We decided after exhaustive debate to hold a spring meeting on Saturday,
April 26th at Davenport. The Quad Cities River Bandits play at 2 against
Dayton. Tim Rask said he would post ticket options so we can decide what we
want to do in that regard. If there is someone near the Quad Cities who can
coordinate things there, we'd love for you to step forward and announce
yourself.

Then on Sunday, August 30 we'll meet in Dyersville. Since it was Jim Hekel
who made the original suggestion, and he wasn't there to defend himself, we
nominated him to find us a meeting place. The Ghost Players will be
appearing at the Field of Dreams from 12:00 until 2:00. We figured we could
have a meeting after that and then anyone who was interested could reconvene
at the field for some ball. And if that's a problem, Jim, just speak up. I'm
sure someone can fill in.

In both cases we have the opportunity to hook up with SABR members in nearby
states.

Steve Bennett
Grinnell

Additional notes from the Saturday meeting:

1. In addition to the current slate of officers, Tim
Rask agreed to be our Field Umpire (so that we have a
second person watching upcoming deadlines, learning
how to do the SABR Admin tools, and all that fun
stuff.) Thanks, Tim, for agreeing to be tapped for
this position.

2. Charles Crawley was unable to attend the meeting,
but asked that this be passed along about the website:

There's room for additional content and research.
If you have articles and photos to share with the
world, please send them to Charles. He has the
ability to scan and to otherwise make your work
web-ready, so all you need to do is ... well, the hard
part -- the actual research.

The website is http://fieldofdreams.sabr.org. Thanks,
Charles, for doing such an awesome job.

3. Dan Greder's trivia quiz was a hit, and Dan will
send a copy to Charles for inclusion on the website so
you can all test your wits against Dan's.

Hope to see you all on April 26th. Mark your calendars!

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- R. J. Lesch, Des Moines IA