Meeting Notes:

After enjoying a nice breakfast, Pres. Carsrud called the meeting to order at 9:39.

Present at the meeting were President Bryan Carsrud, 1^st VP Terri Loneman, 2nd VP Terri Carriere, 3^rd VP Jarad Prescott, Story City VP Jo Mortvedt, Nevada VP Deb Robinson, Ames VP Cari McPartland, Jewell VP Eudene Lund, Directors: Jerry Everett, Patti McCoy, Lowell Crouse, Arden Schoep, Kevin Holm, Derrick and Kandi Burris, and Youth Director Kelly McPartland. Also present was 2013-14 new board member, Gary Link. Excused from the meeting was Lyle Jennings due to work. Unexcused were Aslynne Carriere and Patti Beck. We did have a quorum.

The minutes of the previous meeting were amended to correct the spelling error. Schoep made the motion to accept the minutes as amended. C. McPartland seconded. Motion carried unanimously.

The treasurer report was included in the packet. McCoy made the motion to accept the treasurer report as written. Loneman seconded. MCU.

Committee Reports:

1. Mixed Doubles Tournament- Hawkins included his report in packet. There were several comments on how nice it was to bowl at Axis Lanes in Jewell. It was also mentioned that we should make sure to host more tournaments there.

Unfinished Business:

1. Charity Tournament-Jennings brought up the fact that we have had 6 checks returned to us to be donated back to the food banks from bowlers in our charity tournament. It was decided that we should pick one and send the $70.75 to that one.
2. Bowl for the Cure-Checks have been distributed to the centers. Jennings asked the board to remind their bowlers to either cash them right away or to donate them back to BFTC.
3. ISUSBCBA Meeting-Schoep included his report from the meeting in the packet.
4. ISUSBCWBA Meeting-Jennings included her report from the meeting in the packet.
5. State Tournament Bid with Marshalltown-Steve Quigley from Marshalltown asked us at the state meeting if our association might be interested in co-hosting the 100th Anniversary tournament. The board was asked if they would be interested in hosting the tournament and the board said they would be. Schoep made the motion to commit to proceeding with hosting the 100th anniversary tournament subject to Perfect Games commitment. Seconded by Loneman. MCU. It was also determined that Jennings and Schoep should get together with PG owner Kevin Kinneer and PG Manager John Money.

New Business

1. USBC State meeting presentation- Jennings presented the PowerPoint presentation that USBC showed at the WBA state meeting. This presentation included a section on what you get when you purchase a USBC membership, Special achievement awards, Welcome 2 Bowling & Coaching, Recruiting Members and News from the IBC.

2. Adult/Youth awards- We discussed both awards and want to continue doing some kind of awards for both. There are enough youth awards from last year to get through the upcoming season. We discussed getting a committee to work on youth and adult awards. Mortvedt, Carriere, Loneman and Link said they would like to be on that committee. We discussed getting a survey together to pass out to league bowlers at the beginning of the season to get ideas on what our bowlers would like for awards and how we should fund it.

3. State Webmaster-Schoep let the board know that Darrell Fremont from the state office was looking to hire somebody to run the state website. Schoep wants us to back the hiring of Jerry Everett. The application and a letter from the board will be sent in this week to Darrell

4. How to handle an open Meeting- The board discussed how other boards run open meetings. It was determined that we will put the information on the website and anybody who wants to attend may. If we have bowlers with questions or problems, we will ask them to attend the board meeting. If we have sensitive information to discuss during the board meeting, we will ask non-board members to leave the room while we have our discussion.

5. USBC Non-payment of dues Suspensions- Jennings let the board know that USBC sent emails/letters to those bowlers who didn’t purchase dues for the 2011-12 season but bowled in a sanctioned league attempting to collect fees. We had one bowler who still didn’t pay and has been suspended. USBC will be doing this again this summer and fall. Jennings reminded all board members to make sure that all of the bowlers in their leagues are sanctioned.

6. USBC Convention Workshops- Keith Hawkins is going to represent us at the USBC National Convention. He would like to know which workshops we would like him to attend. The board decided that Hawkins should attend the Rules workshop on Wednesday at 8, the Teaming Up with Proprietors Wednesday at 10, Youth: Building a Partnership for the Future Wednesday at 1:30, THE membership Question Wednesday at 3:30 and Future of awards Thursday at 8:00.

7. Lane Certification Equipment-Everett told the board that at this time, we didn’t need to purchase new lane certification equipment, that while old, this equipment is still working.

8. Publicity- It was decided that we would run the ad in the SUN again this year. Black made the motion to spend upto $500 in advertising money for a larger ad in the SUN and that the publicity committee talk to the bowling centers to see if they would like to be included in the ad which they would then help pay for. Carriere seconded the motion. MCU

9. League Liaisons for 2013-14 and Contact lists-Jennings had both lists passed around and asked board members to sign up for league liaisons and to update their contact information.

The board discussed how to increase membership and thought maybe we should work with the centers and try and teach or practice with new bowlers. Schoep thought we should work with the centers on promotions and do peer improvement/practice clinics. These clinics would be for bowlers 18 years and older. Jennings talked about Bowling 2.0 and will bring more information with her to the next meeting

The next board meeting will be Sat Jun 29 at Little Wall Lake, Jewell at 10:00 am.

Respectfully submitted

Teri Jennings

Association Manager