanction each week. $1 will be added to
the entry fee if a player decides to play under the sanctioned status. It
is optional, each week, to play sanctioned or non‐sanctioned. Dean
Bingham will be the TD/Official. Jason Poole will be the Assistant TD.
5) J‐Town Invitational
* 05/27/12, Ropes Course at The Oaks in Mokena. April is the
deadline for final details. Lockport will be the alternate location if
6) Club Name on Tournaments
* Womans Global Tournament: Ray Hill, TD. Approved for association
with J‐Town Disc Golf Club.* Mokena Tournament: Ropes Course, USDGC qualifier performance
edition. Approved for association with J‐Town Disc Golf Club.
7) Elections
* Nominations 03/12/12‐04/12/12, Elections 04/13/12‐05/14/12,
Take office on 6/1/12.
* Nominations:
President: Ray Hill (A)
Vice President: Frank Grimes (?), Jesse Saenz (?)
Treasurer: Jason Poole (A)
Secretary: Dean Bingham (A)
Member Advocate: Dave Kociuba (A)
Meeting adjourned 6:30
Last Edit: March 21, 2012, 09:23:03 AM by pooleje
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J‐Town Disc Golf Club Meeting #17
Channahon Community Park
Meeting called to order 5:30 PM
Members in attendance:
Ray Hill
Frank Grimes
Jason Poole
1) Financials (see attached)
2) Discontinuum Club Challenge (Recap)
Jtown was very proud in the fact that we brought the most participants and had to (arguably) travel the farthest.
Thanks Discontinuum for running this year after year.
3) Handicap Singles League
From the numbers it appears that Sanctioned singles is a hit. Very few people decline the $1 fee for a PDGA rated round.
Board voted to extend the Sanctioning and will do two additional sessions
The season will be divided to meet PDGA requirements (6-10 weeks)
4) J-Town Invitational
May 28th
20 hole Mokena Ropes course
Frank will ask Tom McManus to barrow 2 baskets and 3 fly pads for the temp holes.
Frank Grimes, Jason Poole will run the Event
5) Election Results
All positions were unopposed, no voting was needed
6) Discount for children's memberships.
$5 membership fee for children memberships (16 years of age or younger).
All club perks.
Vote passed 3-0
7) Open Q&A
Frank Grimes would like to look into purchasing hats and using the club logo. Permission was given and he will report back his findings
Vote to purchase tournament supplies (18,000 ft of rope, 3 reels, 10lb 60d Nails, 1000 J-Town marking flags, 500 whiskers) at a cost of $290.07 passes 3-0.
Vote to rent out club owned tournament supplies (rate TBD) passes 3-0.
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July 11, 2012, 01:08:30 PM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting
7/9/12, Called to order 5:00 PM
Community Park, Channahon
Members in Attendance:
Ray Hill
Frank Grimes
Jason Poole
Dean Bingham
1) Financials (see attached)
2) Handicap Singles League
Looking into setting-up the Ropes Course at Mokena for leagues on 8/7/12
3) J-Town Invitational Recap
Big thumbs-up to Jason Poole for the design of the Ropes Course. There was a lot of help getting this ready Thank You.
This tourney made the ratings update, as well.
4) Hats
To be determined
5) Open Q&A
Complete the circle benches on #13 at Highland before Illinois State Championships
Meeting adjourned, 5:40 PM.
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September 25, 2012, 11:47:41 AM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting
09/10/12 5:00 PM-- Meeting #19
Members in attendance: Frank Grimes, Jason Poole, Dean Bingham, and Ray Hill
1) Financials (
Please see attached
About halfway back to paying off the original investment in clothing
Sanctioning Singles been a successful financial decision
Dean Bingham will do an inventory of the clothing to update sales sheets
2) Ice Bowl
a) Last years results, prize
We came in 3rd for money raised and won 50 Supercolor Discraft Discs.
Jason will work the logo for full color discs and place the order
b) 2013
Tentative date of 2/9/13
Frank Grimes actively seeks individuals to help with this upcoming Ice Bowl Donations
3) 2013 Bag Tags
a) Order
Same logo as last season.
Jason Poole will place the order for 150 tags including a duplicate #1 tag.
b) Distribution
We will start selling 2013 tags at the J-Town Fest on 10/20.
Tags 1-20 will be reserved for a playoff after Sunday doubles on 11/4 at Channahon.
4) Handicap League Awards
Dean Bingham and Jason Poole will look into Trophy/Plaque options.
The perpetual plaque is complete just need to add this years winner.
4 trophies/plaques were voted upon for the top 4 finishers
5) Course Projects
a) Highland 13 recap
Looks great!!
b) New projects
Hole 15 at Highland Park needs erosion control for the tee pad. Frank Grimes wants to look into possible ways to slow this down and fix the problem.
6) Saturday Tags
Aaron Studer has expressed interest in running tags on Saturdays. He will be set up with league supplies.
Huge Thank you from the board for taking on this task and keeping the Tags going into the winter.
7) Hats
After talking this out we are going to look into patches.
They can hopefully be used for Hats and members to display on their golf bags
8 ) Rental Fees Club Supplies
In an effort to maintain the current club owned tournament supplies the board has voted to have certain rental fees for items.
The J-Town board does not have the intention of making a profit from this, just being mindful of the future of the club items and the fact that they will need replacing and updating as time goes on. The intention of these rental fees is just that.
By setting the rental fee of a per person standard we hope to keep it as fair as possible for TDs. This way the fee will reflect the number of players that benefited and not penalize TDs who do not get a good turnout.
This program will be watched and monitored to deem successful or not.
Must be a current club member to rent supplies.
A rental contract will be signed by the TD before taking any supplies. The signing party will be responsible for returning the supplies borrowed in a similar fashion to what they are received or will be responsible for the replacement fee.
All supplies must be returned within a week of the event with the fee due upon return. A shorter time frame may be necessary if supplies will be needed at another event and will be disclosed prior to borrowing.
See attached pricing.
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Re: Meeting Minutes
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November 19, 2012, 11:57:25 AM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting
11/12/12 Meeting #20
McDonalds on Jefferson and 55
Members in Attendance:
Ray Hill
Frank Grimes
Jason Poole
Dean Bingham
Meeting called to order, 5:05 PM
1) Financials (
see attached
2) Ice Bowl
a) Award from 2012
50 CFR discs
Motion to sell at $20 each. Vote 4-0, Motion Passes.
Motion to allocate 80% of the proceeds to the Ice Bowl Charity (currently The Morning Star Mission) and 20% to the J-Town Disc Golf Club Charity Fund. Vote 4-0, Motion Passes.
b) 2013
2/9/13 @ Community Park, Channahon, IL.
Jason Poole will be TD with Ray Hill as Assistant TD.
3) 2013 Bag Tag Distribution
The first attempt yielded only a few players. It could have been publicized a little more, so we will make another attempt after leagues on 11/18/12 to distribute numbers 4-20.
4) Club Tournament Supply Rental
Motion to remove fee. Vote 1-2, 1 Abstain. Motion Fails.
5) Handicap League Awards
Awarded Top 5, Trophies for Top 4, Perpetual was engraved.
Remaining $5 from Prize/Party Fund will carry-over to next year.
$99 was donated to the J-Town Fest
6) Patches
Ordering 300.
Retail price for the J-Town Disc Golf Club Patches will be set at $2
7) Member Reward System
Motion to setup and use a J-Town Member Reward Program. Vote 4-0 for Reward Program, Motion Passes
12/1/12 rough draft to be submitted.
Finalize Points/Rewards Program and begin using it on 1/1/13.
8 ) Open Q & A
Saturday Bag Tag Challenge, CTP 50/50: Motion to donate funds risen up until the 2/9/13 Ice Bowl to the 2013 J-Town Disc Golf Club Ice Bowl Charity (Morning Star Mission). Vote 3-1, Motion Passes.
Meeting adjourned, 8:06 PM
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January 30, 2013, 08:56:42 AM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting #21
McDonalds (Jefferson & 55)
Meeting called to order 5:00 PM
Members in attendance:
Ryan Fancher
Rob Gibson
Frank Grimes
Ray Hill
Dave Kociuba
Gary Lewis
Jason Poole
Kevin Schramm
Aaron Studer
1) Financials (See Attached)
2) Patches
500 ordered
2 ½
Retail for $2
3) IL Disc Golf Hall of Fame
Ray asked for a club project to open a IL HOF in the area
Ray will report back with more details.
4) Tournament J-Town Logo use
a. Ropes at the Oaks
b. Il State Championships
c. Channahon Classic
d. Birdie Bash
5) Sanctioned Leagues
a. Bag Tag Saturdays
Aaron/ Kevin stated that they are not interested in having bag tags sanctioned at this time.
We will revisit this topic at the March meeting.
b. Handicap Tuesdays
Will be sanctioned.
Jason will do website and PDGA reporting.
Rob Gibson will run the league with the assistance of Frank Grimes.
6) Club Invitational
Memorial Day 5/27/13
Jason Poole will TD with Aaron Studer as Assistant TD
Trinity Links in Lockport
Will be discussing the date of future invitationals at an upcoming meeting to try and avoid a conflict with the team tournament at Sandy Point.
7) Member Rewards System
Add requirement that points are only to be awarded for work in the J-Town Disc Golf Club area.
Point system approved as listed in the program documentation (available on jtowndiscgolf.com under the Member Reward System heading).
Jason will be tracking the points.
8 ) 2013 Ice Bowl
Community Park in Channahon
PDGA Sanctioning/Insurance forms filed.
PDGA Endowment Program paperwork completed.
Online Pre-Registration has been set up.
Gary Lewis will be providing merchandise.
Ryan Fancher will be doing sponsor signs.
Ryan will be creating player pack stickers (funding provided by Frank and Ray)
Frank is actively seeking fund raiser helpers, donations, and general volunteers for day of help.
Morning Star Mission will be the charitable beneficiary.
9) Open Q&A
Kevin presented the board with a great opportunity to attend a Chamber of Minooka event and do a disc golf demo/ booth help.
o Ray and Frank offered to assist
o 2/16/13
Kevin also presented the board with another event taking place sometime in June that would involve Ball Golf and Disc Golf. More details coming as the event takes shape.
Community Park in Channahon
Meeting Adjourned
Last Edit: January 30, 2013, 02:47:28 PM by pooleje
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March 22, 2013, 09:01:57 AM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting 22
McDonalds- 4280 W Jefferson St, Joliet, IL 60431
Meeting called to order at 5:00
Members in attendance:
Ryan Fancher
Rob Gibson
Mason Gibson (Bday boy!)
Aaron Studer
Jason Poole
Frank Grimes
Ray Hill
1) Financials (
see attached
2) IL Hall of Fame
No reply to emails from Ray Hill inquiring about requirements and information to move forward. Ray will report back when more information is made available. We will revisit this item at the May meeting.
3) Ice Bowl (recap)
Frank Grimes is reporting $9332 in cash and 225 pounds of food donated to the Morning Star Mission. Once again outdoing the previous year. We couldnt be more proud of all his efforts.
Things to improve on: setting out the tee signs, possibly the night before may help with logistics of a long walk in the AM.
Things to improve on: Registration. The idea to make more of an assembly line registration may improve the flow, wait times, and over all organization of the whole process. (Stations for food collection, PDGA verification, entry fee, ace/ctp fund)
4) Discontinuum Club Challenge
Saturday the 16th at Mokena
Blue Tees
Sell J-Town merchandise and memberships
Jobs were assigned for Club Challenge
o Merchandise: Aaron
o Tag sorting and registration: Frank and Jason
o New Membership signups: Rob and Ray
Club will meet by the baseball fields for a mock Tourney Central
5) Handicap Singles League
Season begins 4/2/13
Broken up into 3 seasons for PDGA reporting purposes with Months as a designators (April/May, June/July, August/September)
Same entry fees and optional fees as previous season
Fliers will be made and displayed around local courses as well as neighboring out of town courses and disc golf related shops.
6) Bag Tags
Aaron Studer continues to see improvement in participation
Overall consensus from the players was to not Sanction Saturday Tags
Aaron will maintain Saturday tags throughout the near future. No end date was decided but overall feedback was positive to offer this service. Thanks Aaron for stepping up to run this.
7) Course Projects
Frank Grimes would like to build a retaining wall to help with the erosion behind hole 15s short tee at Highland.
The runoff from rain is causing the tee to be covered in mud and Frank would like to stop it before it gets too bad.
Franks will have a bid put together and approved by the board before moving forward.
8.) Election
a) Deadlines
3/1/13- 4/11/13 Nomination Period
4/12/13-5/13/13 Voting Period
Ballets to be counted and made official at the 5/13/13 board meeting
b) Nominations
Jason Poole Nominates Frank Grimes for Vice President
Ryan Fancher Nominates Dean Bingham for Secretary
Aaron Studer Nominates Ray Hill for President
Jason Poole Nominates Jesse Saenz for Vice President
Rob Gibson Nominates Aaron Studer for Member Advocate, he accepts
Ray Hill Nominates Jason Poole for Treasurer, he accepts
9) Open Q&A
Rob Gibson is appointed a staff position in Public Relations and will take over the social networking on behalf of the club. He will administer the Facebook page and use that platform to write up J-Town Disc Golf Club Member related stories and events. Jason Poole will get the appropriate rights set up.
Jason Poole with set up an events page on jtowndiscgolf.com for J-Town Bag Tags to post schedules and results. He will also modify the reporting spreadsheet to work with the new events page and give Aaron Studer the appropriate rights to manage the page.
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June 16, 2013, 12:35:15 PM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting 23
Community Park, Channahon, IL
Meeting called to order at 5:00
Members in attendance:
Rob Gibson
Frank Grimes
Ray Hill
Jason Poole
Aaron Studer
1) Financials (
see attached
2) Discontinuum Club Challenge (Recap)
Club covered $2 per J-Town Player $78 from Club Challenge fund.
3) Handicap Singles League
Avg 26 per week (21 Sanctioned) (39 max, 19 min)
Ace is at $138
Second session has been sanctioned to run from 6/4-7/30 (9 weeks)
Motion to add a rule closing registration 15 min before start time. Vote passes 5-0
Motion to restrict courses to Highland, Lockport, and Channahon. Vote passes 4-1
4) Bag Tags
Avg 16 per week since 1/5/13 (20 max, 11 min)
5) J-Town Invitational
5/27/13 Lockport
Sanctioning paid, course reserved, flyer and spreadsheet created.
Ray working on paintings for trophies.
6) Course Projects
Frank Grimes is working on a proposal for Highland #15
7) Member Reward Program
To maximize the opportunity for members to earn points in the program, the
following changes were made:
o Now its only necessary to post a request for help for course cleanup 24 hours
in advance; changed from 1 week.
o An increase in points has been made for helping with running leagues.
o A decrease in points has been made for tracking of points in the Reward
8 ) Election Results
President-Ray Hill
Vice-President-Frank Grimes
Secretary- Dean Bingham
Treasurer- Jason Poole
Member Advocate- Aaron Studer
One member is leaving the board after 3 years of service to J-Town. Thank you to Dave Kociuba for lending his expertise and talents to the J-Town board!
9) Open Q&A
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J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting 24
Community Park, Channahon, IL
Meeting Called to order: 5:00
Members Present:
Aaron Studer
Ray Hill
Jason Poole
Rob Gibson
Kevin Schramm
Frank Grimes
J.D. Bly
Todd Bly
Shawn McCarthy
1) Financials (see attached)
* $482.34 available for projects
* $36 Added to Club Supply fund from the ROPES at the Oaks rental. Balance $121.69
* Members qualifying for Merchandise Discount (> 1000pts):
Frank Grimes 12980.84
Jason Poole 3807.12
Aaron Studer 2469.20
Ray Hill 1840.70
Rob Gibson 1522.00
Kevin Schramm 1453.20
Jesse Saenz 1399.60
Dean Bingham 1104.00
Thor Batchelor 1075.00
Patrick Johnson 1064.00
2) J-Town Invitational (Recap)
* Thank to Kelly Murray for providing trophy paintings at no charge.
* 24 participants
* Report has been turned in and $48 paid to PDGA for player fees.
* 6 Memberships Sold (4 New, 2 Renewal)
* Rob Gibson and Aaron Studer will look into changing to a more traditional date of a weekend to hopefully attract more members to take advantage of this club perk. They will choose 3 dates and then the board will help decide which works best for all parties.
3) Handicap Singles League
* 1st Session Ave 27/wk (22 Sanctioned) (39 Max-Channahon Short, 19 min-Highland White)
* 2nd Session Avg 20/wk (18 Sanctioned) (24 Max-Channahon Short, 17 min-Channahon Long)
* Overall Avg 24.5/wk (19.5 Sanctioned)
* Third Session has been sanctioned to run from 8/6-9/24 (8 weeks)
a) Sign-in time
* Getting started on time now, haven't turned anyone away.
* Players money must be in and signed up at least 15 minutes prior to tee off
* Will not hold up start time for anyone and if the player is then late its either par plus 4 PDGA ruling or they can take 999 for not playing but being registered.
b) Courses
* Motion called to revert back to mirroring the JTown Doubles Wednesday night schedule for the third session of PDGA sanctioning starting 8/6/13
Motion passes 7-1-1
* New schedule will be drafted and implemented.
* Facebook post to notify those who follow of the change.
4) Bag Tags
* Avg 16/wk (22 max-Shorewood Short, 5 min-Channahon Long)
5) Course Projects
* Highland 15 retention wall completed using materials donated to Trinity Links.
* Frank Grimes requested $12 for rebar to repair stairs and bridges at Community Park. Request granted pending receipts. 9-0-0
6) Tournament Pre-Registration
* Tournament registration is now available through JTownDiscGolf.com.
* Club collects $1.50 per registration towards the club supply fund. These funds can be used by TDs to offset club supply rental fees.
* TDs interested in using this service please contact Jason Poole for details
7) Ice Bowl Prize
50 SuperColor Discs from Discraft
1 Set of 50 Custom Little Flyer Bag Tags from Little Flyers
25 Custom Stamped Discs and 100 minis (3 inch stamp) from Gateway Disc Sports
20 Custom Stamped Discs and 75 minis (3 inch stamp) from Gateway Disc Sports
25 Stock stamped Discs (you choose them) and 50 stock-stamped minis from Gateway Disc Sports
1 Gateway Back Pack Bag and 50 stock-stamped minis from Gateway Disc Sports
* It was decided by the 9 members present to choose the option for 25 Custom Stamped Discs and 100 minis from Gateway.
* Rob Gibson and Jason Poole will work on designs and ideas for the art work.
8 )Open Q&A
* Ray Hill will put together a list of all courses in the area of who the course contact would be in the event members would like to inquire about running tournaments or events.
* Aaron Studer brought forward a membership concern about the number of points being awarded for course work. Aaron Studer and Jason Poole will work out a more fair point factor for course work and look at other point factors to make sure points awarded are equal to the benefit added for our membership.
Meeting Adjourned 7:05
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September 10, 2013, 07:49:52 AM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting 25
Community Park, Channahon, IL
Meeting called to order: 5:00 PM
Members Present:
Rob Gibson
Frank Grimes
Patrick Johnson
Kristi McCarthy
Shawn McCarthy
Tim Murray
Jason Poole
Aaron Studer
Dana Vicich
1) Financials (see attached)
638.34 Available for projects
14 Members qualify for merchandise discount prices. (>1000 Points)
2) Handicap Singles League
a) Awards
o Currently have $470.80 in Prize/Party fund.
o Estimate $515 at the end of the season.
o 2012 (Party $99, Prizes $300, Trophies $50.45, Perpetual $9)
5 Spots
4 Trophies
o 2013 (Prizes $300, Perpetual $9, Trophies $55, Party $150+)
5 Spots
4 Trophies
Motion for budget approval passes 7-0
3) Saturday Bag Tags
Avg 15 per week
CTP has raised over $300 for the 2014 Ice Bowl
a) Sanctioning
o 11/2-12/28 (9 Weeks)
o Motion to sanction bag tags passes 7-0.
o Aaron Studer will be the director; Jason Poole will handle the PDGA setup and reporting.
4) Course Projects
No new projects presented.
5) Ice Bowl
a) Last Years Prize
o Penguin commemorative artwork. Design approval passes 7-0
o Jason to inquire about a larger stamp on the disc.
o Jason will handle conversion of artwork and submittal.
b) 2014
o Location: Channahon Community Park
o Date: 2/8/14 pending park and state coordinator approval.
o Aaron Studer will be the Tournament Director; Jason Poole will be the assistant.
o Fundraising: Patrick offered to help after Frank requested assistance for fundraising for the 2014 Ice Bowl. Patrick will put out a jar to collect funds. Rob requested that Frank supply the members with a flyer that outlines more information for those who are interested in helping.
6) 2014 Bag Tags
a) Order
o Jason will modify existing artwork for 2014 and order tags numbered 1-199 and a replacement number 1.
o Jason will check with the distributor about the continued availability of our current tag design and will research alternatives if necessary.
b) Distribution
o Tags 31-199 will be available for purchase at J-Town Fest on 10/19.
o Tags 1-30 will be played for on Saturday 1/4 at bag tags. Higher numbered 2014 tags can be exchanged at this event. Please have your 2013 tags with you, as they will be used to break any ties.
7) Member Reward Program
Change wording of Course Cleanup to include TD or Board approved activities without prior advertising.
8) Open Q&A
List of course contacts (compiled by Ray Hill)
Patrick Johnson to start a Friday night Glow League. He would like J-Town affiliation and J-Town assistance if people show interest in playing for tags. Rob will assist with PR when Patrick post on the board that he is officially starting the league to include schedule and course info.
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November 12, 2013, 05:47:21 AM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting 26
McDonalds- 4280 W Jefferson St, Joliet, IL 60431
Meeting called to order:
Members Present:
Dean Bingham
Frank Grimes
Jason Poole
Aaron Studer
1) Financials (see attached)
$682.34 Available for projects
17 Members qualify for merchandise discount prices. (>1000 Points)
2) Handicap Singles League
2013 (Prizes $300, Perpetual $9.38, Trophies $50, Party $175)
$2.42 left in Prize/Party will roll over to next years league
$68 left in Ace pot will roll over to next year
3) Mid-Season League Changes
No rule changes mid-season.
Any changes must be put on the agenda for a vote at a club meeting.
Motion to add League Change rules passes 4-0
4) Saturday Bag Tags
Avg 15 per week
CTP has raised $474 for the 2014 Ice Bowl
5) Ice Bowl
a) 2013 Prize
o Gateway Wizzards to be priced at $10 (25 Available)
o Minis to be prices at $2 each or $3 for a nested set. (100 Available)
o Motion to set pricing passes 4-0.
o All proceeds go to the Ice Bowl fund. Motion passes 3-1.
b) 2014
o Date of 2/8/14 approved by the State Coordinator
o Frank to get the date approved by the Channahon Park District.
o Jason will get sanctioning, CEP, and IceBowlHQ set up.
6) 2014 Club Invitational
Looking at the dates of 8/9 or 7/19
Dellwood park if available, Lockport will be the alternate.
Jason Poole-TD, Frank Grimes-Assistant TD
7) Open Q&A
Request for logo use for the Vibram Birdie Bash, date tba. Motion passes 3-0
Meeting adjourned 6:17 PM.
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January 16, 2014, 06:20:17 AM »
J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting 27
McDonalds 4280 W Jefferson St, Joliet, IL 60431
Meeting called to order:
Members Present:
Dean Bingham
Frank Grimes
Ray Hill
Gary Lewis
Shawn McCarthy
Kristi McCarthy
Jason Poole
Kevin Schramm
Aaron Studer
1) Financials (
see attached
2) Tournament J-Town Logo Use
a) Ropes at the Oaks:
Passes 8-0
b) IL State Championships:
Passes 8-0
c) Channahon Classic:
Passes 8-0
3) Club Invitational Date
9/6/14 pending State Coordinator and park approval
4) Member Rewards
No changes put forward for consideration.
a) Member of the Year Award criteria
o Must not be a board member
o The board will vote on the recipient
o Must be a club member
o A member may only win once every five years
o A member must have 1000 points (member rewards program) or more to be considered
o Points will be considered, but not necessarily the deciding factor. For example, a member having 4000 points spread across multiple categories may be chosen over a member with 6000 points from only one area.
o The award will be presented at the Ice Bowl each year
5) Saturday Bag Tags
Avg. 16.56 last session
111 total sanctioned rounds (club net $30.50)
Raised $631 as of 1/13/14 for the Ice Bowl
Aaron Studer will be stepping-down as the director. J-Town is looking for a member/members to assist with running the Saturday Bag Tags. If the spot is not filled, it will be cancelled.
Thank you, Aaron, for your dedication!
6) 2014 Ice Bowl
Community Park in Channahon
PDGA sanctioning/ Insurance forms filed
PDGA Endowment Program paperwork filed and approved
Online pre-registration has been setup on jtowndiscgolf.com
Morning Star Mission will be the charitable beneficiary
7) Open Q&A
There is an interest in scheduling workdays
There is an interest in creating a newsletter, Why Do I Want to be a J-Town Member? or Who is J-Town?, highlighting what J-Town has done since inception (projects, fund-raising, and other statistical data).
Meeting adjourned, 6:20 PM
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J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting 28
McDonalds 4280 W Jefferson St, Joliet, IL 60431
Meeting called to order: 5:00 PM
Members Present:
Frank Grimes
Jason Poole
1) Financials (see attached)
* $682.34 Available for course projects.
2) Ice Bowl (recap)
* 66 Players in snowy conditions.
* Total amount raised has not been finalized.
3) Handicap Singles League
* Season begins 4/8/14
* Broken up into 3 seasons for PDGA reporting purposes with Months as a designators
o April/May (8 weeks)
o June/July (9 weeks)
o August/September (8-9 weeks)
* Same entry fees and optional fees as previous season
* Going back to a single ace fund
4) Club Invitational
* 9/6/14 date approved by State Coordinator
5) Saturday Bag Tags
* Average 12 players/week in 2014.
* Raised $690 for the 2014 Ice Bowl
* J-Town is looking for a member/members to assist with running the
Saturday Bag Tags. If the spot is not filled, it will be cancelled.
* $205 remains in the Ace fund.
6) 2014 Elections
a) Deadlines
* 3/10/14- 4/10/14 Nomination Period
* 4/11/14-5/12/14 Voting Period
* Ballets to be counted and made official at the 5/12/14 board meeting
b) Nominations
* Jason Poole nominates Frank Grimes for Vice President. Frank accepts.
* Jason Poole nominates Jesse Saenz for President
* Jason Poole nominates Dean Bingham for Secretary
* Jason Poole nominates Aaron Studer for Member Advocate
* Jason Poole nominates Anthony Rodriguez for Member Advocate
* Frank Grimes nominates Shawn McCarthy for Member Advocate
* Frank Grimes nominates Jason Poole for Treasurer. Jason accepts.
* Frank Grimes nominates Thor Batchelor for President.
7) Open Q&A
* Proposal to use $1628 from the general fund to purchase baskets. Vote
o Basket borrowing rules.
* Members may borrow baskets free of charge provided they are
returned in the same condition they are received.
* Member is responsible for the pick-up and return.
* Event requests take priority over personal use.
* Members will be allowed a 1 week minimum before the next
personal request is fulfilled.
* Jason Poole presented some J-Town Disc Golf Club historical data. (attached)
* Jason Poole presented a summary of the J-Town Member Reward Program points for 2013. (attached)
Meeting adjourned, 6:26 PM
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J-Town Disc Golf Club Meeting 29
Community Park, Channahon, IL
Meeting called to order: 5:00 PM
Members Present:
Frank Grimes
Jason Poole
Kristi McCarthy
Shawn McCarthy
1) Financials (see attached)
$743.34 Available for course projects.
2) Handicap Singles League
Average of 15 players per week.
Second session has been sanctioned to run from 6/3-7/29 (9 weeks).
3) Bag Tags
J-Town is looking for a member/members to assist with running the Bag Tags.
a) Ace Fund
o 3 options put up for consideration
Roll ace pot over to handicap leagues
Donate the money to Morning Star Mission as part of our Ice Bowl
Leave the money as a bag tags ace pot.
o Vote pending.
4) J-Town Invitational
9/6/14, Jason Poole-TD, Frank Grimes-Assistant TD, Dellwood park if available
We are currently looking into having trophies (1 pro, 1 am) made. Frank will ask Kelly Murray if she is willing to do paintings for us again this year.
5) 2014 Elections
Running un-opposed:
o Frank Grimes- Vice President
o Dean Bingham- Secretary
o Jason Poole- Treasurer
o Jeremiah Bly- Member Advocate
Voting for President
o Thor Batchelor, 6 votes
o Dave Kociuba, 8 votes
New officers will take over positions on 6/1/14.
6) Club Baskets
Vote to purchase 4 Discraft Chainstar baskets passed 3-2.
Thanks to Thor Batchelor for picking up the baskets for us and saving us shipping costs.
Basket borrowing rules:
o Members may borrow baskets free of charge provided they are returned in the same condition they are received.
o Member must have a signed contract on file before being allowed to borrow a basket.
o Borrower is responsible for the pick-up and return.
o Event requests take priority over personal use.
o Borrower will be allowed a 2 week minimum before the next personal request is fulfilled.
Borrowing rules approval vote pending.
7) Open Q&A
No topics presented.
Meeting adjourned, 5:28 PM
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Ben Bernanke's Worst Nightmare: Chairman Ron Paul
Written by Michael Tennant, New American
In the 111th Congress Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) introduced legislation to perform a wide-ranging audit of the Federal Reserve. That bill was, in Paul's words, "gutted" before it came to the floor for a vote. Ultimately only a few very weak provisions of Paul's original bill became law.With Republicans taking control of the House of Representatives in January, however, Paul is likely to get another crack at the Fed, and he doesn't intend to waste the opportunity. Paul is currently the ranking member of the House Subcommittee for Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology and is, therefore, in line to become chairman of the subcommittee when the 112th Congress commences. If he does indeed assume the chairmanship, "Paul said his first priority will be to open up the books of the Federal Reserve to the American people," according to CNBC.com senior editor John Carney. "We need to create transparency there. To see what it is they are buying and lending, and who it is they are dealing with," Paul said.
Auditing the Fed is only the beginning, as one might expect from the author of End the Fed. Carney writes that Paul told NetNet, "I will approach that committee like no one has ever approached it because we're living in times like no one has ever seen." Among his other objectives: using subcommittee hearings to educate the public about Austrian economists' view of the business cycle, namely that it is a result of central banks' shenanigans rather than something inherent in the free market, and auditing the U.S. gold reserves in preparation for monetary reform, either by legalizing competing currencies or by returning to the gold standard (or both). Also on his agenda, says Reuters, is scrutiny of the International Monetary Fund and other global financial institutions, probably as part of monetary reform. These institutions, as The New American has reported on multiple occasions, are pushing for a global currency, which may explain Paul's comments, as reported by Carney: "We will have to have monetary reform. I think those on the other side of this issue are already planning. They are going to try to replace a bad system with an equally bad system."
As noted earlier, all of this is predicated on Paul's becoming chairman of the subcommittee, a position for which he would seem to be a shoo-in. However, the Republican leadership in the House, never fond of the Texas Congressman, has more than once prevented him from assuming this position in the past, as Roll Call's Jonathan Allen reported, quoting Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.):
In 2003, Ron Paul was in line to be chairman of the Domestic Monetary Policy Subcommittee…. Specifically and solely to frustrate Ron from being the chairman, they merged the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy with the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy. Ron Paul then complained to [then-Majority Leader] Tom DeLay, and Tom DeLay told [then-Chairman Mike] Oxley [R-Ohio] "Don't change it."… Two years later, even though they merged the two subcommittees in the progression, Ron was then again ready to be chairman, this time of the combined one. [Then-Rep. Deborah] Pryce [R-Ohio] was dragooned to come back and assert a subcommittee chairmanship…. Ron at that point said to me, "I guess I have to wait for you to be chairman for me to have any authority around here." The Republican Party was a staunch defender of the Fed against Ron Paul.
Allen wrote that both Paul and other "Republican sources" confirmed this account with the exception of the involvement of DeLay.
Will the GOP allow Paul to ascend to the chairmanship this time around? With his higher profile and increased popularity, the party "would fear the backlash" from denying it to him, says Paul's former chief of staff, Lew Rockwell. Assuming Rockwell is correct, Ben Bernanke and the rest of the globalist currency destroyers had better lay in a good supply of Rolaids and Sominex.
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By Sally M. Wagley, Maine elder law attorney
For most children, age 18 is regarded as a significant milestone, another marker on the road to independence. However, when a child has a mental or emotional disability, he or she may continue to be dependent on parents for decisions about living arrangements, health care, social services and finances. Once a child in Maine turns 18, a parent no longer has legal authority to make the child's decisions. Health care providers may deny the parent access to the child's medical information, and financial institutions may deny the parent access to the child's money. In my role as a "special needs" lawyer, I help families in this time of transition.
Some children with disabilities may have the capacity and understanding to delegate authority to a parent under a durable financial power of attorney or health care directive. This is a simple document which can be executed in a lawyer's office, with a minimum of time and expense. Other children, however, may be so disabled that they are unable to understand and to sign such a document. In this situation, the parent should seek to be appointed as the child's guardian (and perhaps conservator as well, as discussed below).
Maine's county probate courts are the courts which handle guardianship matters. These are the steps to obtaining guardianship of an adult disabled child in Maine:
1. Petition for appointment of guardian: The parent files a petition and related forms asking the court to appoint the parent as the child's guardian and files the papers with the court.
2. Physician's/psychologist's report: A professional (such as the child's physician) fills out a court form stating that the child needs a guardian.
3. Appointment of visitor: The court appoints a visitor to meet with the child and parents and report back to the court as to whether a guardianship is appropriate.
4. Hearing: A hearing is scheduled. Important people in the child's life receive notice of the hearing. In many of Maine's 16 probate courts, the hearing is fairly relaxed. The judge may ask a few questions and may make sure that the guardian understands his or her responsibilities. If it is clear to the judge that the appointment of a guardian is in the child's best interest, the judge will immediately issue an order appointing the parent as the child's guardian.
5. Conservatorship: If the child has money or other assets in excess of $5000, the parent may also need to seek appointment as the child's conservator in order to be able to handle the child's funds. This request should be made to the court at the same time as guardianship is requested.
The Maine probate courts try to make it as simple as possible for parents in this situation to become their child's guardian. However, to the uninitiated, the process may be daunting. As attorneys with expertise in helping families with disabled children, we can help you either by representing you in the guardianship matter (appearing with you in court), or we can simply assist you with the paperwork, so that you can represent yourself. If you would like our help, please contact us for an appointment, firstname.lastname@example.com.


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