Storm Updates

Communication is key to having everyone on the same page, happy moms and a successful season. We need your help. Please read the article below.

Just a few more weeks and we will be in hot gyms listening to squeaking noises from sneakers making sharp cuts on the gym floor, we will enjoy the aroma from a great combination of fresh sweating bodies and shirts that have been worn day after day and stuffed into gym bags for the next practice. Now my heart is racing, I can't wait.
Tim Flatt

Communication
This morning I had the opportunity to meet with Coach Roth and the boys JR High team at Mitch Park in Edmond at 9:00 AM. There were a number of parents there that were present who are not receiving my e-mail updates. Communication is very important as this looks to be a very busy year. I thought it would be good if we can all work together to open the communication lines up. The problem in communicating is that so much of the e-mail ends up in spam filters or junk mail Let me first outline how we will attempt to communicate and how you can make sure you get the latest info:1) OKC Storm Blog -- the web address is http://www.okcstorm.blogspot.com you can check it on a regular basis or you can sign up for the e-mail update (make sure you confirm the sign up e-mail that you will receive) or an RSS feed (if you understand that if not, it would be a great project to learn it is the fastest and best communication on the web).2) The Nationals Blog - the web address is http://www.basketballnationals.blogspot.com I would recommend the same sign up procedure.3) The Storm e-mail list - The last mailing of 120 was only open and read by 63 people, which means a lot is being lost in spam and junk mail, so I would recommend that if you aren't receiving an e-mail a week that you set up a separate free e-mail at either yahoo, google or hotmail and then forward the e-mail to your main e-mail. Then send me your new e-mail tim@flattmail.com

You should be getting an e-mail each week between Nationals and Storm right now. One other good idea is if you have multiple e-mail addresses in your family have everyone sign up.
If you could forward this e-mail to other Storm families who are not getting updates and new families that would really help.
Eagle Forum
After my meeting in the park I was a guest on Eagle Forum Radio Show. It was really great during the hour show we have calls from 8 states (NE, OK, MO, CA, WA, NJ, FL and IL -I think I got them all). What was great was there was a homeshcool mom from OKC that called in that wants here 3 children to join the Storm and a team from NJ called in that wants to come to Nationals for the first time. The show should be in podcast form and/archived if you would like to hear it. The site is http://eagleforum.org
Storm Hotel Coordinator
Alison Goodwin that will be the Storm Hotel Coordinator not Allison Harper. Allison's email address is alihgood@gmail.com

Varsity will start "conditioning workouts" Sept 15th at the Lighthouse. That sounds little scary "conditioning workouts" but it really isn't that big of a deal. The players that work hard in the summer can usually finish the practice without bending over a garbage can.