Meeting Notes:

Vice President Bryan Carsrud called the meeting to order at 10:10 am.

Roll call was taken. Present were 1^st VP Bryan Carsrud, 2^nd VP Terri Loneman, 3^rd VP Terri Carriere, Story City VP Jo Mortvedt, Jewell VP Eudene Lund, Directors: Jerry Everett, Patti McCoy, Lowell Crouse, Arden Schoep, Kevin Holm and youth Rep Aslynne Carriere. Excused from the meeting were President Tim Kadolph, Nevada VP Deb Robinson, Ames VP Cari McPartland, directors: Jarad Prescott, Derrick Black and Kandi Burris, and Youth Reps: Kelly McPartland and Patti Beck.

Them minutes of the membership meeting were look at. Mortvedt mad the motion to accept as written. T. Carriere seconded. Motion carried unanimously.

The treasurer report was looked at. Loneman made the motion to have Jennings move some of the money into a CD or two. Crouse seconded it. MCU.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

1. Youth Committee

   K. McPartland printed out his report and Jennings presented it to the board. An ad was placed in the fall and winter Ames Recreation Guide. Kelly will work with the rest of the proprietors to try and increase the number of youth bowlers. Carsrud said McPartland should talk to Sara Claussen with the Nevada Chamber of Commerce and also the City of Nevada Water Department to see if we can be included in their mailings.

2. Lane Certification

   Everett reported that he had contacted the centers and had the following dates set for center certifications. Sports Bowl-Aug 22, Axis Lanes-Aug 13, Perfect Games Aug 14,20 or 21. He would contact Carousel Lanes and schedule a date.

3. Publicity:

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

1. Charity Mail-In Tournament: We discussed the Charity mail in tournament. Loneman made the motion to do the tournament as a Holiday Tournament. Crouse seconded the motion. MCU. We would get the entries out in November and bowl in December. Entry fee would be $5.00 with $2.50 going to the prize fund and $2.50 going to the charity. It was discussed that the tournament manager should get paid for the tournament. Jennings declined saying she would just donate it anyway. Jennings will run possible payouts for 1:5 and we will look at it at our next meeting. Holm made the motion to have Alzheimer’s as our charity this year. Carsrud seconded. MCU.

2. Senior Mail-In Tournament: Schoep made the motion that we have a $5.00 entry fee with $.50 going to the tournament manager and $4.50 to the prize fund. It will be open to any senior bowler in any league and we will use January scores. Seniors must be 55 by the start of the tournament. Carriere seconded motion. MCU.

New Business

1. AAUSBC Tournament: we discussed the tournament and decided to hold it Feb 18,19,25,26 and Mar 3,4. Team shifts will be 1:00 on Saturday and Sunday. Doubles/Singles shifts will be 11:00 and 2:00 on Saturday and 1:00 on Sunday. Mortvedt made the motion to keep the entry fees the same but to distribute as follows: Open-$8.00 lineage, $2.00 expenses and $5.00 prize fund with a 1:5 payout. Loneman seconded. MCU. T. Carriere made the motion to keep the entry fee for the women’s division the same, but to distribute them as follows: $8.00 lineage, $1,00 expenses, and $4.00 prize fund. Loneman seconded. MCU. Jennings will send email to proprietors to see if they would be willing to host the tournament on those dates with that lineage. We will determine at the next meeting where we will be holding the tournament.

The membership meeting will be March 10^th at the American Legion in Story City.

2. New Computer Printer: Jennings said she would like a new printer. Carsrud said he would look into wireless color laser printers. T. Carriere made the motion to allow $400.00 to be spent on a new printer. A. Carriere seconded. MCU

3. Set a date for the next meeting: We set our next meeting date as Sat. Sept. 17^th at the Branding Iron.

4. Iowa State USBC WBA Workshop: Loneman provided a written report on the workshop

5. League Secretary Software: Jennings said in the past we have offered a program to the league secretaries which would allow them to purchase the software and we would reimburse them half the price of the software provided they followed our rules. She would like to add to that program the option to update previous purchased software and cover half the cost provided they follow the same rules. This would allow everybody to get the new awards. Schoep made the motion to do this. Mortvedt seconded. MCU.

Respectfully submitted
Teri Jennings
Association Manager