I am officially down for whatever. I'm moving somewhere more central in the next month or two, so the location doesn't matter. FTR, I'll likely be inclined to the optimist (westsiiiiide) location, but I wont bitch if it is anywhere else, save the far NW, N or NE.
I want to re-iterate the jersey comment about keeping it cheap. Half the people will either lose it or not like the fit of their shirt and simply not wear it. After a team is together for a couple/few years, jersies become more important. For now, just get the cheapo stuff.
I now find myself hoping that there is a respectable female turnout from CP. The girls I had lined up to play were for a team I was going to organize personally. Ie, there would have been alot of people they knew. So now I'm a little wary about promising anything in that dept. I know I did yesterday or the day before, but the more I think about it, the more I think that it'll be more of a game-time decision. So I'm reneging that promise.
Equipment is probably going to be an issue. Shawnski taught me a thing or two about bats (that's why I promised to buy one). But we'll probably need a couple more, and possibly bases and balls. Is this going to be a team effort? Shall we bequeath this equipment on the organizer (would that bea Aenes, BTW?)? I kinda want to keep a bat if I buy it it full out. But if there is a team effort on other equipment, we might as well give it to the organizer with the caveat that it shall be passed on to next year's organizer should it not be the same person.
And the costs need to be addressed upfront. We probably need to tack on a few bucks to each team member's fees to buy this stuff.
As for sponsorship, I'd love to represent CP. Just a thought, but do you guys and gals think that a CP fundraiser may kickstart our little venture? I mean, each member already must pledge their share, and if we do it publicly, maybe a few other posters would feel inclined to toss ten or twenty bucks our way. That might add up to the cost of equipment and stuff. And anything left over could go toward CP. Or 50/50 or something. Of course, gotta get the A.O.K. from the big man, but... just a thought.
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