CAPITAL CURLING CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

July 24, 2002

Board members present: Mary Gervaise, Wally Owen, Roger Peet, Mike Ell, Tom Pomonis, Jon Mielke, Scott Mcleod, Jim Streifel, Tim Brosz, Roger Smith

The Meeting was called to order by President Roger Smith

The Minutes of the last meeting were amended to read that the brat stand fee was $110.00.  Jon moved to approve the amended minutes.  They were approved.

Finance Report: Wally reported that $103.48 of unknown origin was rolled into the equipment fund.

            A total of 29,706.93is in the bank

            Wally will work on the 2002-2003 budget for next meeting.

            Summerspiel may net 2000.00

            Tom moved to accept the financial report.  It was seconded and passed.

Membership/League committee report: Special committee makes suggestions and recommendations.

            Bismarck State College needs an afternoon time slot.  Juniors will get first choice.

            Early leagues could start at 6:20 or 6:15; Thursday leagues may remain the same.

            Mixed league format of Friday night.

            Little rocks on Saturday morning.

            Stick league for more seniors on an afternoon or morning. Need someone to start it.

            A commercial league on a late afternoon.

            Need to find league captains

            Possible uniform requirements for competitive leagues.

            Advertising and open houses need to be planned.

Building and ice report:

            Dave Jensen reported it would cost $5500.00 for a service area/trophy case.  There is potential to put it on a grant.

            Needs for next year include a sink and storage.

Publicity committee:  Mike Borr will keep posting info for the season.  Newsletter is coming after Labor Day.

Bonspiel committee report:

            Planning a possible early bird bonspiel the last weekend in Oct.

Brat stand at the Capital Affair is all set.

Roger and Jon reported on the State Curling board meeting held during the Summerspiel.  Major topics included reduction of teams at state play downs to 14.  Format would be round robin instead of triple knock out.  Jon will be the state training coordinator.

Discussion was held on whether to apply for a Park Boaard matching grant to purchase new rocks for the club.  Some of the pros and cons of purchasing new rocks were presented as follows

            Pros-current strong demand for used rocks around the country

                     Good exchange rate

                     Revenue from Worlds and 50/50 raffle is available

            Cons-would need 5 sets of rocks to host a major event.

                      Our rocks are not in that bad of shape.

Also discussed alternate uses for matching grant money to fulfill needs of the club, ie. Trophy case, storage, and remodeling the lower club room.

Jon suggested that we wait until the March deadline to make a decision on new rocks when we will have a better idea of the total revenue from the Worlds.  He also suggested approaching the Convention and Visitors bureau to purchase the 5tht set of rocks.  Included in the motion was to apply for the matching grant of $5000.00 to make improvements to the club.  Wally seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.

Tom suggested we discuss ice maintenance training during our next meeting.

Roger will notify the board of the next meeting date.

Meeting adjourned.