OS.Members -OS - Newport, email, lost and found

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:28:01 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

<head><style>body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;}</style><style>body{font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;background-color: #ffffff;color: black;}</style></head><body id="compText"><pre>Greetings, A couple of items: </pre>
 Varsity Parents - Newport 
 registration: Registration and payment for the upcoming Newport regatta 
 need to be completed by Wednesday, October 
 29.&nbsp; There is information on the www.oaklandstrokes.org web 
 page.&nbsp; Register rowers at Blue Sombrero; parents who are going as 
 chaperones and parents who are staying at the team hotel pay by check.&nbsp; 
 We are trying to move away from payment by check, but hadn't mastered the 
 ability to charge three different prices on Blue Sombrero in time for this 
 regatta.&nbsp; The amount of work (done completely by parent volunteers) to 
 collect checks is staggering.&nbsp; We have to collect the 
 checks, track 
 down parents who don't pay on time, and 
 then our (volunteer) treasurer has to log each check and make deposits. In 
 order to make Strokes run efficiently, we have to automate wherever we 
 can.&nbsp; Thanks for your understanding.
 E-mail:&nbsp; As you've 
 noticed, e-mail is a critical means of communication.&nbsp; We need to be sure 
 we are reaching every family with day-to-day information as well as unexpected 
 news, like the closure of the freeway that happened last week.&nbsp; If you've 
 received this e-mail twice -- once from the OS mailman account and once from 
 Blue Sombrero -- you don't need to do anything else.&nbsp; If you received it 
 only once, then you need to make sure your preferred e-mail address(es) are on 
 BOTH the OS mailman account and the Blue Sombrero list.&nbsp; Why two 
 lists?&nbsp; The OS mailman account is much broader - it includes some alumni, 
 board members, outside volunteers, etc., as well as the current team 
 members.&nbsp; The Blue Sombrero list has only the current teams and we can 
 send out e-mails to certain teams if we need to, rather than a bulk e-mail to 
 everyone.&nbsp;&nbsp; Until we're sure everyone is on both lists, we have to keep sending out bulk e-mails on both. 
 If 
 you're not on the OS mailman list, go to the oaklandstrokes.org page and sign 
 up, asap.&nbsp; Here's the link:&nbsp; 
 http://lists.oaklandstrokes.org/mailman/listinfo/os.members.&nbsp; If you're not getting e-mails from Blue Sombrero, log onto your www.bluesombrero.com/oaklandstrokes account and click on the "edit" button next to your name.&nbsp; There you can add or modify e-mail addresses for you, the secondary contact and/or your athlete. 
 Lost and Found: Also on 
 the www.oaklandstrokes.org site is a lost and found site.&nbsp; This is the 
 place to post a notice about all those misplaced sweatshirts, phones, etc., 
 and to reunite those lost items with their owners.&nbsp; 
 
 Measure WW&nbsp; EBRPD 
 Open Space Bond Measure Expansion:&nbsp; We are urging eligible voters 
 to cast a "yes" vote for Measure WW on the November 4 ballot.&nbsp; 
 Support for Measure WW will allow the Park District 
to&nbsp;fund&nbsp;$12.3 million for improvements in the Tidewater Shoreline Park 
area, where&nbsp;our new boathouse will be built.&nbsp; Information on the measure is available on the East Bay Regional Parks 
 website:&nbsp; www.ebparks.org.
 Thanks - let us know if you have any questions.&nbsp; Go 
 Strokes!!!
 Evan 
 and Annie - co-presidents</body>