Introducing, The Red Line!

[CowbellGuy]

The Red Line's website is now active. There's still a lot of content to be added:

http://curedline.com



Post Edited (01-26-04 12:45)

[Will]

I really like the layout, Age, nice job!

[CowbellGuy]

Thanks. I only wish Windows rendered anti-aliased text like Macs. Looks much better :-)

[Ben Doyle 03]

you ARE in ILR aren't you? ... that would be your library  ::screwy::

[atb9]

[Q]So it's a hockey fan club?[/Q]

Jordan, thanks for the question, because we think it is an important one.

We believe that to call the CHA a fan club and we believe (hope) that to call our young organization a fan club does not tell the entire story.  We expect that our club will be filled with hockey fans and I'd like to meet other fans through a more personal forum than just eLynah, but we're not going to sit around this afternoon and just lament about this weekends loss.

I think we can all agree that there are some policies assoiciated with the distribution of tickets, inconsistent enforcement of rink rules, etc. that not every student agrees with.  One of our goals is to work with the SA and with athletics so that policy is created by students, administrators, and student Faithful.  The only way the student Faithful can expect to be heard during the creation of policy is if they are organized and present one strong voice.

The CHA allows student membership but many of the issues that they deal with are not student related.  Also, because the majority of the membership of the CHA is made up of alumni, The Red Line will be able to accomplish different things on a different time; students don't have 60 hour a week jobs, a family to support, a home to take care of, etc.  With that said, the CHA has given us their blessing and we will encourage our members to join the CHA.  We would like to develop student fans that are active on campus so that when they graduate from Cornell, they can quickly become active as alumni boosters with the CHA.

The important point though is that our first meeting is this Monday and one of our main discussion points is going to be what direction would you like to see the organization go in?  How can we, as students, make life better for the hockey players and the coaches and how can we at the same time make the Lynah experience more enjoyable for students?  I don't think it is just coming up with new cheers...

We hope that generally answered the question and we hope to see you all at Kaufman Auditorium in Goldwin Smith Hall at 5 pm today!



Post Edited (01-26-04 15:16)

[atb9]

Here is the agenda...I added some notes from the meeting

The Red Line
www.curedline.com
Monday, January 26, 2004
AGENDA

I. Introduction, Founding members

Adam Brown - atb9@cornell.edu
Justin Nachod - jan35@cornell.edu
Fred Trinkoff - fct2@cornell.edu
Avash Kalra - ak284@cornell.edu
Ari Baum - alb69@cornell.edu
Age Manocchia - am33@cornell.edu

b. Why the Red Line was founded

c. Goals for the rest of the semester

100 members, plan a road trip, build ties to the hockey program and its boosters

II. Membership Introduction

18 people showed up for the first ever meeting of The Red Line, including five of the six founding members.  Thank you!!!  Hope to see you Feb 9th!

III. Possible Bus Trips

a. RPI, Feb. 20

b. ECAC Championships, March 19 & 20

IV. Floor Hockey Intramurals as a way for membership to meet each other?

V. Open Floor

- Pregame get together for students as a way to encourage them to arrive to the game on time

- Create a pamphlet with the history of Cornell hockey and the words to the more popular cheers for new fans

- Anniversary celebration

VI. Next Meeting: Feb. 9 at 5 pm



Post Edited (01-26-04 18:27)

[Josh '99]

Adam Brown wrote:
IV. Floor Hockey Intramurals as a way for membership to meet each other?

Damn...  NOW I wish this had existed when I was a student!  :-D

[Will]

Good introductory meeting today.  We definitely need more members, though.

Anyone else realize that the web URL could be mistaken for "Cured Line"? :-P

[Section A]

The meeting did go well. Everyone tell as many people as you can about this, and hopefully they can tell even more. It would be great to get to that goal of 100 and possibly even beyond.

And if people who weren't able to make it to the meeting (including non-students/alumni), any suggestions or comments would be welcome either on this thread or via email to any of the addresses Adam provided.

Thanks :-)

[CowbellGuy]

I'm writing up a summary of the meeting now and will post it shortly to the website. I've also got an audio recording of it, but everything should be covered in the summary. If anyone really wants to hear it, let me know and I can post it.

[CowbellGuy]

Meeting summary is posted, click the Meetings link on the website.

[Will]

Has the listserv been started up yet?

[CowbellGuy]

Just sorting out the details. I'll probably post instructions before the Rangers game is over :-D

[Will]

Cowbell Guy wrote:

Just sorting out the details. I'll probably post instructions before the Rangers game is over :-D

Acknowledged.  Didn't mean to rush you, take your time. :-)

[atb9]

OftGwgRoV:

email me at atb9@cornell.edu

thanks!