I just wanted to throw out a couple thoughts, you guys do what you will with them. First off, it's obvious that we really needed Jim and Tom to take the huge step forward in creating the club and putting in time to make it a very successful venture in it's first year! Thank you and congrats for that alone!

So, you kicked around the idea of a fall event to kick off the 2012 season, and it sounds like everyone was all for it. I'm wondering if this will be the only tournament on Geist, or if it's just thrown in there as a bonus. Also, are you thinking about adding another event in total, or just moving one from, say the summer? When thinking of recruitment, it would maybe even be better to add to the total, but still keep the same number for scoring in the points race. That way if someone thinks about it after a long winter and joins the club, they still would only have to fish 6 of the 8 remaining events, rather than 7, to stay on par with the points scoring.

On another note, I did notice that the Sally tournament was just prior to the CUSA event held up there. Was that planned? I think it's a great idea to have a local event just prior to a bigger event! ISM really showed up there, so it was very nice to see! Going with that theme, I wondered, as an added kicker to the winning team, if ISM would also sponsor that team in the CUSA event? I know that there are some in the semi-pro division, but I think it would at least be nice to pick up the tab for the amount up to amateur status.

I know it may be a little early to already be thinking about next year, but the snowball is rolling along and gaining speed! Thanks again to Jim and Tom for stepping up!