Meeting Notes:

President Knop called the meeting to order at 10:27.

Roll call of officers and directors was taken. Present were President Greg Knop, 1^st VP Bryan Carsrud, 3^rd VP Tim Kadolph, Story City VP Jo Mortvedt, Ames VP Cari McPartland, Jewell VP Eudune Lund. Directors present were Jerry Everett, Patti McCoy, Terri Carriere, and Jane Hinman. Youth representative Aslynne Carriere was also present as was Past President Keith Hawkins. Excused from the meeting were 2^nd VP Terri Loneman, Nevada VP Cheryl Devore, Directors: Deb Robinson, Jarad Prescott, Lowell Crouse and Kevin Holm, Youth reps Patti Beck and Kelly McPartland. We didn’t have a quorum and all items to vote on were tabled.

We introduced our guest, Kara DeShaw, who is the new league coordinator at Perfect Games. Kara was invited to the meeting so she could meet the board members and kind of get an idea of what the board does.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

1. Certification Committee - Everett reported that certification for Perfect Games has been completed. The rest of the centers will be done in early August. It was also reported that Sports Bowl has resurfaced their lane during the summer and will be getting automatic scoring this year.

2. Scholarship Committee - Jennings reported that the Scholarship committee has awarded 2 scholarships this year. The winners were Aslynne Carriere and Tyler Olson. They each received a plaque and a $250.00 scholarship.

3. RVP - Hawkins reported changes in the RVP. Starting Aug 1, there will be no preregistration to be done by the registered volunteer supervisor. Anybody who wants to be a registered volunteer will go to bowl.com and registration themselves. They will be responsible for payment at the time of registration. Price of the screening has decreased from $25.00 to $21.25.

OLD BUSINESS:

1. National Convention- Hawkins gave his report. See attached.

2. Ames Area USBC Tournament- C. McPartland has resigned from running the tournament this year due to her work schedule. The dates for the tournament were decided and we will hold the team event in Nevada and the Doubles/Singles in Ames at Perfect Games. Dates are Feb 20,21,27,28 and Mar 6, and 7. Shifts will be held at 1:00 and 5:00.

3. Committee Assignments- The committee assignment sheets were included in the packet for the meeting.

4. League Liaisons- It was decided that the league liaisons would stay the same as last year.

5. Youth League Dues- Jennings discussed the youth dues changes so that all the board were aware of the changes in the dues.

The next meeting will be Saturday September 19, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. at Perfect Games.

Meeting was adjourned at 11:50.

Respectfully submitted,
Teri Jennings
Association Manager
Ames Area USBC