A Number of Important Items on a Snowy Saturday

Item 1: In a last minute change of plans, tomorrow's game will be against the Berkshire Bruins Bantam C Team. No doubt, you recall that this is the very same team that manhandled us for 2 periods last weekend, before we woke up. We need to put in 3 solid periods against this squad of behemoths in order to prevail -- and I know we will. The game is at 10:30 am, at the Berkshire School.

Item 2: I would like the kids to linger for a few minutes after tomorrow's game in a last ditch (and perhaps futile) effort to put together a video for the Banquet. No promises, but our production team will give it a shot. To that end, if anyone has any digital video that was shot during the season, or any digital photos (not on shutterfly or photobucket but the actual files), they would be much appreciated. We can discuss how best to get the digital images to the team.

Item 3: The Banquet is next weekend. It also happens to be the Annual Meeting of the Berkshire Rattler Youth Hockey Organization. The events are one and the same. At the meeting, there will be an election for next year's Board Members. Several of our own folks are running. There are 2 important points to keep in mind. First, both parents get to vote. Why?Because the by-laws define "voting members" to be any parent or legal guardian of a player currently registered. Two Parents -- Two Chances to Vote. By the way, for those who are wondering, two kids in the program does NOT get you an extra vote. It's one ballot for each and every parent or legal guardian. Second, it is extremely important that you come and vote. As crazy as this may sound, who is on the Board really does matter and these elections tend to be close. If you don't want to attend the Banquet (and that would be a shame), please stop by and vote anyway. And if for some reason you are not available, please contact a Board member about your ability to cast a ballot without attending. I don't know how the Board will handle the request, but I assume it will be considered. Also, I would like to speak very briefly after the game tomorrow about who is running for Board, etc.

Item 4: What's with the freaky jerseys and bizarr-o head gear on Aaron?



Item 5: Voting on Conquest as Official Team Song is about to close. If you have not yet voted, please do so now. Meanwhile, concerns have already been raised about the validity of the vote. It seems that voting is far in excess of team membership and a preliminary inquiry by a sophisticated forensic computer expert (retained at my own expense) has suggested that a disproportionate number of votes have been cast from in or around West Stockbridge, Mass. More on this story as it develops.