Illinois Open Series Publicity

[drdye]

I gotta hand it to you, bruce... You have come up with some pretty neat ideas but I think this one crowns them all!

Thank you.  When I originally came up with this idea I thought over time we could work it to seize control of the international monetary system.    But then I sat down, took off the tin foil hat, did the math and realized that we really wouldn't have the monetary power to seize control of anything bigger than Jim's car.    

But, the idea is still cool.  It just needed to sit on the back burner until the year I'd be doing nine or ten tournaments.  Factored over nine or ten tournaments this costs about one entry fee at each event.  I hope that guy shows up every time!

HAHAHAHA  Bruce you crack me up!!!     I will help you take over Jims car if you'd like.  I am in the market for one!!!





I agree, Bruce, Jon, Brett, you guys come up with some great ideas.

[CEValkyrie]

Waukegan
Libertyville
Mundelein
Round Lake
Crystal Lake
Buffalo Grove
Lombard- Madison Meadows
Lombard- Commons
Olympia Fields
Mokena

[Jon Brakel]

Illinois Open web page has been updated to include links to individual pages for each leg of the series. I haven't added any content yet except for a mapquest link to a street map to help locate the course. I'm going to add tournament course notes, course pictures and course score card as they are available.

Thanks to everyone who has put up flyers in the last week or so! The web page is getting more hits and I've gotten a few phone calls just today from flyers that were put up.

Grass roots marketing works!!!  

[Bruce Brakel]

Barratt White took some schedules from me so she could point out the IOS to her homeboys.  So did a guy from DeKalb.  Since I was playing Pro2-Silver today i had several opportunities to chat with Pro 2 players and i pointed out that our five tournaments [2 MDGOs and 3 IOS] are about the only five tournaments in the midwest offering Pro 2.  I explained that Pro 2 is on Saturday.  They could make money Saturday while practicing the course and then let it ride on sunday.  They liked that concept.  

The Wisconsin guys were huffy about us running against their unsanctioned events.  I told them that we scheduled around the sanctioned stuff and we had no way of knowing when Wisconsin is running below-the-radar unsanctioned stuff.  Isn't there unsanctioned stuff every weekend?  There is at Bevier!  That calmed them down a little.

I finished in the top 1/3rd of Silver with a rating that puts me in the bottom 1/10th so i did ok.  Based on the DGLO 2003 ratings I shot a 962 and a 943.  I have to feel good about that.  

[Bruce Brakel]

Everyone I explained the brass cash to thought it was the coolest thing.  The brass cash pays for itself if 5% of it is collected and saved for its coolness value.  That could happen.  

remember, it all expires on January 1, 2005.  If there are any poker players out there wanting cool poker chips, talk to me January 1, 2005.

[CEValkyrie]

Jon gave Brian Cummings flyers when we played Mokena on Saturday. In return, we are passing out flyers for the Oly Spring Fling on April 25th.

[mirth]

Should put one up in the case @ bevier.

[CEValkyrie]

Should put one up in the case @ bevier.

Yes, I forgot on Sunday.

[SERG]

Waukegan
Libertyville
Mundelein
Round Lake
Crystal Lake
Buffalo Grove
Lombard- Madison Meadows
Lombard- Commons
Olympia Fields
Mokena

You can add Parkside to the list.

[CEValkyrie]

Waukegan
Libertyville
Mundelein
Round Lake
Crystal Lake
Buffalo Grove
Lombard- Madison Meadows
Lombard- Commons
Olympia Fields
Mokena
Kenosha



Thanks Sergio!!!!

[Jon Brakel]

You can take BG off the list. Its fairly obvious that its park employees that take the signs down because they are careful to take down all the tape as well. They are relentless in taking down signs, but they don't call "the offender" who would be me. I might start putting up a plain paper flyer every Friday evening figuring it might last until Monday.

[Bruce Brakel]

Kelsey, Kira and I hit the resale shops Saturday looking for some knickerizable pants.  We also founds some little frames that would be good for displaying a mint set of brass cash.

I called the manufacturer today to give them a credit card number because I did not have it when I placed my order and the guy who answered the phone told me that my coins were being pressed even as we spoke.  He could hear the machine running.  So I asked if they would come in paper or plastic rolls and he said that they would just come in buckets.

This was slightly disappointing because technically none of them will be "mint" when we receive them.  So Kelsey had an idea.  Instead of labeling them "mint sets," she suggested putting a drop of mint oil on each frame and calling them "minty sets."  

So we did find some knickerizable pants.  Kelsey tried to make these hideous black and orange striped eye stabbers using my disc dyes.  The black and orange did not stay where she put it and now I have these orangish pants with smoky swirls.

[CEValkyrie]

Posted on several forums

PDGA Discussion Board
http://www.pdga.com/

Minnesota Frisbee Asociation
http://www.mfaonline.org/

Des Moines Disc Golf Club
http://www.dsmdiscgolf.org/

Joliet Disc Golf
http://www.jolietdiscgolf.com/

Bloomington, IN Disc Golf Club
http://www.bdgc.org/

Gateway Disc Sports
http://www.gdstour.com/stlCourses/creve.html

[CEValkyrie]

Another.

Columbus Flyers Disc Golf Club
http://www.columbusdiscgolf.com/

[Jon Brakel]

Wilbur has updated the calendar at illinoisdiscgolf.com to reflect the upgrade to B-tier for Amateur divisions for the IO Series.

[airspuds]

streamwood has one on 1  
and i put one up on 2

[Jon Brakel]

streamwood has one on 1  
and i put one up on 2

Thank you for your support!    

[CEValkyrie]

Waukegan, IL
Libertyville, IL
Mundelein, IL
Round Lake, IL
Crystal Lake, IL
Buffalo Grove, IL
Lombard, IL - Madison Meadows
Lombard, IL - Commons
Olympia Fields, IL
Mokena, IL
Streamwood, IL
Kenosha, WI

[airspuds]

streamwood pics
http://photos.yahoo.com/airspuds@sbcglobal.net

[Jon Brakel]

streamwood pics
http://photos.yahoo.com/airspuds@sbcglobal.net

Nice pictures. I like the early morning sun.