November 2013 USLRA Board Meeting Minutes

USLRA Conference Call Minutes

Tuesday November 5th

Present on call: Shayna, Shana, Mary, Polly, Marcel, Sam, Troy, Amber, Joanie

1.     Approval of October Meeting Minutes (located at http://uslogrolling.blogspot.com/2013/10/october-conference-call-minutes.html

Shana moves to accept meeting minutes from October – Polly seconds all approve.

2.     Nominations:

Term expires after 2013 (Thank you for your service!):

Shana Martin

Karl Buschhaus

Laura Batson

Marcel Scott

Term Expires after 2014:

Sam Hadley

Polly Pappadopoulos

Amber Scarborough

Joanie Davenport
Leah Stanton

Term Expires after 2015 (Nominees)
Mary Ogle – will help with writing
Troy Birdsong – will help with ranking
Shayna Magnone – will help with membership

Shana moves to approve board membership to the three nominees for 2014.  Joanie seconds – all approve… welcome to the board! 

a.     Approval of nominees

b.    
Executive Committee Nominations and Vote:

President: Troy Birdsong
Vice President: Sam Hadley
Treasurer: Shary Birdsong (non board member)
Secretary: Polly P.

All approve. 

3.     Rule Changes/Updates:

a.     “Rolling Up” Clarification and rewording.  Current Wording: 
U17 Athletes may only "roll up" if a Semi-Pro division is not offered or there are fewer than 3 athletes in U17.

New wording: “U17 Athletes may only "roll up" at a level three tournament in which a Semi-Pro division is not offered and there are fewer than 3 athletes in U17Boys/Girls.  If prize money or elite prizes (excluding medals or trophies) are accepted athlete will not be able to return to amateur status.”

Joanie Seconds- all approve.

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Semi- Pro Definition: Semi-Pro (no age limit) 
This is the stepping stone to Elite. These are serious rollers who want to improve and compete at major tournaments. Will roll in spikes when such equipment is available.  After two world championship wins, athlete must advance to the elite division by the following season. 
Polly seconds – all approve. 

b.     Round Robin Format Finalization (no current wording, will put this in tourney organization form) -   Troy will work on this with Joanie

c.      Log Time Limits:
Current Wording: Elite Men/Elite Women

#1 (15” dia 12’ long) 1 minute / #2 (14” dia 12’ long) 1 minute
#2 (14” dia 12’ long) 3 minutes / #3 (13” dia 12’ long) 3 minutes
#3 (13” dia 13’ long)* 5 minutes / #4 (12” dia 12’ long) until end of match #4 (12” dia 13’ long)* until end of match
*If 13' long logs are not available, 12' logs may be used.

Junior, Semi-Pro, Adult Sport and Masters will use the following time limits:

Amateur

#1 (15” dia 12’ long) 1 minute
#2 (14” dia 12’ long) 2 minutes
#3 (13” dia 12’ long) 3 minutes
#4 (12” dia 12’ long) 4 minutes
#5 (11” dia 12’long) until end of match*

d. Amateur Ranking
Currently: none

Discussion around pros and cons of set time limit.  Possibly having different option for amateur vs. pros.  Namekagon  and LWC need a #5 to shorten matches.  Decision was made to leave time limits the same, but to not necessarily close the door on this issue for the future.

Sam moves to leave these times the same, Marcel seconds all approve. 

4.     Fill out 2014 Plan of work and committee task form.
Communication committee members: Shana, Sam, Shayna, Polly
Rules, Regulations, & Officials committee members: Entire Board

Tournaments and Sanctioning Committee Members: Mary and selected tournament liaisons

Property Management: Leah Stanton and Chris Fischer
Membership Assistance: Shayna, Polly, Joanie
Program Development: Sam, Joanie, Mary

Finance and Legal Affairs: Shary and Joanie
Ranking: Tournament Liaisons (Katie Rick will do calculations but does not sit on committee)

5.    Schedule January Board Meeting.

7:30pm Sunday January 5th