Meeting Notes:

Arden Schoep gave the invocation at 6:30 prior to our dinner.

President Knop called the meeting to order at 7:03 am.

Roll call of officers and directors was taken. Present were President Greg Knop, 2^nd VP Terri Loneman, 3^rd VP Tim Kadolph, Story City VP Jo Mortvedt, Ames VP Cari McPartland, Nevada VP Cheryl Devore, Jewell VP Eudene Lund, Directors Patti McCoy, Jarad Prescott, Kevin Holm Jane Hinman and Lowell Crouse, youth Rep Kelly McPartland. Excused from the meeting were 1^st VP Bryan Carsrud, Youth Reps Aslynne Carriere and Patti Beck and directors Deb Robinson, Jerry Everett and Terri Carriere. Roll call of the Hall of Fame members was also taken. Hall of Fame members present were Art Abel, O.D. Green, Terry Mason, Arden Schoep, Cecil Stouwie, Doug Swanson, Don Voelker, Ron Weuve, Lysle Musgrove, Evelyn Green, Janet Schmidt, Bob Crouch, Jim Beck, Orien Sealine, Keith Hawkins and Judy Green.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

1. Tournament Committee -C. McPartland reminded everybody that the tournament will be held Jan 17,18,24 and 25. Team event in Ames and singles/doubles in Story City. There will be 3 shifts on Saturday, 11:00, 2:00 and 5:00, and 2 shifts on Sunday, 11:00 and 2:00. She made sure the board knew that we made the decision to decrease the women’s entry fee to $13.00 to try and attract more women’s entries.

2. Lane Certification - Jennings gave the report that Everett emailed her. All lanes have been certified. Lane dressing reports are done in Ames and Nevada. The Committee is working on Story City and Jewell and hope to have them done soon.

3. RVP –  Hawkins also reported on the Registered Volunteer Program. We now have several people who have cleared the USBC Registered Volunteer screening and are able to work with the youth of our association. Those people are Kelly McPartland, Bari Blanford, Kevin Deal, Greg Knop, Keith Hawkins and Teri Jennings. Both Sports Bowl and Carousel Lanes have agreed to have their centers participate and we are waiting for the information so we can have their employees who will be working with the youth screened. The cost of screening is $25.00 and the board has voted to budget $250.00 toward the screening.

4. 9-Pin tournament- Hawkins gave the committee report. We had 19 sets of Doubles entries and 35 Singles entries in last weekend’s 9-pin tournament held at 20^th Century in Ames. There were no 300 games shot in the doubles event in Ames so the $35.00 from the optional pot will carry over to Sports Bowl. Lowell Huggins, Al Glick, and Todd Spear shot 300 games in the singles event. They will share $32.00 from the Ames pot, plus the $37.00 carryover from the optional 300 pot in Story City. Thanks to Terri Loneman, Jo Mortvedt, Kevin Holm and Patti McCoy for working the tournament. Special thanks to 20^th Century and the staff for hosting the tournament. Our next tournament will be held at Sports Bowl in Nevada on December 13 & 14.

NEW BUSINESS:

New Business:

1. Hall of Fame Elections- Committee Chairperson Terry Mason explained the new categories for our Hall of Fame. The new categories are Men/Women Skills, Men/Women Service and Men/Women Posthumous. The Hall of Fame committee will now meet prior to the banquet to determine who they will present to the board for the board vote into the hall of Fame. The committee met prior to our banquet and presented the following names to the board.

1. Women’s Skill - Cari McPartland
2. Men’s Skill - Larry Genalo Sr.
3. Women’s Service - Teri Jennings
4. Men’s Service - Dennis Mensing

The Board approved all of the selections. Hawkins made it known that Sports Bowl only had 5 open spaces on it’s Hall of Fame board. It was approved that we look into purchasing and updating all boards.

The next meeting will be held at 20^th Century in Ames on Jan 3 @ 9:00.

McCoy made the motion to adjourn the meeting and Hinman seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 7:35.

Respectfully submitted

Teri Jennings
Association Manager
Ames Area USBC