Capital District TenPin
Bowling Association
Board of Directors Meeting
(#4) at McArthur Lanes
Wednesday Aug 24th, 2005
7:00 PM
Meeting Minutes
Attendees: Nicole Fetzko
Ed Zabarauskas
Marg Willis
Graham
Ginsberg
Pierre Gratton
Graham Crate
Marc Dumontier
Regrets:
Absent:
Mark
Gehring, Owen Labelle (Awards)
1. Call to
Order
Called at
7:10 PM
2. Current Agenda The President, Nicole Fetzko
provided an agenda.
3. Review of Minutes of the
Previous Directors' Meetings
The Minutes from the Meeting #3 of July 27th, 2005 were
reviewed:
Minutes
were accepted, with minor corrections.
4.
Current Agenda
Item: Review of Action Items / Old
Business
Graham
Ginsberg, Trophies: situation pending.
Pierre
Gratton, Honor Board: situation pending.
5. Current Agenda Item: Executive Reports
A summary of the reports follows:
President’s Report
Some
discussion regarding finding a new Director to replace a
vacancy
– hopefully someone representing Junior
bowlers.
Some leads on potential directors stated.
Association Manager’s (AM) Report
The AM reported that all League Kits had been prepared and some had
already been distributed.
Nicole Fetzko volunteered to distribute the remainder in the coming week
to leagues.
Pierre Gratton pointed out that he had requested, last year, that a
“League Profile” form be included
in the kits to indicate how the Leagues would
like to be represented on the web site – the AM
acknowledged that he had not done so, but stated that in the follow-up to
the league sanction
procedure, such a form could be included.
6.
Current Agenda
Item: Committee Reports
The
directors for last year’s committees: Lane Inspection, Youth, Awards were not
available.
Pierre
Gratton spoke briefly about Tournaments – potential date for this year’s
tournament: Jan-Feb.
7.
Current Agenda
Item: New Business
Formation of Committees:
Lane
Inspection: Discussion was held regarding the lane inspection process, as
practiced
in prior years,
as well as in very recent years. There was a time when CDTBA directors
performed
all aspects of
the process, however in the recent past, a team from the Montreal association
had performed
this function,
with the CDTBA lane inspection co-ordinator overseeing the process. Last year’s
co-ordinator,
Mark Gehring,
has recently been absent from Board Meetings, and due to necessity, a discussion
of this
year’s
requirements was held without Mark’s participation. Graham Crate, a newly
elected first-time Director,
expressed a
willingness to take a lead role in this very important aspect of the CDTBA’s
obligations.
A suggestion was
made to try to solicit, for help, past in-house directors, who had performed
this function.
All present were
aware that this year’s inspections were over-due, and that this function is a
priority.
Publicity,
Visibility and Public Relations.
Directors had
been urged in the previous meeting to reflect on aspects of this
topic.
Ed Zabarauskas
presented a “Vision Statement” worksheet of his views. It became apparent that
the topic
is a difficult
one to discuss, with directors having several “vision” elements. Ed’s view is
that
the CDTBA’s
mandate, in its present incarnation under the CTF, is to align itself with the
CTF’s goals.
Other directors
expressed a more “locally centered” view, laying much more importance on
servicing
and promoting
local area TenPin Bowling. A consensus regarding CDTBA’s Vision may be
desirable,
however it may also be very difficult to craft. This area will evolve over the
next few years.
New
Leagues.
It remains to be
seen if any new leagues will request sanctioning. There was a slim possibility
of a small
Gatineau-Hull
league presenting itself, however in the past few years when the existing Hull
leagues gave
their bowlers the
option to vote on sanctioning, the members voted against, with a small number of
individual
bowlers being disappointed. It is within these few bowlers that the seeds for
new sanctioned
leagues
in Hull may eventually sprout. There had been no Anik(Hull) Sanctioned Leagues
last year.
In
Memoriam: Mary Eyamie, Rod Fullerton
A very well respected
“pillar” of our bowling community, Mary Eyamie, had passed away.
The CDTBA intends to
recognize Mary’s passing by a $50 donation.
It was suggested that
CDTBA had a policy regarding Members’ Deaths.
Graham Crate provided
information that Rod Fullerton, another “pillar” in our community, had also
passed.
It was also agreed
that CDTBA would similarly recognize Rod’s passing, by a $50
donation.
Other:
In light of the above
situation regarding policy, it seems to be important to locate CDTBA’s Policy
Manual.
Research needs to be done to
find the manual and to review and update it as well. A policy manual is
a necessity. CTF provides a local association policy
manual template which may be useful.
Graham Ginsberg stated that
he had been, in the past, the editor of CDTBA’s newsletter.
The release date of the any
new newsletter is currently unknown.
NEXT BOARD
MEETING: Sunday, Sep 25th, 2005 10:00 AM at
McArthur Lanes
Schedule for upcoming BOARD
MEETINGS:
Sunday, October 30th, 2005 10:00
am
Sunday, November 27th, 2005 10:00
am
Sunday, January 8th, 2006
10:00 am
Sunday, January
29th, 2006
10:00 am
Sunday, February
26th, 2006 10:00
am
Sunday, March
26th, 2006
10:00 am
AGM Sunday, April 9th,
2006 (to be decided)
8. Current Agenda
Item: Adjournment
Adjourned at 9:05 PM