Settlement agreement, (October 26,2007)
Schedule A has a detailed list of the items that will be retained in three
categories.
Cat 1:  Items of Historical Significance that will be retained: Sitting Bull
Memorial statue, championship banners, Native American sculpture, Betty
Engelstadt Sioux Center entrance plaque.
Cat 2:  Cost Prohibitive Changes: Only one in this category is the in floor
granite logos
Cat 3:  Transition in the Ordinary Course of Wear and Replacement: Brass
etched logos and lighted exterior logos by 12/31/2011, other items no later
than dates 12/31/2012 through 12/31/2015. etc
Settlement agreement can be downloaded at:
http://www.ag.state.nd.us/NCAA/SettlementAgreement.pdf

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Burton <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, April 09, 2010 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: News from North Dakota


>From what I understand the Marble floors logos do not have to come out. The
>Historical stuff does not as well and the logos on carpet will be replaced
>as they wear out.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Matt Sullivan" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 11:49 AM
>Subject: Re: News from North Dakota
>
>
>From what I understand if The Ralph wants to host NCAA events it will have
>to replace the current sioux logos as they wear out. Many of the logos are
>inlaid in marble and granite and need replacement sometime in the next
>millennium. Items like carpet would probably be the first to be removed.
>With the NCAA's move away from on campus venues I don't see the powers at
>The Ralph giving a crap. It's unfortunate, since The Ralph in my biased
>opinion is one of the nicest hockey facilities in the world and at 12,000
>seats is a perfect size for a regional.
>
>For what it is worth the last estimate is that a complete replacement of
all
>3000 plus logos would cost over $3,000,000, and I personally think that
>number is low.
>Matt Sullivan
>Group Insurance Specialist
>The Sullivan Agency, LTD.
>www.sullivanagency.com
>
>
>University of Minnesota Duluth, 1998
>BU-LL-DO-G-S GOOOOO Bulldogs!!!!
>
>
>
>
>________________________________
>From: Bob Woodbury <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Sent: Fri, April 9, 2010 11:05:45 AM
>Subject: Re: News from North Dakota
>
>From the UMD beat writer's blog in the Duluth News Tribune:
>
>"...from Brad Elliott Schlossman of the Grand Forks Herald: Ralph Engelstad
>Arena general manager Jody Hodgson says that if he gets his wish, the arena
>will not be changing anything, despite the State Board of Higher
Education's
>ruling that North Dakota change its nickname and logo. Engelstad Arena is
>not part of the settlement with the NCAA and it is privately owned. The
NCAA
>may not grant Englestad a regional if the logos stay, although Hodgson says
>he doesn't really care."
>
>On Apr 9, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Carol White wrote:
>
>> It was decided yesterday from the Board of Education of North Dakota,
that
>> the University of North Dakota would "retire" the Fighting Sioux nickname
>> and logo.
>>
>> Melrose and Thorne actually announced this in the middle of the first
game
>> yesterday.
>>
>> Wonder what the new name will be and how much it will cost to remove all
>> those logos from the Ralph.
>>
>> Enquiring minds....
>>
>> Carol
>>
>> --Carol S. White
>> * ~ * ~ * ~ *
>>