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Hiza Geri Member Since: 11/6/04 Posts: 2863	As of today, the Alabama Grapplers Association is an official non-profit corporation, organized under the laws of the State of Alabama!! The website is soon to be up, and look for a tournament in March in the Birmingham metro area.

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KeithRL Member Since: 4/27/06 Posts: 385	Congrats on getting this set up! Hopefully this can be a positive avenue for competition and communication between the various gyms in the state! You have ignored this user.

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Hiza Geri Member Since: 11/6/04 Posts: 2864	Please leave contact info for the various gyms here. As soon as the website is up, we will request all those who want to be on the mailing list to submit their email addies. You have ignored this user.

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jaydoug Member Since: 1/3/09 Posts: 6	just no-gi or both? You have ignored this user.

1/28/09 3:10 AM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
Josh J 2 Member Since: 1/4/09 Posts: 30	Awesome. Maybe now we can have a real "Alabama State Championships" event that isn't ran by a school just so that school can promote themselves. You have ignored this user.

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Stranglehold26 22 Member Since: 1/31/04 Posts: 6195	^^^^exactly the reason it was started! I believe it will be gi and no-gi, but that is just what I heard, not sure. You have ignored this user.

1/28/09 6:52 AM

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Hiza Geri Member Since: 11/6/04 Posts: 2865

Right now, the tournaments will be either gi or no-gi, not both on the same date. Too much of a problem. In the future, we may have some 2 day tournaments, to fit in both. This first one will be no-gi. It will be double elim; you don't have to drive to Atlanta, get beat once, and drive home. We are working on a possible round robin setup, and we may test run that AFTER the double elims are done (so don't leave right after your bracket!!) I think I've posted this before, but the directors are myself, John Salter, James Srygley, and Larry Beard (the US representative of Yudo (the Korean branch of Judo)- based at Jax State. We ARE in it for the sport, not for ourselves. As for state championships, we are looking at awarding points throughout the year to the competitors based on how they perform at each tournament, and then having an invitational at the end of the year to determine the TRUE AL State Champs. We are hoping to have enough membership to not have to charge the competitors for that one. You have ignored this user.

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Stranglehold26 22 Member Since: 1/31/04 Posts: 6196	what is going to be amazing is the amount of media coverage this tournament will get as opposed to the other one...wierd how that is gonna work out. You have ignored this user.

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bigmills008 1 Member Since: 7/5/05 Posts: 3943	Port City MMA will support this 100%. Let me know what I need to do to get registered. You have ignored this user.

1/28/09 8:35 PM

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Hiza Geri Member Since: 11/6/04 Posts: 2868

Hopefully, it will be up within a week. Basically, it works like this: we want to throw tournies at cost. This is how we are working it right now; there is a yearly membership fee of $50.00. We are hoping that the tournament fees will be $20.00 (we are VERY confident it will be this way). So, the first tourney you sign up for will be, effectively, $70.00, but the rest will be only $20.00 (keep in mind each are double elim or round robin tournies). Also, the members in good standing will be able to elect the 5th, "floating" member of the Board of Directors. This Board member will serve for a year, before the next election. Obviously, the more members your school has, the more of a chance your candidate will be elected. Details will be on the website; basically, full members are citizens of Alabama AND the US, and candidates for the floating Board Member must be the same. You have ignored this user.

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Josh J 2 Member Since: 1/4/09 Posts: 31	What will be expected of the "floating" board member? You have ignored this user.

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Stranglehold26 22 Member Since: 1/31/04 Posts: 6198	there is growing pressure from the media to elect Stranglehold as the new board member. You have ignored this user.

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Hiza Geri Member Since: 11/6/04 Posts: 2869	Josh J - What will be expected of the "floating" board member? Basically, show up to the Board meetings and vote on the business before the Board, bring up items to discuss, etc. The fiduciary duties required of all Board members. You have ignored this user.

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Hiza Geri Member Since: 11/6/04 Posts: 2870	Basically, the "floating Board member" is a way for the membership to help steer the direction of the org, aside from just picking up the phone and calling one of us, posting, emailing, etc. Our by-laws have provisions for membership, voting, discipline, elections, etc. Any comments and the like are welcome. You have ignored this user.

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Alex Harkins Member Since: 5/24/08 Posts: 92	NWO for life!!!! You have ignored this user.

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Hiza Geri Member Since: 11/6/04 Posts: 2872	You are testing the last sentence, padawan... You have ignored this user.

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FCFBlazer Member Since: 11/2/04 Posts: 16887	nWo "WE'RE TAKING OVER!!!!" 4 life You have ignored this user.

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BlazerinTraining Member Since: 3/30/08 Posts: 268	As the new "acting floating board" member I would like to make 3 statements... 1. Strangle will only bring embarrassment 2. You should invite those guys from Spartan... 3. I will not only be a board member but will also compete if we have tshirts. Thank you for your time You have ignored this user.

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BlazerinTraining Member Since: 3/30/08 Posts: 271	lightning kickbox killed it....? You have ignored this user.

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PhenomPromos 29 Member Since: 7/27/06 Posts: 1526	is the tourney still on? a friend of mine was wondering. You have ignored this user.

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Hiza Geri Member Since: 11/6/04 Posts: 2893	yes, yes, yes... coming soon You have ignored this user.

2/20/09 5:46 PM

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Josh J 2 Member Since: 1/4/09 Posts: 40

You may want to wait until April. Naga is in March, as is the Rickson seminar in TN. Between those two a lot of grapplers will skip your event. I know that man of the Triad people, including some of the best, wont' be able to make it. I'd think it would be best to have it at a time when as many people can come as possible. I think the first event with a new organization sets the tone for the ones that follow. You have ignored this user.

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Hiza Geri Member Since: 11/6/04 Posts: 2894	It is looking like the 2nd week in April. You have ignored this user.

2/20/09 10:14 PM	Ignore | Quote | Edit | Warn Admin | Vote Down | Vote Up | Delete Post
Josh J 2 Member Since: 1/4/09 Posts: 42	Sweet. Unless that is the same weekend as Golden Gloves I will be there. You have ignored this user.

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FCFBlazer Member Since: 11/2/04 Posts: 16890	I accept the bye in the first round of the bracket.  Actually, I want a special challenge match with Leif, and I'll soccer kick him, and then complain that i didn't know the rules weren't PrideFC rules.  You have ignored this user.

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