<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Sorry for delay. Now that I'm in Texas, it's a little bit more of an complex outing to get to Chicago then when I could just drive from Indy for the weekend. I was hoping to be able to get agreement from my wife on dates but she is still waiting to hear on availability from people that she wants to visit if we fly up to Midwest. Rather than hold things up, I'll just say that I don't have conflicts for any of the possible weekends but there's a decent chance I will need to call in rather than attend in person. I think there's a stronger chance that the 14/15 weekend might make in person attendance more possible but can't guarantee it.</div><div><br></div><div>Jim</div><div><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Jan 15, 2015, at 3:39 PM, Blocker, Mark B. <<a href="mailto:mblocker@sidley.com">mblocker@sidley.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> announce [<a href="mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net">mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com">springkerb@aol.com</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 15, 2015 3:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [USML Announce] USML - 2015 Season Kickoff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I have no currently known conflicts on any of those dates.<br>
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From: Mark Blocker <<a href="mailto:blockermark@gmail.com">blockermark@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: USML <<a href="mailto:announce@usml.net">announce@usml.net</a>><br>
Sent: Mon, Jan 12, 2015 9:11 pm<br>
Subject: [USML Announce] USML - 2015 Season Kickoff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Yes, its time to get things underway for the 2015 season, our 27th season in existence. First order of business: we need to pick a draft
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> Please let me know which of those dates will work for you. Putting my cards on the table, I will be out of town and unavailable from
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