Fall 2010 Great Lakes Curling Association, Board of Directors Meeting

Minutes- Pending Approval

Date:  August 20, 2010
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Hyatt Place, 111 W. Washington Rd., Ft Wayne, IN

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Attending: Gord Maclean, Paul Eisenman (Copper Country), Kathy Kohtala (p) Delta Rocks, Wes Hoffman (Circle City), John Zimmerman, Mike Graves (Midland), Tom Seitz (CSC), Karen Hamilton, Mark Friedman (p) (Columbus), Sandra Takata (GSMCC), Scott Piroth, Martha (p) (BGSU), Paul Badgero,  Quinn Smith (p) Ben Levy (DCC),  Rick Thomas,  Pam Nelson (Kalamazoo), Jeff Michaels (p) (Lewiston), Robb Borland, Matt Dolloff (p), Courtney Schmidt  (p) (Mayfield)

Guests: Bruce Clingman, Donald Mitchell (Troy), Craig Fisher (Ft Wayne), Vickie Louks (Circle City)

1. Call to order: Quorum – 50%?  Tom Seitz, presiding by phone
Tom  - thanks all that are attending and the Ft Wayne CC for hosting.

2. Minutes of Previous Meeting: Sandra Takata

• Accept as written
• Motion: Zimmerman
• Second: Borland
• Vote:   Unanimous

3. Treasurer’s Report: John Zimmerman

• Accept as reported
• Motion:  Takata
• Second:Badgero
• Vote: Unanimous

4. U.S.C.A. Update: Badgero, MacleanDues are going up $2/curler –

• USOC funding for high performance curlers.  The plan is on the USCA website.
• Member Services – shifts changing with respect to curling season heading towards year around curling
• Can we change GLCA meetings to better fit the USCA meeting schedule
• USCA schedule – Fall is in September,  Spring is in late April, early May
• There will be a USCA townhall meetings.
• Can there be a way to get focus towards the club curler?

5. Playdowns Update:

• 2011 dates: Jan 14, 15, 16 GLCA M/W at Mayfield- No POC yet
• Feb 4, 5, 6 GLCA Mixed at Columbus- Karen Hamilton Chair
• March 19-26 Mixed National Championships at Midland- John Zimmerman Chair
• Btwn Xmas & New Years  Juniors  at Midland
• Robb Borland will set up a new
• Motion to buy $400 ad in Mixed National programme
• Paul Badgero
• Second: Sandra Takata
• Vote: unanimous

6. Training Instructors

• Instructors Oct 23 Midland
• Skills  Oct 24 Midland
• Officials Early Nov Midland
• Scott Piroth is willing to run an instructors clinic

7. New Clubs – (new club representatives welcome to attend meeting.)

• Ft. Wayne CC, application submitted
•    Motion: Paul Badgero
•    Second: Wes Hoffman
•    Acceptance: unanimous
•   Craig Fisher - First spiel this weekend.  First time curling since 1800s.
•   Trying to establish a Special Olympic programme
•   Looking for junior stones
•   65 members expected
•   Troy CC, application attached
•   Motion: Karen Hamilton
•   Second: Sandra Takata
•   Acceptance: unanimous
•   Bruce Clingman– Curled 6 weeks, 130 tried, group of 24 to start
•   Borrowing stones for the moment
•   Cincinnati CC, application may be available by 8/20.
•   They are started and have curled. At this time, they just have paperwork to submit.
•   Lansing, MI update
•   Looking for an arena.
•   Grand Rapids CC
•   No news.

8. GLCA rocks

• 2 sets GLCA rocks loaned to Cincinnati January 2010
• Agreement valid to the end of the 2011 season.  Depending on need at that time, we will re-look at the agreement.
• Motion to approve: Robb Borland
• Second: John Zimmerman
• Vote: Unanimous.
• Same rocks loaned by Cincinnati to Troy OH for the summer
• One set is back to Cincinnati.
• Should GLCA acquire more loaner rocks, and what is available?
• Standard operating procedures need to be established.  Sandra will take lead.
• Discussion on how to finance rocks.

9. Governance

• Add to by-laws definition of term for the executive member at large.
• Discussion of numbers of reps to the GLCA  John Zimmerman
•    Suggests 3 directors at the 120 member level.
•    Suggests 2 directors at a lower level.
•    Gordon and John will review the numbers.
•   January 15, 2011: GLCA solicits all clubs for 2011-12 GLCA Board;
•   also, Nominations for 2011-13 Officers, election at May 2011 meeting

10.  Club Commentary/Calendar

• Bowling Green – Scott Piroth
• Arena is under renovations and on schedule. 
• They are unlikely to host spiels.
• Cleveland SC-  Tom Seitz
• Last weekend in January for bonspiel
• Stable membership
• All summer curling had been cancelled due to ice conditions
• Scottish women will be curling at SC
• Circle City –Wes Hoffman
• They have ice time again and hoping to have better ice.  Curling on 4 sheets.
• Columbus – Karen Hamilton
• Open spiel December 11-12.  Beers of the World theme.
• Hosting mixed playdown
• March – will have women’s bonspiel
• Hoping to start the season with 200-220 members
• Copper Country-  Gord Maclean/ Paul Eisenman
• Feb 18, 19, 20 open spiel
• Grand Match – 30-40 end game on a Saturday
• Delta –
• Detroit - Ben Levy
• 125^th year of the club
• Fundraiser – 125 end game starting Friday night and hoping to end Sunday morning.
• Jan 27-29 – Mens International
• Jan 16^th? Scottish women’s
• Feb 5^th ladies 1 day
• Feb – Mixed international
• Purchasing new stones but has old ones for sale.
• Planned learn 2 curls are full.
• Trying to resurrect a junior programme.
• Scottish women will be curling at DCC
• GSMCC –  Sandra Takata
• Rocky Top was successful again this year.
• Learn 2 curl for 40 new curlers ran June and July.
• We ran a curling bott camp for the Atlanta Club in Knoxville.
• Talking to a Canadian Expat network to promote curling.
• Kalamazoo- Rick Thomas
• Nationals was a success and says thanks
• Club is growing.
• Learn 2 curls are full.
• Lewiston- John Zimmerman
• Feb 25-27  International spiel is now open
• Mayfield –Robb Borland
• January playdowns
• Oct will have ice
• Nov 11-14 Men’s Spiel
• Feb 24-27 - Evergreen
• Midland-  John Zimmerman
• Excited to get Nationals
• Ice in October and will be trying pre-printed sheets (Hack to Hack Solutions).  First installation in US.  $4k per sheet.
• Will be doing spiel with Lewiston

11. Next Meeting –May 7, 2011 Cleveland

12.  Other Business:

• Men’s Scot’s tour application comes out in the Fall – watch the Curling News

13. Adjourn

• Motion: Paul Badgero
• Second: John Zimmerman
• Vote: Unanimous.