Yankee
Board Meeting Minutes
Monday,
March 15, 2004
Meeting
convened at 7:10
Board
attendees: Judy Katalina, Ann Riedl,
Lora Loyall, Joe Loyall, Paul Santos, Debbie Finnigan,
Helen Taylor
Other
attendees: Tom Sweeney
Minutes
from last meeting:
Minutes
accepted with no changes.
Treasurer's
report:
Still
have money.
Registrar's
report:
Had a fabulous February. Almost caught up to where we were last year.
Paul
asked how much of a spike we get from championships. Judy said not much and she
expects we will get more registrations this year without championships.
Judy
had looked to get an idea of who hasn’t renewed this year. There are about 750
people from last year that haven’t renewed (meaning that we have about that
many new members). She saw a lot of younger members, some that moved, and a few
that she doesn’t know what happened to them.
TD
report:
Paul
has taken over. There are lots of requests for expansions and additions, which
is good as long as they fill. Things are going great.
Referee
report:
Glenn
says that NOVA is doing great. For the first time in history, on the big juniors weekend, all referees were assigned. TDs are being very cooperative with referees.
Coed
and UVolley at Nationals need to have a certified
referee on their roster. There are going to be a number of referees out there
(including Judy, Patty and Bobby Desmaisons, Chris
Johnson, and Patty Lavoie-Beebee).
NERVA
Report:
David’s
out of town. National’s entries are coming in slowly. Deadlines are this Friday
for UVolley, Coed, and Men’s 30/35.
Ratings
report:
Everything’s
going fine. No real new ratings since 2/24.
Some discussion on the BAVP about why we have ratings frozen if no
championships.
Newsletter
Report:
New
newsletter is out.
Joe
will get a list of things Dale needs for the next newsletter and send it out.
Make
a page of rule changes in the newsletter and on the web.
Web
editor Report:
USAV
tests are cranking through, doing 2-3K per month.
Already
have the summer schedule up, BSSC, Quarter Keg, and some folks in
GRC
Report:
Everything
went well at the scramble. There were some complaints about Brett’s team being
too strong. Ann wants to try to have a mentor player for each team, because
there were a couple of teams that had nobody higher than C. Those teams didn’t
have as much fun.
Old/New
Business:
Ghost player. Judy motioned that we accept the new wording. Ann seconded. All in
favor: unanimous
New
business
Ann
is moving away. Need to appoint a new vice president at the next meeting.
We
discussed the non-sanctioned tournaments, mostly charity tournaments being run
lately. We decided to contact TDs running charity
tournaments, remind them that they can go through the draft, in the fall they
don’t need refs, can add tournaments afterward, and encourage them to get
sanctioning for their tournaments.
Joe
will write a note about how TDs who go through the
system help support Yankee and those that run charity tournaments endanger
them. If people want to support charity they can make a donation. Encourage the
Yankee membership to support the Yankee organization, which is a
non-profit. Encourage the membership to
encourage the TDs that are running charity
tournaments to do so through the Yankee. Mention the charity tournaments that
are drafted (e.g., Rolf/Amy Anderson and Brenda Freese).
We
discussed the Annual meeting and whether we should have a summer party. Judy
will put out a message to the BAVP to see if she can get some interest and
volunteers. If we’re going to do it, we need to grab a date soon. Tom suggested
the
The
party would be free for members, $5 for guests.
We
won’t provide alcohol, Judy will check with Dave to see whether people can
bring their own.
Tentative
date is June 12.
Next
meeting will be Tuesday, April 27 at a restaurant.
Meeting
adjourned at 8:08.