OSU Alumni Club of Greater Cleveland

The Greater Cleveland Alumni Club will be hosting their 58th Annual Football Banquet to benefit the scholarship fund. The event will be held Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at Windows On The River located in The Powerhouse-Nautica in The Flats, Cleveland.  Banquet will be held from 6:00pm-9:00pm. Coach Tressel, Greater Cleveland area players and other guests will be present. Our silent auction will also be up and running. The cost will be:

Brian Thiry has volunteered to be in charge of the football ticket exchange this year. If you have tickets you cannot use or are looking for tickets for a particular game, get in touch with Brian (440-845-7345 or bethiry@yahoo.com).

How It Works

Buyers place their names on the waiting list for the games they want. When sellers have tickets to sell, the exchange coordinator will give the seller the first name on the buyers list. The seller will call or e-mail the buyer, and they will make their own arrangements for the sale/trade. As it gets closer to game day, the coordinator may choose to give the seller multiple names in case one or more of the potential buyers is not reachable in a reasonable amount of time.

The Rules

• Participation in the ticket exchange is a perk of club membership, and thus listing on the buyer list is limited to members of the club. However, nonmembers may list their tickets for sale.
• Tickets MUST be sold at face value or exchanged for an equal number of tickets for another game. Anyone reported as attempting to profit from ticket sales through this forum will be forever banned from participation in the ticket exchange — this includes buyers buying for resale at a higher price.
• The club is NOT RESPONSIBLE for any sale or exchange arrangements between buyers and sellers. We only put ticket sellers in touch with member buyers. If you encounter a problem, you must resolve it on your own. However, please do let the coordinator know that there was a problem so that the offending participant can be banned from future participation in the ticket exchange, if necessary.
• You may place your name on the waiting list for only two games per season.
• Buyers and sellers BOTH must inform the coordinator when a sale or exchange is arranged so that their names can be removed from the list for that game. Buyers must also notify the coordinator to remove their names from the list if they acquire tickets through other means and no longer want to be listed as a buyer for a particular game. It is a waste of everyone’s time for a seller to contact a buyer only to find out that they no longer need tickets. Buyers who do not inform the coordinator of a change in their status for a game may be banned from future participation in the ticket exchange.
• The ticket exchange coordinator retains the right to parcel out buyer names to sellers in whatever manner her or she determines is fair, whether it is first-come, first-served, lottery, or any other manner.

Our club is partnering with Coats For Kids for the Fall Football Banquet as a community service project. There are a few different ways for The Greater Cleveland Buckeyes to help out:

1.     You can bring a new or like new child’s size coat to the Football Banquet on November 24th and place it in the donation container which will be at Window’s;

2.     You can bring a check to the banquet and place it in the donation box which will be at the registration table. Please make out your check to Coats For Kids-Cleveland and write OSU Alumni on the memo line; or

3.     You can mail your check to:       Coats For Kids-Cleveland

P.O. Box 74767

Cleveland, OH 44194

Our annual scholars reception will be held Wednesday, May 13 at Stages Restaurant at The Cleveland Playhouse, 8501 Carnegie Road, Cleveland, OH 44106.  Start time is 6:30pm (please note this is not a dinner).

Our club sponsors one major scholarship recipient each year, and the OSUAA in Columbus gives a number of grant to Cuyahoga County students, and some of those will also attend.  All Club members are welcome to attend this event.  Eugene C. Braig IV, a Stone Lab Expert, will be the speaker at the Scholars Reception.   

No cost, but RSVPs are required by May 1 to Barbara Snyder at OSUCLECLUB@aol.com or reach her at  440-845-3652.  Please let us know the total number attending and the names for the nametags.  

 Our club’s membership represents a wide variety of professions, and we hope you will take advantage of the networking and business opportunities available through our club.  The next issue will of the newsletter will include our annual networking pages.

Your membership must be current for your listing to be included.  The deadline is May 31, 2009.  We are considering making the networking directory available on our website. If you do not want your information posted there, should we implement it, please check the box.

If you would like to have your business listed in our networking directory, please CLICK HERE. 

Please join OSU Alumni Club of Greater Cleveland  on  Thursday June 11, 2009 from 7pm-9pm in a sampling of fine wines with a complementary pairing of  appetizers.  Wine tasting will be guided by a Wine Expert from the Cleveland Wine School.  Dave’s Markets will be providing the perfect appetizers to enjoy during the tasting.  Proceeds will benefit our club’s scholarship fund.

A limited number of tickets will be sold, and you must pre-register.  Tickets are $35 per person; dress is casual and guests must be 21 or older to enter event.  Reservation deadline is June 1, 2009.  This event will be held at the Cleveland Wine School at 3355 Richmond Road, Suite 191, Beachwood, Ohio 44122.  Visit their web site at www.clevelandwineschool.com if you’d like to learn more about the wine school.

Click here to download a registration form.  Any questions, please contact Patricia Carney at 440-548-2134 or email greenibucki@gmail.com. 

Once again the Ohio State Alumni Club of Greater Cleveland will be sponsoring a night at Progressive Field on Friday, June 26. This year’s game is against the Cincinnati Reds, the “Battle of Ohio.” First pitch is at 7:05 PM (but see the Plain Dealer the day of the game for any last-minute changes). As an added bonus, there will be a fireworks spectacular after the game, so make plans to stick around afterward.

Tickets are only $22, a $2 discount because of our group size. Order deadline is Friday, June 12. We’ve sold out of tickets each of the last several years, so get your reservations in early!

Click here to download a reservation form.

Tickets will be mailed about three weeks before the game.

Any questions,contact Brad Paton at 440-427-9446.

Join fellow Big Ten Alumni and the Monsters as they take on the Grand Rapids Griffins and enjoy Big Ten Alumni Night, featuring the Ohio State Alumni Band. Also, a special appearance by Joshua Cribbs!

Game time is 7:30 p.m. and tickets are $16 — a $4 discount. Download a flyer for more information and ticket ordering:
http://osuclevelandalumni.com/monsters2009.pdf

Bob O’Sevel is once again leading the charge in the St. Patrick’s Day parade. If you’d like to join us in marching alongside the OSU equipment truck, please e-mail Bob for more information. We will know our position in the parade (and thus our likely location and step-off time) about a week before the parade.

The annual meeting of the OSU Alumni Club of Greater Cleveland will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 10, at the Party Barn at Macintosh Farms in Broadview Heights. Light refreshments will be provided. RSVPs are a must; please RSVP via this form if you plan to attend.

Click here for directions.