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Information for DISTRICT 2 MEMBERS DISTRICT 2 BOARD MEETING HELD AT FAR HORIZONS TUCSON VILLAGE January 9, 2010 PRE-MEETING: Drawing was held for the District 2 Split Singles Tournament at Far Horizons Tucson Village, January 11-12. BOARD MEETING: The meeting was called to order at 2:00 p.m., by President, Ernie Lane, and the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Executive Director, Dick Davis. Secretary, Marian Eising read the Roll Call. A quorum was met with 14 voting members present. A motion was made by Pat Lane and seconded by Jackie Odermann to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the November 4, 2009 meeting and accept them as distributed. Motion passed. Treasurer, Glenda Fleming read her report. Treasurer’s report on file. COMMITTEE REPORTS: SUNSHINE LADY: No report. We were advised that the new Sunshine Lady will be Karen Edal. REGISTRAR: Pat lane advised us that we have 394 members. HALL OF FAME: We were advised that Gail Garrett is eligible for the Hall of Fame and her name , along with Charlie Garrett’s name will be submitted. BLUE BOOK: No report. President Lane advised us that Dave Alexander, the Nomination Committee Chairman, will be looking for nominees for any open offices for next season. SPECIAL COMMITTEE: Pat Lane spoke to us, representing the Special Committee assigned to review the future of District 2 Shuffleboard. This committee is co-chaired by Ron Johnson and Leo Dodd, and includes Pat , Don Stroud and Bill Madson. The committee previously asked for our input. Pat, through flip-charts gave us the committee’s thoughts and asked for our input in four categories regarding obtaining new members for shuffleboard. The four categories were: Recruit, Retain, Revitalize and Reward. Many new ideas were talked about in each category. PRESIDENT’S REPORT: STATE BOARD MEETING: President Lane discussed changes made regarding Hall of Fame qualification requirements. He also discussed increasing ASA membership dues starting next season. How this will impact our District 2 fees for next season will be discussed later under new business. TOURNAMENTS: Tournament results since our last meeting. Turkey Classic, held at Voyager: Championship Consolation 1st Ron Johnson (RCW) 1st Paul Jespersen (TE) 2nd Paul Richardson (TE) 2nd Yvonne Hulke (DP) 3rd Bill Felsing (VOY) 3rd Bob Charlot (RCW) 4th Peter Palko (VOY) 4th Dick Davis (RCW) Yuletide Tournament held at Rincon West Championship 1st Sam Stephenson (TW) and Lois Reilich (VOY) 2nd Dean Livingston (VOY) and Sharon Lyle (VOY) 3rd Jim and Lucy Horoho (RCW) 4th Buck Brents and Glenda Fleming (VOY) Consolation 1st Ron Johnson (RCW) and Annette Hayse (FHE) 2nd Ernie and Pat Lane (TE) 3rd Dick Davis (RCW) and Yvonne Hulke (DP) 4th Jack Rathwell and Mary Gray (TE) ASA Qualifier for the US International Team for the International Tournament to be held in Germany the first week of August, 2010. Three men participated at Voyager. 1st Chuck Crouse (Mesa) District 1 2nd Dean Livingston (Tucson) District 2 3rd Stan Peters (Yuma) District 3 District 2 Qualifier for ASA State Singles Championship, held January 5 at Copper Crest Championship Consolation Fred Neuman (TE) Leo Dodd (VOY) Jackie Odermann (CW) Pat Lane (TE) State Championship Tournament will be held in Sun City (District 5) on January 18-19. FUTURE TOURNAMENTS: District 2 PRO/AM tentatively scheduled for for February 2-4. District 2 ANY DOUBLES, February 8-11 at Tucson Estates. UNFINISHED BUSINESS; At our last meeting in November of 2009, Notice of Motions were presented for member consideration and voted upon at this January, 2010 meeting. A copy of said proposed motions is attached hereto. Each motion was discussed with “pros” and “cons” duly noted. Motion No. 1. By Pat Lane. After a discussion, The motion was amended : where it read “not to exceed seven (7) members at $50 each” to read “not to exceed eight (8) members at $50 each”. The motion was seconded by John McMahon and the motion was passed as amended. Motion No. 2 By Pat Lane. During the discussion Pat told us that the proposed new tournament had been approved by the State and if approved by our voting members would be held on February 15-17 at Tucson Estates. She also showed us what percentage winners could win based on number of people participating. The motion was seconded by Annette Hayse and the motion was passed. Motion No. 3. Motion withdrawn. This motion refers to the Pro-Am Tournament and confusion seems to lie in the definition of an Amateur. Pat withdrew her original motion. After a discution a motion was made by Pat Lane : that the definition of an Amateur would be the following: “An amateur is a person who has never won a trophy in a District 2 sanctioned tournament or Summer Program Phase 1 and 3”. The motion was seconded by John McMahon and was passed. Motion No. 4. This motion was presented for our consideration by Dick Davis. After discussion it was agreed to try this procedure for this season, it was seconded by Pat Lane and passed. NEW BUSINESS; FEE SCHEDULE FOR 2010 - 2011 It was noted that our fee schedule for membership has not been raised since 2001. It was also noted that instead of giving 50 cents to the State, next season we will be required to give the State $1.00 for each of our members. After discussion, a motion was made by Annette Hayse and seconded by Don Stroud, that we would raise our membership from $3.50 to $4.00. Motion passed. Something to be considered for our next meeting is whether we should raise our tournament fees. Ron Johnson advised us that there was an error in the book for the Senior Olympics and the men’s singles would still be played at Rincon West and not Sun Flower. The winner of the 50/50 drawing was Bill Marcus, of Tucson Meadows. Our next meeting , which will include election of officers, will be, FRIDAY, February 19, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. at Rincon West. Meeting was adjourned at 3:40 p.m. Respectfully Submitted:Marian Eising, Secretary DISTRICT 2 BOARD MEETING MINUTES HELD AT TRAILS WEST November 4, 2009 LEAGUE MEETING Members were welcomed by President Ernie Lane. The Registrar distributed the Team Packets to the Captains. League and Schedule Explanations were made and President Lane and Past-President Alexander advised the League Captains of their duties and responsibilities. A President and Vice-President were elected by the Captains of each League. The results of said election are: NAVAHO LEAGUE; Annette Hayse, FHE, President and Clare Jenkins, TE, Vice-President PAPAGO LEAGUE: Bill Madson, FHE, President and Ralph Francis, TW, Vice-President PUEBLO LEAGUE; Wayne Evans, TE, President and Ron Eising, RCW, Vice-President YAQUI LEAGUE; Bob Munns, DP, President and Gary Gifford, MV, Vice-President ZUNI LEAGUE; Lavone Shell, TW. President and Mike McNierney, WW, Vice-President The Secretary recorded the above-named officers on the roll call and voting park reps were determined and added to the roll call. PARK REPS: Jackie Oderman, CW, Duane Stevenson, FHTV, Dwight Diltz, RCE, Hobie Crawford, FHC, and Bill Marcus, TM. The Blue Books (District 2 Rules & Procedures) were assigned by Charlie Garrett. BOARD MEETING The meeting was called to order and the International Pledge of Allegiance was led by Past-President David Alexander. Secretary Marian Eising read the Roll Call. A quorum was met. President Ernie Lane asked that certain portions of the minutes of the last meeting of February 21, 2009 be read. The Old Business and New Business Sections of said report were read. A motion was made by President Lane and seconded by Ron Johnson that the minutes be accepted as read. Motion passed. Treasurer, Glenda Fleming advised us that, as of October 30, 2009, we have $3,799.50 in our treasury. President Lane introduced our District 2 Officers and also Committee Chairmen and Appointees. A copy of same is attached to these Minutes. COMMITTEE REPORTS SUNSHINE LADY: No Report REGISTRAR: Pat Lane advised us that we have 370 members. SUMMER PROGRAM: Dick Davis advised us that Charlie Garrett and Shirley Lessnau were the winners of Phase I of the Summer Program and Charlie Garrett and Dave Alexander were the winners of Phase III of the Summer Program. He also gave us several new ideas for the next Summer Program, that we can think about and can be decided upon at the next meeting. HALL OF FAME: Charlie Garret advised us that if we have any nominations for the Hall of Fame, they should be in by the third week of this month. REFERENCE BOOKS: Charlie Garret told us that the Blue Books are updated and available. DISTRICT 2 HISTORIAN : No report. PRESIDENT’S REPORT AND ANNOUNCEMENTS President Lane discussed the Rule Changes approved by the ASA Meeting of March, 2009, a copy of which is attached hereto. President Lane reported that a Special Committee has been assigned to review the future of District 2 Shuffleboard. Co-Chairs are Ron Johnson and Leo Dodd. President Lane told us that another thing that is coming up next August, 2010 is an International Shuffleboard Tournament in Germany. He also announced that November 23 and 24, is the District 2 qualifier to go on to the State qualifier playoff. We are scheduled to host the State qualifier December 7-8, anyone wishing to go in the District 2 qualifier is to contact President Lane. Also, District 2 will host the State League Playoff. OLD BUSINESS The motion that was passed at the last meeting regarding the “floating player”, was briefly discussed and in the minutes of the last meeting. NEW BUSINESS President Lane discussed the matter of 16 frame games vs. 12 frame games. He told us that the Turkey Classic and the Yuletide Tournaments will still be 16 frame games, taking your colors with you. Dave Alexander added that if a sanctioned tournament leads to a State competition, such as our League Team Playoffs the tournament has to be 16 frames. President Lane said that Tucson Estates would be hosting the Doubles in February and unless they hear otherwise would make it a 12 frame tournament. This would allow more games on the first day. This could be up to the host park. Pat Lane made a motion to leave it to the park and/or the director of the tournament to make the decision that the tournament would be a 12 or 16 frame game, and we would try it for a two year period. The motion was seconded by Don Stroud and was passed. There was a question of making the District Split Singles a qualifier for the State Tournament. This is something that we can discuss and possibly vote on at our January meeting. Pat Lane discussed the proposal of funding for participants to the State Tournament. Pat initiated a 50/50 drawing and would like to see some of that going to these people. Pat will prepare a Notice of Motion for our next meeting proposing that we fund $50 for the people that represent us at the State Tournaments. Four people for the State Split Singles and up to seven people for the State Team who represents our District at State. President Lane also told us that there may be a Notice of Motion for the January meeting regarding the Split Singles winners going to State that we do not have a separate qualifying tournament. President Lane asked Dick Davis to talk to us about the elimination of A and B team playoff divisions. Dick reminded us that the State tournament will be played here in Tucson this year, which puts a different light on the situation of not having to travel to participate. He also suggested several good alternatives, which he would like teams to discuss and get back to him by mid-December, so that he could put together a Notice of Motion for the January meeting. Pat Lane talked to us about the Pro-Am Tournament and the fact that last year it was canceled for lack of players. She passed out a questionnaire and would like some feed back for future tournaments. She also suggested starting a Cash Tournament. The Pro-Am Tournament is non sanctioned but the Cash Tournament could be sanctioned, and might possibly spark some further interest in shuffleboard. The Pro-Am is a doubles tournament and the Cash Tournament would be a singles tournament. Suggestions are welcome about both the Pro-Am and the possibility of a Cash Tournament, she could frame a Notice of Motion for another meeting, if needed. President Lane thanked Mary Alice Stroud and her committee of ladies for the cookies and coffee. Ron Johnson advised us that the Yuletide Tournament, held at Rincon West is usually a 16 frame tournament, but it will be voted upon at Rincon and may be a 12 frame game. This information will be available, when you register. The winning ticket for the 50/50 fund was drawn and the winner Mike McNierney received $31.00. President Lane announced that the next meeting will be Saturday, January 9, at Far Horizons Tucson Village, at 2:00 p.m., with the draw for the Singles Tournament. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:40 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Marian Eising, Secretary Minutes accepted as distributed