Doug Grow to Speak at Spring Chapter Meeting May 22
The meeting will be at the Grace University Lutheran Church, 324 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, 612-331-0125. Parking is in lot AA, across Harvard Street from the church. The group will attend the Twins-Brewers game in the afternoon. Members are invited to submit a proposal to make a research presentation at the meeting. Proposals must be made in writing (e-mail is fine) to Research Committee Chair Rich Arpi, 2445 Londin Lane East, Unit 410, Maplewood, Minnesota 55119-5547, rwaces@cs.com, and should include a title and brief outline of what the presentation will consist of with emphasis on the research that will be included. Standard presentations are 20 minutes (with an additional eight minutes for questions) although the duration may be longer or shorter depending on the needs of the presenter and of the schedule. The Research Committee (which also consists of Tom Swift, Dan Levitt, Cary Smith, Bob Tholkes, and Stew Thornley) will finalize the schedule of research presentations by May 8, two weeks before the meeting, so proposals must be submitted by then. Two research presentations have been scheduled:
Registration for the meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. with opening ceremonies, hosted by Howard Luloff, starting at 9:00. The research presentations will take place in the morning with Doug Grow appearing from 10:30 to noon. The business meeting will be held during lunch between noon and 1 p.m., and another research presentation may be held before the group leaves for Target Field for the Twins-Brewers game. Tickets for the game are $17 each. To attend the game, send a check payable to Halsey Hall SABR by April 30 to Howard Luloff, 2509 Princeton Court, St. Louis Park 55416. Registration for the meeting is $8, which includes lunch. There is also a meeting-only price of $5. Those wanting lunch must RSVP to Howard Luloff at 952-922-5036, hfan77@webtv.net, by May 15. During the business meeting, three members will be elected to the chapters board of directors. Anyone interested in running for a two-year term may contact Nominating Committee Chair Art Mugalian at 612-721-2825, amugalian@comcast.net. Candidates may want to mark their calendars for Sunday, June 6, when the chapter board of directors will meet and elect officers for the 2010-2011 year. The board meeting will be at 6:00 p.m. at the home of Kevin Hennessy in St. Paul. At this meeting, the incoming board members and holdover board members will elect, from among themselves, a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer to a one-year term that will begin July 1. (A description of the duties for these offices is at http://halseyhall.org/bylaws#procedures.) Other than the elections at this board meeting, only the outgoing and holdover board members will be allowed to vote on chapter business because the board term of the incoming members will not begin until July 1. Other Upcoming Events: The Halsey Hall Chapter Book Club will meet next on Saturday, June 5 at 9:30 a.m. to discuss two books about Willie Mays: Willies Time: Baseballs Golden Age by Charles Einstein and Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend by James S. Hirsch. The book club will meet at its usual spot, the café area of Barnes & Noble in Har Mar Mall in Roseville. The Research Committee will meet Sunday, May 2 at 6 p.m. at Perkins in Edina.
The awards will be presented Wednesday, May 12 at the Center for the Humanities in St. Paul, and the results will posted on the web site after the awards ceremony.
May 2Research Committee Meeting. For more information, contact Rich Arpi, 651-739-6986, rich.arpi@comcast.net. May 22Spring Chapter Meeting, Grace University Lutheran Church, Minneapolis. For more information, contact Howard Luloff, 952-922-5036, Hfan77@webtv.net. June 5Book Club Meeting, Barnes & Noble, Har Mar Mall, Roseville, 9:30 a.m., Willies Time: Baseballs Golden Age by Charles Einstein and Willie Mays: The Life, The Legend by James S. Hirsch. For more information, contact Tom Dolen, 651-483-8617, or Art Mugalian, 612-721-2825, amugalian@comcast.net. June 6Halsey Hall Chapter Board Meeting, 6 p.m. For more information, contact Kevin Hennessy, 651-651-492-2298, kwhennes@ties2.net. Halsey Hall Chapter Web Page: http://halseyhall.org
Past issues of The Holy Cow! are available at http://halseyhall.org/pubs/holy.html
Chapter History: http://halseyhall.org/officers_history.html
Chapter Procedures and By-Laws: http://halseyhall.org/bylaws.html
Society for American Baseball Research: http://sabr.org
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