[Pjohn1959]

I would like to first thank all of those that have responded to me by pm or this thread for their interest. As far as I can tell from right now, it is a go for next year. It will definitely be during the end of June or July. I don’t want to compete with IRI or the school year.

I would also like to thank Chris Fultz for his invaluable white paper on how to put on an off-season event.

Here’s where we stand now: I have pretty much secured a venue for next year’s competition, easy to get to, easy load in, plenty of parking, and playing field is right next to pit area. It’s here in Houston, at our school’s new Ag facility.

My next step is to form a committee of dedicated members to make sure that happens. Jane you are already volunteered (the army way). We will talk about all the steps that need to be taken to make sure this is successful. We can talk about rotating the venues each year also. I think variety can be a reason for success. Please send me pm if you are so interested. We can exchange contact numbers.

I would like to start meeting next week, but am unsure on how to arrange a conference call for out of city members. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Paul