Attendance: Jonah, Daniel, Lynn, Jeff S., Jeffrey, and Jay

Confirmed No: Samantha Lampert (Conference Call me in if you’d like, I might be off the plane by then!)

Guests: Tom Olsen, Jason

Start time: 7:00 pm

End time:  7:40 pm

*Followed by Yankee Draft

LOCATION: Lasell College, Athletics Center

Reports

• Treasurer Report
• Still awaiting Dori’s (Yankee Bookkeeper) 07/08 report to be used for 08/09 Budgeting
• Registrar’s Report
• Increase registration fee to $40 with $5 discount for online registration; signature and rating required.
• Online registration is signed one page only
• New system not online until 9/1/08 waiting for USAV
• No Credit Card; payment by check or cash to Registrar or TD
• College Club still is $60; good for 3 tournaments; each player must register
• Registrar requires that TD send reports/registration on Monday for Thursday update
• NERVA Report
• Dave at Japan: Jonah and Dave to discuss
• Take a look at our finishes and see if we need adjustments on ratings for nationals. 
• Senior discount for Nationals only teams that don’t play Yankee
• Ratings Report
• Women’s summer ratings published
• Men’s summer rating preliminary being discussed
• Blog Report
• 1500 hits last month
• 150 posts since launch
• Newsletter Update
• Sept/Oct next publication (to contain draft information)
• Web Editor Report
• quiet
• GRC Report
• 2 scrambles in the Fall (11/1 Bryant and 12/7 LSHS)
• Prizes maybe but would raise fee
• Bylaws Committee Report
• Tabled for next meeting to review Yankee Rules and Bylaws

Old Business:

• Approval of past June minutes – via email
• Chuck Blake motions to approve minutes
• Lynn Kerr seconds
• For: Chuck, Lynn, Jonah, Jay, Sam
• Majority: Motion Passes

• Payment for services
• Everybody should have received all their mileage checks!

• Libero Uniforms
• Be more definitive and share with referees if it is not exactly aligned with USAV
• Jonah will talk to Steve Webster to clarify
• Head referee responsible for making the final decision

New Business:

• Per Yankee Member Email to Board
• Eliminate ratings DQ/make ratings changes effective for the next tournament
• Moved for next meeting for further review
• Make raters playing in tournaments ineligible to change ratings in those tournaments
• Offer refunds to teams that have been given a ratings DQ
• Suggest that TD warn new teams that no refund be given

• Mileage reimbursement request
• There was a request to raise mileage rates
• Jonah answered that it is currently based on the same rate as the referee $.28/mile
• Where does the current amount come from?
• What are the non-profit implications of this payment?
• What about carpooling

• Registration Fee Increase
• Jonah should have discuss with Dave a “seniors rate” for those members that are ONLY playing at Nationals
• Jonah awaiting Dave to return from deployment

• Schedule Board Meetings Through January
• Monday September 29, 2008 7 PM
• Wednesday November 5, 2008 7 PM
• Monday December 15, 2008 7 PM

• 2009 Pay
• Stipends, Referees, Etc. (Steve Webster has recommendations)
• Tournament Coordinator stipend to be $500 for year
• Jonah motion; Jeffrey second
• 5 yes; Jeff S. oppose

• 2009 Budget Input
• Suggestions for 2009 Budget, so it is ready and presented to board in September
• Jonah will email in July for review and approval at August meeting
• Dori’s report no ready for Jonah to have 2009 Budget; September meeting

• Any new “Presidential Appointments” for the 2009 season?
• none

• Yankee 2008-2009 Rules
• Tabled for next meeting and by email

• Bad checks for tds- tourneys. Board actions?
• To be handled by the TD’s; Board takes no action

• Ed Mercorelli’s YearBook Proposal
• Minor discussion; idea is okay but sounds expensive (volunteers, photographers, publishers, etc…)
• Tournament Coordinator’s job description
• Use the report from the TD
• Time for registration to close
• Number of teams registered/played
• Team results
• Post draft to web
• Make changes to the Tournament schedule
• Recommends changes to the Draft skeleton

• Tom Olsen suggests for Board to have pictures published on the Web Page
• Lynn: Does the web page still have the election pictures around?

• 2010 USAV Bid
• Yankee non-profit standings required
• Sponsors want letter of good standing (NERVA side)
• Jay communications with Dave (Lynn helping translate)

• Steve Webster recommends an referee payment increase as there hasn’t been one since the 2006 season
• Jonah Motions
• $160 base pay (increased form $150)
• $20 per OT match / player ref
• $95 half day pay
• Mileage increase from 7/14/21/28/35/42 to 10/17/27/37/47/57
• Jay Seconds
• Vote: all  approve (Jay, Lynn, Jeffrey, Jeff, Jonah, and Daniel)

2008 Yankee Fall Draft:

Sites: JWU, Regis College, MIT, WNA, RVC (CTSC), Westboro HS, Lincoln-Sudbury HS (LSHS), SDVC, Bryant, Wheaton College, RAC, Lasell College, URI, and Salem State.