Madison County USBC Bowling Association

Annual Meeting Minutes

March 14, 2009 @ 1:00 PM

Board Members In Attendance:

Harvey Poynter, Gary Kerns, Judy Poynter, Lewis Jones Jr., Dean Acker, Carl Daniels, Mike Dillon, David Norman, Beverly Shearer

M.C.B.A. President Harvey Poynter called the annual meeting to order. Harvey first informed the members about the association’s treasury account status. He stated that will need to tighten our spending next season. Our association is down more than 40 members from last season and with the economy we will probably loose more members next season. The members then discussed checking the lane dressing which is required once a year on a set of lanes. The members were told Galaxy Bowling Center taped the lanes and ran the tape through their lane reader. They were having some problems with the software and were going to check on an update. The members discussed ways to help pay for an update like running a 50/50 pot during leagues. The members spoke on the inconsistency of the way the lanes are dressed, Courtney Worley, Galaxy general manager, said they were looking at bringing a person in from Kegel to look at the machine. Harvey suggested that to keep from losing teams in the fall leagues the leagues may have to lower league fees. He asked Courtney if the house will increase lineage, she said no. Cleaning the lane area before leagues was discussed. Harvey spoke on how well the house has worked with us. Harvey asked about the reading of the association by-laws, a motion was made and seconded to not read the by-laws. Harvey then went over the membership dues breakdown stating with our current membership we make less off of the local dues than is paid for the President and Secretary’s salary. It was suggested that we check with the non-sanctioned leagues at Galaxy like the bad bowlers league and the non-sanctioned league bowling on Monday night to build up membership. Another option is to raise membership dues for next season. Harvey asked if someone wanted to make a motion to raise the membership dues. No motion was made on the raising the dues. Harvey told the members his office was up for election and asked for nominees, Mike Dillon made a motion for nominations to cease and re-elect Harvey Poynter as president, the motion got a second and Harvey was elected for another term. Harvey then read the other board members names whose terms are expiring. Ben Conner, Carl Daniels, Billy McGuire, David Norman, Renda Roberts were re-elected for another term. Amy Mayrhofer was elected to the board and Spider Weaver was removed as a directed then elected to the board as an honorary director. The members discussed the upcoming KY State Bowling Association Jamboree. Beverly Shearer said Holiday Inn Express would give us a rate of $65. Amy said she might be able to get a better rate from Jameson Inn, she said she would check and let us know. Harvey said we need to get as many directors as we can to attend the Jamboree. Lewis Jones Jr said our main job will be to run the tournament. We also discussed serving donuts and having a fruit tray. Harvey suggested running brackets during the tournament. Harvey told the members that our association is nominating Bill Bradley to the KY State Bowling Association Hall Of Fame and listed his accomplishments. Harvey asked Lewis to check on when the nomination has to be turned to be voted on at this years Jamboree. He asked the tournament committee to work a tournament for April. He asked if there was anything else the members wanted to discuss. Harvey thanked the board members for giving their time. The board set the next meeting for Monday April 6, 2009 @ 6:30 PM. A motion to adjourn was made seconded and passed. Meeting adjourned at 1:50 PM.

Lewis Jones Jr

Madison County Bowling Association Manager.