USLRA Conference Call Minutes
March 6th, 2012 8pm
Present: Shana Martin, Olivia Judd, Karl Buschhaus, Sam Hadley, Laura Batson, Marcel Scott, Amber Scarborough, and Aaron Yeshe
1. Board Member Introductions
2. Officer Vote
a. President- Shana Martin
b. Vice President - Olivia Judd
c. Treasurer - Laura Batson
d. Secretary – Amber Scarborough
approved by all.
3. Committee Assignments:
a. Rules, Regulations, and Officials – (Karl Buschhaus, Sam Hadley)
Updating of the rules as needed once a year. Always accomplished by the same date every year (no mid season rule changes unless by board action).
Training of new officials and continued training of current officials
Define, create, and implement Protest Committee and process
b. Communication: (chair- Shana Martin, Abby Hoeschler, Olivia Judd, Amber Scarborough)
l Newsletter (posted on website)
l Website
l Mailings (both e-mail and postal)
l Announcing of tournaments, rule changes, elections, minutes, meetings, and all other news of interest to the membership (think transparent organization)
l When other committees need to communicate to the membership, it is done through the communication committee.
c. Super Series (chair- Donna Burns, Karl Buschhaus)
· Keeps track of points
· Orders awards at end of season
d. Sanctioning, Tournaments (Chair-?, Abby Hoeschler, Aaron Yeshe)
l Sanctioning
Application Process
Ensuring compliance with sanctioning
l Tournaments
Coordinating with tournament organizers
Making USLRA resources available to tournament organizers
Acts as tournament liaison (communicating with other committees on tournament's behalf)
e. Property Management – On Hold
Property management
Rental of equipment
Storage
Maintenance and replacements
Procurement of new/additional equipment
Transportation
f. Networking and Membership Assistance (Chair- Abby Hoeschler, Shana Martin, Olivia Judd, Amber Scarborough, Sam Hadley, Marcel Scott)
l Acts as a liaison for member's concerns and questions
l Liaison for USLSF
l Recruitment of new membership
l Handle membership renewals
l Liaison for both elite and amateur athletes
l Coordinate USLRA resources to assist log rolling programs
l Acquire and maintain contact information of members
g. Ranking: (Chair- Jon Berard, Katie Rick, )
l Elite ranking
Translation of results into ranks (by a certain date every year)
Furnish sanctioned elite tournaments with rankings
■ Providing rankings for any tournament other than a sanctioned elite tournament is at the discretion of the committee
l Assist in seeding of amateurs at tournaments by request
h. Legal Affairs (This will not be used that often, so maybe an officer can be the representative) (Karl Buschhaus, Aaron Yeshe)
l Ensure compliance with bylaws
l Draft changes to bylaws
l Contracts
l Liabilities
4. Rules:
a. 2012 Rule Changes- Boom Run Start Wording. Others?
Athlete is positioned behind marked starting line with both feet in contact with ground until “go”. On the starting cadence (recorded or live voice command of “3, 2, 1, GO”), time begins. The competitor runs across the boom, around the stanchion, back across the boom, and crosses the original starting line. Time stops as soon as the finish line is crossed, which is represented by the start line unless laser timing is in use. The competitor may fall off and remount twice. After falling in, a competitor may advance a single log one time per run. The third fall constitutes disqualification. Dock or land may not be used for remounting log.
Shana Proposes, Karl seconds- all approve. Shana will rewrite document and post on USLRA website by Friday.
5. Communication:
a. Website updates and new section
b. Past newsletter
6. Super Series
7. Sanctioning:
a. Assign 2 board members to each contest.- Tabled until next meeting.
8. Property Management:
a. Items at Chris Fischer’s house- repairs needed. Reach out to?- Tabled until next meeting.
9. Networking and Membership Assistance
a. 2012 Membership Forms: Olivia will revisit a family membership and will write up proposal. Proposal will be out by Friday.
b. USLSF Update- Table for now, but update is in e-mail
c. “Starting a Program”- website update and training
10. Ranking
a. Approval of 2012 ranking proposal- Shana proposes approval of ranking committee rankings. Olivia seconds. Approved.
b. Ranking survey e-mail approval. A few wording changes were made. Survey will be sent out by Friday.
11. Meetings
a. Schedule Monthly Meetings through Summer months.
All calls are 8pm central:
4/5/12
5/3/12
6/7/12
7/12/12
8/2/12
9/6/12
11. Anything else?
- Tournament participation
