February 2013 Board Meeting Minutes

USLRA Conference Call Minutes

February 17th, 2013 8pm

Present: Shana Martin, Karl Buschhaus, Laura Batson, Sam Hadley, Joanie Davenport, Leah Stanton, and Polly Pappadopoulos
Missing: Aaron Yeshe, Amber Scarborough, Marcel Scott

1.    Board Member Introductions

Current Board:

Term expires after 2012 (Thank you for your service!):

1. Olivia Judd

Term expires after 2013:

1. Shana Martin
2. Karl Buschhaus
3. Laura Batson
4. Marcel Scott

Term Expires after 2014:

1. Sam Hadley
2. Aaron Yeshe
3. Amber Scarborough
4. Joanie Davenport
   
   

Term Expires after 2015:

1.     Leah Stanton

2.     Polly Pappadopoulos

Shana Nominates- Joanie Seconds all in favor

2.     Officer Vote
a. President- Shana Martin Nominated
b. Vice President – Sam Hadley Nominated
c. Treasurer - Laura Batson Nominated
d. Secretary – Leah Stanton Nominated

Shana Nominates- Karl seconds all in favor

3.     Committee Assignments (view excel doc for specific assignments):

a. Communication –

- Shana will get moving on Winter Newsletter!
-Sam, Karl, and Leah will work on 2013 program updates for website.

b. Rules, Regulations and Officials:

- No rule changes for 2013
-Shana will make rules more organized and then have booklet printed for members and directors

c. Tournaments and Sanctioning  

- We will assign tournament liaisons on next call
-Discussion of USLRA grant for prize money- will continue and hopefully finalize on March Call

d. Property Management
-Leah will help keep track of items at Chris Fischer’s house
-Shana will get item list on USLRA website
-Discussion of purchasing set of spike logs for rental

e. Membership Assistance –
-Karl moves to removes competitor card fee- Joanie seconds- all approve

- USLRA membership benefits document to Polly
- Joanie will help with T-Shirt Design

f. Program Development  

- Shana will create program promo postcard ASAP
-Sam and Laura will generate YMCA Mailing list and mail postcards out
-Will focus on summer camps and outdoor pools in future

g. Finance and Legal Affairs:  

- Shana will handle World Championship renewal and tournament insurance
-2012 Taxes are almost done

h.  Ranking
- All responsible for collecting brackets from tournaments for Katie Rick

4.    2013 USLRA Calls/Meeting Schedule

3/24/13 8pm Phone Call