Well done, Tom & Mark! We have a great group of players committed so far. However, more effort is needed and will be put in for the next few weeks. I agree with Scott, we need to grab those cheap airfares before they're gone. Arranging a few scrimmage game before the tournament will no be a bad idea also. Ken Li 972-652-1246 > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Bao [SMTP:sbao@cisco.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 9:56 AM > To: Tom Zheng > Cc: Chen, Mark; dragon@ez.swmed.edu; league@rsn.hp.com > Subject: Re: grand 02 > > Hi All, > > We should organize and formalize this grand thing ASAP. One thing we need > to do RIGHT NOW is to book the airline ticket, > the sooner the better. My Tiger friends have already booked their flight. > I assume for most people , this flight schedule will be > sound: > Leave DFW August 30, Friday afternoon/evening. > Return from CMH September 2, Monday morning. > > I did a quick search and found the cheapest non-stop flight was $178. > Mark said $159 and I could not find one like that. > > > Go North Dallas United !!! Is that should be our team name ? > > > -Scott > > > > Tom Zheng wrote: > > Mark, > > That's one superb list of players you got there It's a definite go > for Dalla. > > It's time to start on the preparation works, for the start, here are > > several things we may consider: > > - we could reuse the "swsoccer@rsn.hp.com" list we used last year > for anything grand related, everyone can be put there from > the two teams as well others, we can start with the list and > our recruiting prospects > > - we need to identify the tasks and find volunteers, last year > BinBin and Tim had done a great job on managing the lodging and > finance, we will see if they will be willing to step up again > > - we may want to get the team to play couple scrimmages together to > let players get to know each other > > - we need to continue to work on those who haven't made the decision > > > I am pretty sure there will be more things to discuss and to decide, > > and good thing is that this time around we have plenty time before > the tournament. I can get the list started first, I think I > have most of the emails except the following: > > > 5. Shen, Steve > > 6. Shen, Steve's Friend > > 8. Wang, ZhiGao > > 9. Chen, Jun > > 10. Cheng, HeiKwan (my friend in DC) > > I will also add Lao Tim in. > > Good work, Mark! Let's work together to make this trip even better > than last year's one. > > -- > |-Tom Zheng tzheng@rsn.hp.com Hewlett-Packard WORK : > (972)497-4202| > |-Platform Software Architecture Laboratory TELNET: > (+1)497-4202| > |-P.O. BOX 833851, Richardson, TX, 75083-3851 FAX : > (972)497-4245| > > |_______________________________________________________________________| > > On 0, "Chen, Mark" <MChen@Santera.com> wrote: > > Tom, > > > > I apologize for getting your email so late. Here is a list of > players from my end: > > > > 1. Chen, Si > > 2. Eric, Zhang > > 3. Han, Ray > > 4. Wang, BinBing > > 5. Shen, Steve > > 6. Shen, Steve's Friend > > 7. Bao, Scott > > 8. Wang, ZhiGao > > 9. Chen, Jun > > 10. Cheng, HeiKwan (my friend in DC) > > > > 11. Cai, Dick (Most likely, 1st/last talk with wife) > > 12. Wei, Li (highly likely, keep on charging) > > 13. Gang, Chen (still trying....) > > 14. Su, XianDong (need some support from ....) > > 15. Dong, Jian (60% will go, depending on ?.....) > > > > > > Unfortunately, Zhou Ge just sent me an email indicating he will > not be going with us. > > > > However, from what we have seen, we do have a team and we are > GOING!!! > > > > > > Go Dallas, > > Chen, Si > > > > PS, last time I checked airfare is somewhere around $150 round > trip. Also a team Doctor is semi-volunteered, assume the airfare might be > covered. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tom Zheng [ <mailto:tzheng@rsn.hp.com>] > > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 11:59 AM > > To: Chen, Mark > > Cc: Tom Zheng > > Subject: Re: grand 02 > > > > > > Mark, > > > > The grand team looks in pretty shape right now, I have the > > following who had committed(ok, anything can happen as what Xiao > Luo > > had encountered), some of them had started to book airline tickets > now:-) > > > > Ken, Tom, Yi, Andy, Dagang, > > BinWang, Yimou, Liyi, Dentist, WanShan, > > Joseph > > > > Other prospects still have to be worked on but having a chance: > > > > Long,Xiang(waiting for wife be back next couple weeks for > confirmation) > > Jilin(company issue?) > > Alex&Tom(two from utd) > > > > Charlie will make decision depends on status of Wisconsin team. > > > > Again, we will try to locate LuZi at somewhere:-) > > > > Did I hear 12 players from the Dragon team had committed last > thursday? > > If so, that is a wonderful news. I think it may be the good time > to put > > the committed players together to kick off the grand team, and > continue > > to work on those who are still unsure. > > > > Rumors floading around that teams from east coast are very strong > so > > we need to get as many legs we can get. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -- > > |-Tom Zheng tzheng@rsn.hp.com Hewlett-Packard WORK : > (972)497-4202| > > |-Platform Software Architecture Laboratory TELNET: > (+1)497-4202| > > |-P.O. BOX 833851, Richardson, TX, 75083-3851 FAX : > (972)497-4245| > > > |_______________________________________________________________________| > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------- > Scott Bao | | fax: > 469-255-5370 > Cisco Systems, Inc .|||. .|||. > voice: 469-255-4176 > 2200 E. 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