Twin Cities Blind Audio Dart League Minutes

Twin Cities Blind Audio Dart League
General meeting
August 29, 2021

President Chris Peterson called the meeting to order at 2:40 PM.

in attendance were:
President, Chris Petersen
Vice-president, Phil Sporer
Captain's Rep, Annie Sporer
Treasurer, Kellie Bangsund
Board Members: Lisa Sanders, Kelly Peterson, Gary Boettcher
Board member Byron Lee joined the meeting in progress.
Statistician Jordan Strom

Members Colleen Kitagawa and Abby Winters were also on the call.


president's report:
  1. The 2021 season is scheduled to open on September 14th.
  2. Our boards have been serviced and are in good working condition.
  3. Eagles and VFW are ready for our league.
  4. Chris will work with Terry to cut the carpet.
  5. there is hand sanitizer in all of the cabinets
  6. there is not a current mask mandate in MN or at the venues, however Covid rates are on the rise 1,400 last Friday
  7. board changes: Ian has resigned due to his other commitments. Chris has appointed Annie as captain's rep, Janet, (who will be a reserve player on Gary's team), as secretary and Lisa went from alternate board member to board member and Byron was appointed as alternate board member.

vice-president's report:
Phil had a discussion with Sam Jasmine, Barb Kaufman and Charlene Doll regarding working together as a league. The concern is we are now down from ten to five teams.
Phil will continue to dialogue with them, if anyone has questions, please contact Phil.

secretary's report:
Janet will obtain passwords from Ian to update the league email list.

Treasurer's Report
August 29, 2021

Opening Balance: $4,250.65

Deposits
Amazon $17.10
Total Deposits: $17.10

Expenses
Eagles Club dart practices food provided $561.95
BlueHost $464.63 which includes the yearly renewal for the domain name and the 3 year renewal for hosting
Total expenses: $1,026.58

Ending Balance as of August 29th, 2021 $3,241.17

Reserve accounts:
Scholarship fund $509.50
Dart Board Fund $1,248.02
Tournament Fund $1,008.95 board approved funds for providing food at practices this summer

It was brought up that during bylaws review under treasurer the bylaws stipulate that a monthly treasurer's report should be submitted, and that an outside source must review the books annually.

A motion was made by Phil and seconded by Gary to approve the treasurer's report the motion carried.

captain's report: Annie reported we have 5 teams, three will play at Eagles and two at VFW.
We will play four rounds which will allow for time off between rounds for makeup games.

old business: There was no old business.

new business:

Bylaws:

The following changes were recommended during the august 22nd meeting and/during this meeting.

Treasurer: added in Item K. to provide the treasurer with a $500 yearly stipend

Secretary: Removed J. and K. j. Supply writing utensils and paper for elections during banquet. K. Post all updates and announcements to the dart announcement list.

Remove committee information with the exception of the bylaws committee.

Minor word changes to clarify that team stats are due at 11:59 PM on Fridays.

A motion was made by Lisa and seconded by Gary to approve the bylaws as amended, the motion carried.


rules of play:
There were suggested minor wording changes not to change the intent but to update wording.
A motion was made by Gary and seconded by Colleen to approve the rules of play the motion carried.


Upcoming season:
There were 1,900 cases of Covid on Friday August 27th
Phil made a motion that if someone is not vaccinated, they must wear a mask, the motion was seconded by Gary, and the motion was approved.


Team rosters are due to Annie by Sept 5th.
Sam Jasmine will hold a tournament this spring


A motion was made by Phil and seconded by Gary to adjourn the meeting, the motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 4:00 PM.


Respectfully submitted by
Janet Dickelman, Secretary,
Twin Cities Audio Dart League


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