Meeting Notes:

President Keith Hawkins called the meeting to order at 7:03 pm. Present at the meeting were Pres Hawkins, 1^st VP Teri Jennings, 2^nd VP Greg Knop, 3^rd VP Patti McCoy, Story City VP Jake Jacobson, Nevada VP Bryan Carsrud, Ames VP Cari McPartland, Youth Rep Kelly McPartland and Youth Rep Patti Beck. Directors Present were Jerry Everett, Terri Siguas, Deb Robinson, Brian Harris, Monica Mills, Scott Tscherter, Cheryl Devore, Terri Carriere. Unexcused absents were Mike Mensing. Excused absents Travis Mason and Tim Kadolph. Present with no vote-Assn Mgr Lyle Jennings.

Harris moved that the minutes of the previous board meeting, which was held following the Organizational Meeting on April 18, 2005, be approved. Jacobson seconded motion. Motion carried unanimously.

McCoy moved that the minutes of the Organization Meeting (membership meeting) be approved. Siguas seconded the motion. MCU.

The committee assignments were handed out. There was no discussion.

The board then discussed where the new association should have its checking and savings accounts. T. Jennings made the motion to leave the accounts at First Federal. Jacobson seconded the motion. MCU.

After much discussion, in which T. Jennings asked that her name not be considered for signing association checks, the motion was made by Jacobson to have the Association Manager, President and 1^st Vice President be permitted to sign association checks. Harris seconded motion. MCU.

The board then discussed The USBC Winlabs/USBC conference that was to be held the first weekend in June at Milwaukee Wisconsin. Jacobson made the motion that Lyle & Teri Jennings be sent to Milwaukee for that meeting. McCoy seconded motion. MCU.

The lane certification committee was told that they could start lane certification at any time. Carsrud made the motion that, as in the past, the association pay the fee for any member who would like to become a certified lane inspector using the CLIP program that is available on-line at www.bowl.com. T. Jennings seconded motion. MCU.

The board then discussed dates for the meetings in the fall. Harris made the motion that the fall meetings alternate between Monday nights and Wednesday nights. T. Jennings seconded. 7 opposed 7 for. After discussion the motion was tabled until closer to the fall when more people knew when they were bowling and what their plans were.

The board then discussed the direction they would like the Coaching/New Members Committee to take. Carsrud and Tscherter will draw up a proposal to present to the board at the August meeting.

L. Jennings then passed around the list board of directors asking to have everybody’s address, phone and email addresses updated.

L. Jennings then reported that he’d done the audit of YABA books and was still waiting for the audit from AABA and AAWBA.

The board then discussed new shirts. We cannot use the shirts we have because as of 7-31-05, all associations must us the USBC logo. Harris said his company could draw up designs using the USBC logo and would present them to the August meeting. Knop made the motion to have Harris do this. McCoy seconded motion. MCU.

The board then looked over its new Policy & Procedure manual. Harris made the motion to accept the Policy and Procedure manual as written. C. McPartland seconded the motion. MCU.

T. Jennings talked about the IWBA annual summer workshop being held in Des Moines on Saturday July 9. The cost of the workshop is $5.00. In the past the AAWBA has paid the workshop fee for any board member that attended. The motion was made by Jacobson to pay the fee for the workshop. T. Jennings seconded the motion. The board voted not to pay the workshop fee do to the fact that it was a women’s only event.

L. Jennings then told the board that they were hosting ISBA Fall Jamboree. The board was told that Arden Schoep had the event in hand and we would need to volunteer to help at the event. We are in the process of checking with ISBA on whether the women on the board would be able to participate in the event.

Hawkins entertained a motion to adjourn. The motion was made by Jacobson to adjourn and Carsrud seconded the motion.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:14 pm

Respectfully submitted
Lyle Jennings
AAUSBC Association Manager