March 2013 USLRA Board Meeting Minutes

March 2014 USLRA Board Meeting Minutes

USLRA Conference Call Minutes

Sunday, March 9, 2014 – 8:00 PM

Present on call: Troy, Polly, Leah, Shayna, Joanie, Amber, Sam

1.)   Approval of February Meeting Minutes:

http://uslogrolling.blogspot.com/2014/02/february-2014-uslra-board-meeting.html

Shayna moves to approve February Minutes.  Joanie Seconds.  All Approve.

2.)  Approve Pro Rankings

Leah Moves to Approve.  Polly Seconds.  All approve.

3.)  Amateur Rankings

- Troy has prepared amateur rankings based on a roller’s top 3 tournaments.

- Questions on formula – 2 vs. 3 tournaments, should rollers be ranked if they haven’t paid dues, how should points be weighted when a roller moves up into a new age division.

- It has been suggested that the best formula for moving rollers up to a new division is to use ½ of their points from the previous year.

- Discussion on whether all rollers be ranked, regardless of the number of tournaments they participate in. 

- Discussion tabled for further exploration.

  

4.)  Finance

- Procedure:  Add Treasurer’s Report to Meeting agenda

- Shary will write checks for basic costs, will approach board for other expenditures.

- 2013 Taxes:  Nothing Owed.  $275 for Tax Prep.

- Discussion of purchasing Quick Books for USLRA to avoid paying separate data entry fees.   Troy will purchase Quick Books at the best price he finds. 

Joanie Motions to approve purchase.  Polly Seconds.  All approve.

5.)  Seeding Discussion

- Elite Seeding Rule reads as: The top 8 ranked elite men and women will be seeded at all tournaments. If a competitor in the top 8 is not in attendance, lower ranked competitors will NOT be moved up into the 8 seeded competitors.

- The Administrative Document suggests that there should be 1 seeded competitor for every 4 competitors.

- Discussion on Seeding procedure for Amateurs.

- Decision to seed half of the competitors present.

- Suggested new wording:  The number of seeded competitors will be half the number of competitors present, up to a maximum of 8 seeded competitors.  A minimum of 3 competitors will be seeded at a tournament.  If an odd number of competitors are present, the number of seeds will NOT be rounded up.   (Ex. 9 Competitors would have 4 seeds.)

- This wording will be voted on at the next meeting.

6.)  Membership Requirement

- Discussion on adding wording to Rules Document that a competitor must be a USLRA Member to receive Rankings and/or Super Series Points. (There is no current text for this.)

- Troy will email the addition to the Rules Document for approval.

7.)  Log Sizes and Timing:

- Log timing rules have not changed, but new wording was suggested:

Time Limits and Log Sizes

Log sizes used in USLRA competitions are:                                                                                   

#1-15” diameter 12’ long                                                                                                                          

#2-14” diameter 12’ long                                                                                                                      

#3-13” diameter 13’ long                                                                                                                      

#4-12” diameter 13’ long                                                                                                                      

#5-11” diameter, 13' long (used only in amateur competition when available)

Elite Men/Elite Women

In elite competition, men start on a #1 log and women start on a #2 log. A match can start on a smaller log if both competitors agree. The agreed upon first log will count as the first log for timing purposes.

Elite competitors will use the following time limits:                                                                     Men                                                                                                                                                 

First Log 1 minute                                                                                                                        

Second Log 3 minutes                                                                                                                  

Third Log 5 minutes                                                                                                                   

Fourth Log until end of match

Women                                                                                                                                        

First Log 1 minute                                                                                                                         

Second Log 3 minutes                                                                                                                 

Third Log until end of match                                                                                                           

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

Amateur

First log 1 minute                                                                                                                             

Second log 2 minutes                                                                                                                       

Third log 3 minutes                                                                                                                    

Fourth log 4 minutes                                                                                                                     

Fifth log until end of match*                                                                                                            

*Use of #5 log is optional. If #5 log is not used, use #4 log until end of match

- Troy will send all competition rules for approval by email.

8.) Corporate Sponsorships

- Board would like to pursue Corporate Sponsorship for USLRA.

- Avoid companies that already sponsor individual tournaments.

- Could help in providing tournament grants.

- Need to explore legal issues.   Rich Magnone could possibly do this.

9.)  Merchandise:

- Some examples were shown at Oconomowoc.

- Joanie will put together a list of possibilities.

- Suggestion to offer some merchandise choices at a table at tournaments.

10.)  Charitable Fund

- New Program has been applied for at the Oconomowoc Lake Club – a 1 log has been requested – they will repay by a payment plan.

Shayna moves to approve new program for review by Charitable Board.   Joanie Seconds.

10.)  April Board Meeting

          8:00 Sunday, April 13, 2014

Joanie motions to Adjourn.   Leah Seconds.   9:22 pm