Clemson Wrestling ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 Friends of Clemson Wrestling (FCW) Banquet - Invitation, Speaker Bio, RSVP/Payment Form - (Zipped PDF document) FCW, This year's reunion will be very pivotal in our quest to get Clemson Wrestling back! The goal is to have 250 attendees to the Banquet. It is important that we show Dan Radakovich (Clemson Athletic Director) and the Clemson Board of Trustees that our group is made up of supportive, professional, enthusiastic, and responsible people. Treat this event as if you were trying to land your biggest account. Mr. Radakovich is a businessman and he has been receptive to our presentation. He has many plans for Clemson Athletics and is on record in stating that he plans to add at least 1 sport to the current sports mix and that Title IX is NOT an issue at Clemson. We must represent ourselves and the sport of wrestling as the natural choice. Attached to this email is the 2013 FCW Banquet packet that includes: the invitation, keynote speaker's bio, and RSVP/Payment form. NOTES regarding registration and payment: 1) Please read all document carefully, especially the RSVP/Payment form. 2) The FCW Steering Committee has taken full responsibility and control of the banquet and there are changes from years past. 3) Tim Morrissey will be tracking the attendees list and payment receipts. STEP 8 in the RSVP/Payment form (page 3 of the packet) requires that everyone send the following to Tim on or before Oct 1st: The completed RSVP form, or at least the information from the form, AND The receipt for your donation from The Clemson Fund. Payment for the banquet will be done through The Clemson Fund as a "donation" or "gift", and your fees for the banquet will be covered by your contribution. You must give at least the amount you owe for the banquet, any monies above and beyond what you owe are much appreciated and will be used to cover other banquet expenses. The second attachment to this email is an example - I paid for 3 adults ($75), 2 kids ($20) and gave an extra $10 for a total of $105. If you have any questions or issues with the payment process you can reach out to any of the following: - Tim Morrissey - 864-275-3161, tmorrissey190@yahoo.com - Matt Marcenelle - 912-412-3575, mattmarcenelle@yahoo.com - Frank Devita - 864-230-0429, fdevita@devitainc.com Recap of the past few banquets: 2011 - Military Tradition - we presented a $25,000 check for the Clemson Scroll of Honor - keynote speaker: Lt. General John Sattler, Ret. 2012 - Symbiotic relationship between Football and Wrestling - we presented a $250,000 Pledge if/when wrestling is reinstated - keynote speaker: Stephen Neal, 2X NCAA Wrestling Champ and 2X NFL Super Bowl Champ 2013 - "Wrestling and Its Impact on Business Success" - we will be presenting another $100,000 Pledge - keynote speaker: Mr. Joseph Galli, Jr., ACC Champion for UNC and CEO of TTi, a multi-billion corporation. HOTEL Information: The weekend of Oct 18-19 is the FSU football game. Hotels are hard to come by and prices are escalated. We do have a block of room/suites at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites on I-85 @ exit 19B. There are only suites available. Contact Lorrisa Kincade at 864-226-3312 X518 to make a reservation. If you cannot make it to the banquet, please consider giving to the FCW to help fund future projects. By the way, the funds in this account can only be used for sanctioned Clemson-related projects or events such as the Scroll of Honor, banquets or supporting the Clemson Wrestling Club. No one has access to these funds outside of using them in association with named projects or events. Let's make this the best FCW Banquet ever! Another step in the right direction to Bring Clemson Wrestling Back. Respectfully, Tim Morrissey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear "Friends of Clemson Wrestling": It’s that time of year when your "FCW" steering committee is actively planning the annual Fall event to show support for the reinstatement of the Clemson Wrestling program. This year it will be held Friday evening Oct. 18th, the weekend of the Florida State football game—October 18th and 19th. We are planning to have a golf outing on Friday, and the event will again be held at the Madren center that evening. The times are being finalized but will be roughly the same as last year. Of course, the game will be on Saturday—the time TBA. We are attempting to expand our participation to any other organizations who would love to get involved with our end stated goal for Clemson University to retake its rightful position as the Flag Ship Div I wrestling program in SC. Please spread the word to anyone who would like to help in any way and let them know that their participation is needed and much appreciated. We are sending this early Save the Date email because we would like to have a record turn-out. We have had a very productive ongoing dialogue with the new Athletic Director, Dan Radakovich, who plans to come by the reunion. Thanks to Matt Marcenelle we have another national caliber speaker in Joe Galli a former ACC Champion who wrestled for the University of North Carolina. Joe is now the CEO of the international multi-billion dollar company TTi (yes, that’s with a “b”). You can see his professional bio at: Joe Galli - bio We would like to start getting an approximate head count for planning, so please reply to this email with one of the following in the Subject line: YES MAYBE PROBABLY NOT NO It was great to get to see those of you who attended the event last year—and thanks in advance to all of you for your help in the effort to continue to grow this effort, support Clemson University, and ultimately bring back our sport. Regards, Tim Morrissey Timothy.Morrissey@windstream.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------