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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I am absolutely in.  I will be sending an email seeking to select a draft date in the next day or two.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Richard Robbins [mailto:rerobbins@itinker.net]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 14, 2014 5:53 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Andy Klein<br>
<b>Cc:</b> USML Announcements; Jeffrey Winick; Brad Jansen; John Fruit; Blocker, Mark B.<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: USML - A Plea<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Sorry for the late reply, I'm in.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Andy Klein <<a href="mailto:anrklein@gmail.com" target="_blank">anrklein@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:black">I’m not sure quite how to start this note, so I’ll get right to the point.  I’m writing with hope that we can set aside any ill feelings from the 2013 USML season and begin planning our league’s
 26th season.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:black">Many of us have been part of this group for more than half our lives.  The league has survived longer than an average marriage.  Like any family, we have fought, fumed, and argued – sometimes with
 remarkable intensity.  But we’ve also had a lot of fun and shared many of our lives’ most important events together.  Without the league to connect us, I doubt we would have maintained friendships the way we have for so many years.   To me, it would be beyond
 sad to lose that, and it depresses me to think about a summer without the USML.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:black">I am not trying to diminish any hurt feelings from last year.  Rather, I am pleading with everyone to do his best to put it in the past and move forward.  A few suggestions …</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:black">1.         Let’s have Mark B. will start the annual process of picking a draft date for the spring.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:black">2.         No apologies, no revisiting old issues, no looking back.  Let’s buy our software (or in my case a magazine) and start putting together rosters.  </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:black">3.         If others think it would help, I am open to instituting a “no comment” custom on future trades.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:black">4.         If someone still won’t play, I might propose holding a franchise “open” for the year.  Personally, I’d rather play with a smaller group this year than lose anyone for the long term.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:black">Thanks for listening.  I’m open to any other suggestions that moves us ahead. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue","serif";color:black">-Andy</span><span style="color:#888888"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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