Saturday, August 8, 2015

Hayward, WI
July 22, 2015 – 7:00 PM


Board Members Present:  Troy Birdsong, Polly Pappadopoulos, Sam Hadley, Mary Ogle, Olivia Judd, Shayna Magnone, Joanie Davenport 


1.) President Troy Birdsong addresses Membership
·         Finance Report - $6,100 Current Balance.   Expenditures:   Judges Training Materials, Taxes, USLRA banners, $1,000 Grant to the Three Rivers Roleo. 
·         Rule Changes in 2015 – Amateur Log Time (Log time stays with the Log number), Tournament Directors Discretion added to define fall space (3 Foot, or Tournament Director’s Discretion), Language added to rules in which “Tournament Director” is used, to include “Tournament Director or Tournament Director’s Representative.   Recommendation made by USLRA to rollers to begin matches on a #2 Log at LWC (in response to the time constraints at LWC).
·         Judge Training – Training has been developed by USLRA.   Standardization of Judging is desired result.   3 step training system:  1. Online Assessment 2.Volunteer Hours Logged at Tournaments 3. Attend Judging Workshop held before and in conjunction with Tournaments.   USLRA has added Judges Lanyards equipped with Rule Reminder cards and Coins to call falls.
·         Visioning Session – Held July 18, 2015 in Hayward, WI.  Ideas for the framework of the association for future years set. 
·         Marketing – Social Media:  Steps have been taken to promote and Market our Professional Athletes and increase our presence on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.  A series of articles has been developed with a combination of In-depth profiles and Q & A shorts.   USLRA Brackets for Tournament usage have been updated to include match order, seeding and full names.


2.)  Member Based Comments/Questions
·         Inventory at Chris Fischer’s House:  Need better location (tanks, trailer, logs), and to be made more accessible to Tournament Directors.  The Deithert family offers to work with this.
·         Thank you extended for the Judges Training, and suggestion to continue training and education of judges.
·         Suggested to be certain at tournaments that rollers aren’t facing away from the dock.





Meeting Adjourned.  7:35 PM.


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