Definitely contact the alumni association first. They'll have a list of names and addresses and may agree to send a mailing for her.
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Ken Kirkley <k...@kirkley.net> wrote: > She can always make the 3 hour drive to the Northwoods Gator Club in > Minneapolis! > > I am suprised that Des Moines doesn't have a Gator Club. I know of a few > Gators down that way, I bet her best bet would be to try and start a new > Gator Club. Locate a local sports bar and tell them you will bring 20-30 of > your friends and they will be happy to set aside a place to watch. > > This is Big Televen country, it's not like it's hard to get into a sports > bar on a Saturday... > > *Ken Kirkley* > MN <k...@kirkley.net>Gator > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *ke...@baldwinnc.com > *Sent:* Monday, July 27, 2009 7:15 AM > > *To:* Gatortalk@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [gatortalk] Re: Des Moines > > I spent some time searching for a Gator Club / group there and came up > with nothing. > > she might also try creating a Meetup group at http://www.meetup.com/ > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [gatortalk] Re: Des Moines > From: "jfranl" <jfr...@earthlink.net> > Date: Mon, July 27, 2009 8:01 am > To: <Gatortalk@googlegroups.com> > > *Keith, thanks, I knew there had to be a flaw. I will pass that on. She > says there are die hard fans in Des Moines, take a look:* > ** > *When wearing Gator gear, I've been stopped, or stopped people many, many > times here. I met one guy in the grocery store who bought a hat on campus > and then got on the field and rubbed his hat on the turf! LOL! Now there's > a serious fan!! Cheryl*** > ** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatort...@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *ke...@baldwinnc.com > *Sent:* Monday, July 27, 2009 5:37 AM > *To:* Gatortalk@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [gatortalk] Re: Des Moines > > > > Dang. If she is rich enough to take out a color ad - tell her to move to > Raleigh, NC and she can watch the games at my place ;-) > > > > 1. Contact the local sports bars to see which ones have a gator club > > > > 2. Contact the UF alumni association and tell them that you would like to > to start a club and see if they will hel by sending out notices > > > > <http://www.ufalumni.ufl.edu/GatorClubs/find/> > http://www.ufalumni.ufl.edu/GatorClubs/find/ > > > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [gatortalk] Des Moines > From: "jfranl" <jfr...@earthlink.net> > Date: Sun, July 26, 2009 10:54 pm > To: <Gatortalk@googlegroups.com> > > > *I have a really good Gator friend that lives in Des Moines. Does anyone > know if they have any watching parties and where they may be located? She > already has a plan. I don’t see any flaws, do you guys?* > > *Fran* > > > > Football season....here's my plan: I thought I'd take out a color ad in > the newspaper seeking Gator fans in Des Moines so we could start a Gator > club here. Then I'd see which one of the "new members" that show up, has a > large screen tv. Then the club dues could go towards purchasing a football > package for said person and we could all watch games at that person's > house. How does that sound? Think it would work, or do I have flaws in my > plan? > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
