President Kathy Schilling called the meeting to order at Deer Park Lanes at 7:00 P. M. Roll call was taken and there were 19 members present with five members being absent. The July meeting minutes were approved as presented.
Linda Elmore reported on the association manager position. The Association Managers Committee corresponded mostly by e-mail. The committee received one application that met the criteria. As committee chair, on behalf of Tim Minor and myself, I would like to submit before the Board the name of Carl Duble for approval as the Association Manager.
Kathy asked for discussion or questions regarding hiring Carl Duble as Association Manager. Hearing none, a vote was taken and motion was approved. Kathy welcomed Carl as Association Manager.
Walt Utt stated that the Board needs to authorize Carl Duble to be one of the signers on our bank account. It was moved and seconded that Kathy Schilling, President, Carl Duble, Association Manager, Walt Utt, Assistant Association Manager and Dona Feuz, Sergeant at Arms be authorized to sign checks on our checking account at Washington Trust Bank. The motion was approved.
Carl is looking for an assistant. Walt Utt will be training Carl starting immediately. Walt Utt will remain as an assistant until Carl is trained and another assistant is being sought to take Walt Schilling’s place.
Committee Appointments: Kathy read a list of all appointments and a list will be sent to all board members. Kathy appointed Steve Toland and Bob Potter to oversee the committees to make sure their work is complete. Please let Kathy know what committees you will be working with. Walt Utt will be publishing guidelines for the committees on the web site.
Kathy expects the committees will be reporting to her the efforts and progress of the committees. Perhaps if this can be accomplished there will not be a need for monthly meetings and a lot of decisions can be made quickly by E-Mail.
Financial Report: August 1, 2008 thru July 31, 2009. Everyone received a copy of the financial report.
Motion was made to accept the financial report as printed. Motion carried. A copy of the report will be placed on file.
Budget Report: Walt Utt gave a proposed budget report. The budget was formulated by the Budget Committee utilizing projections of 4,250 adults and 470 youth. Based on these figures a total income of $27,950 from adult memberships and a total of $940 from the youth memberships is projected as income for next year should be $34,355. Discussion of the projections resulted with the salaries being calculated on the number of members.
The budget was discussed line item by line item. One change was proposed by Mike Codd in the projection of local adult awards. He stated that $750 was probably not enough and that it should be increased the Board approved an increase to $1000. Question was asked if Chewelah was included in the budget and Kathy responded that Chewelah had been taken into consideration. No further suggested changes were recommended. The Board approved the budget.
The board discussed the upcoming Jamboree and approved a 3 youth squad and one adult bowler to participate in the Bowl Like the Pros program. The Board approved 10 participants. Walt Utt will send in the registration. Walt also reported to the State the high adult and youth male and female bowlers meeting criteria of number of games bowled.
USBC has granted the request of the transfer of the Chewelah Recreation Association from the NE Washington USBC to the Spokane County USBC Association. All records pertaining to the Chewelah Association for the coming year will be forwarded to our association. As a result of adding Chewelah Recreation, we will be responsible for servicing the certified USBC bowlers at the center and including them in our jurisdictional area.
Committee Reports:
National Bowling Week: Chris Pratt reported an event will be presented at Wal-Mart in Airway Heights on August 29, 2009 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. She reported the need for some assistance. Board members were asked to contact Chris to help with this event.
Youth Committee: Linda Elmore reported meeting was held at Franklin Park August 2, 2009. Taylor Gamble reported progress is being made on the Youth Birthday Card project and he will present a Prototype at the next meeting. The youth committee asked if the Board would be meeting on a set day each month. (open) Copy of committee minutes are on file..
Operations Manual Committee: :
Marsha Hughes presented a completed section of the manual. Kathy asked for approval on sections that have been completed. Board approved sections completed. Completed sections will be placed on file.
Communication Committee: Ken Utt is worked on the web site. Any input would be appreciated. 2008-2009 averages will be placed on the web site. Kathy reported that the association would like to publish a newsletter. A volunteer, Linda Butler, would do it for us but we must input any articles to be published. Kathy and Carl will present an article from the Association Manager and President for publication. A project has been initiated to purchase picture frames for each bowling center in order to display USBC personnel.
Secretary’s Workshop: Walt Schilling reported that the workshops are being conducted in each bowling center. The number of secretaries attending is far exceeding the previous years. Meetings are at 6:30 PM.
New Business:
We need to have a fund raising project. A large raffle has been suggested with raffling off several items and Board members receiving tickets to buy, sell or eat. Several Items were suggested such as iPod, Wii, crafts and game etc. If you have any suggestions please share them
Next Meeting: Cheney Lanes Sunday September 13th 6:00 pm.
Meeting Adjourned at 8:40 PM.
Carl Duble
Association Manager