All,

I have some potentially bad news. Below is a message from Ben of
Carnegie-Mellon:

>Despite making several calls well before Thanksgiving and Christmas,
>and sending in an offical proposal letter since then, I just got a
>call today saying that April 1 is booked up with a huge bass tourney.
>He apologized for taking so long to respond and will work with us to
>find a day to do it, but I'm very afraid that we won't be able to
>find another weekend for everyone. He is saving Sunday, April 2nd
>for us, and they are also free most other weekends in April.

>I've included Mike Lambert from Three Rivers Rowing because he has
>dealt with Moraine state park in the past and may be able to offer
>suggestions.


I'm proposing we have a conference call tomorrow with all the coaches
to discuss planning. Mike, the TRRA executive director, has called
the park to no avail. The Keystone Bass Buddies apparently don't want
to share the lake again this year, and there seems to be some dodgy
timing of when Ben contacted them and when we did. I can let Ben give
more details tomorrow night.

At this very moment, we can consider holding the race on Sunday and
we're going to ask if they can open the park for us early so we can
finish in time for people to get home. Or we could consider having the
race on the river in Pittsburgh on Saturday.

Please call one of the following numbers at 8pm Eastern (7pm Central)
so we can talk through options.
Phone Number: 866-295-5950
If you'd like to save me some money please call 978-964-0031 instead
of the toll free number above.
When prompted then enter this number to join the conference 8957538#

I will also send a copy of this to your email addresses directly.

Thanks, Doug