Madison County Bowling Association

May 1, 2006 @ 6:30 PM

 

 

MCBA President Harvey Poynter called the meeting to order.  Harvey suggested dropping the number of directors from 12 to 10 and the number of directors needed for a quorum down to 7 because of the lack of attendance to the meeting.   The board decided to hold off on the suggestion until the directors not attending the meeting could be contacted to see if they wanted to be a member of the board of directors.  The board discussed mailing letters to all board members letting them know that the next meeting is mandatory and directors without a good excuse not showing up be removed from the board.  Lewis said he would call the directors that were absent and ask if they wished to be on the board and  needed them to show up at the next meeting.  Harvey told Lewis to have the absent directors call him and tell him that they want to be on the board.   Beverly Shearer asked when the new dues go into effect.  The board decided the new dues should go into effect for the summer league since the national dues go into effect at that time.  Harvey asked Joe Silver about sponsoring kids through the YMCA.  Joe said there would be 50 to 60 kids needing sponsoring.  He told the board that there would be a league on Tuesday and Thursday lasting 12 weeks costing $90 per child.  Harvey suggested we donate $1000 to help the kids.  The board approved $900 for the sponsorship of 5 kids on the Tuesday league and 5 kids on the Thursday league letting the YMCA decide on the kids needing the sponsorship.  Next the board discussed buying new shirts.  Kim Breeding told the board of the different types and colors of the shirts, she said the shirts would run around $30 each.  The members decided on navy blue for the color.  The board voted to buy the shirts at a approximate cost of $450.  The board then discussed the patches and other awards talked about at our last meeting and since Mike Moody, who was to present ideas for the award patches, was absent and Judy Poynter was waiting on an awards catalog the board decided to wait till the next meeting to continue discussion on the awards.  Harvey said Lewis had some information about lane inspection equipment that the board should purchase.  Lewis described the equipment as a level with a dial indicator and feeler gauge.  The new equipment would speed up the inspections by having two groups of inspectors working at the same time.  The board voted to buy the equipment for $650.  Lewis suggested doing the lane inspections early, Joe said any Saturday would be good and Lewis said we could probable do Maroon Lanes during the week.   Lewis said he could bring the lane inspection equipment to the next meeting so the members could learn how to use it on the lanes.  Next Harvey asked about types of committees for the association.  He suggested members with committee ideas bring them to the next meeting.  He also talked about local bowlers attending the state tournament and maybe sending board members to this years state tournament.  The board will talk more about this at a later meeting.  The board then discussed the Welcome Back Tournament.  Joe Silver said the lineage would cost $7.50 per bowler.  The board decided the MCBA would pay the lineage for all MCBA members for the tournament.   The board suggested a scratch no-tap tournament with MCBA members paying $5.00 to the prize fund and any bowler not in the MCBA could bowl in the tournament by paying an entry fee of $12.50.  Harvey appointed Lewis, Beverly and Wilma Whittamore to the tournament committee and asked them to put the tournament together and present it at the next meeting.  The board set the next meeting for June 6, 2006 at Galaxy Bowling Center.  The meeting will start at 6:00 PM.

 

Lewis Jones Jr.

Association Manager

Madison County Bowling Association