Buck O’Neil/North Florida Chapter meeting recap – 9/10/2025
Members and guests of the Buck O’Neil/North Florida Chapter gathered on September 10, 2025, in the private room at Casa Grande Margaritas & Cocina Midtown Tallahassee for the monthly meeting. Those in attendance included:
- Matt Hudson, Chapter President
- Brent Kallestad, Vice President
- Renee Watters, Communications Director
- Rick Swaine, Treasurer
- Kent Putnam, Secretary
- Jeff Lickson
- John Nogowski
- Tom Richardson
- Glenn Robertson
- Chuck Rosciam
- Jim Turner
- Jim Wolf
- Jason Welty
President Hudson called the meeting to order shortly after 6 PM and announced that the sequence of agenda items was being changed. Tom led off with a review of the standings in the Chapter’s annual MLB prediction contest. Several members are within hailing distance of the win, and the outcome is far from certain.
The undersigned made a presentation about members possibly teaching a Baseball 101 class for OLLI at FSU in the future. There was discussion but nothing was decided. Some possible topics for the 10 classes Chapter members would teach were also discussed.
Up next was Chuck who discussed the pros and cons of the WAR statistic for comparing players who are now playing and those who are no longer active.
President Hudson gave an interesting review of the status of all former FSU players who are currently playing professional baseball.
The final item for the meeting was trivia questions with high degrees of difficulty.
Having been humbled by the final agenda item and after further discussion, the meeting adjourned at 8 PM.
— Kent Putnam, Chapter Secretary