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Twin Cities Blind Audio Dart League< April 23, 2024 General meeting The general meeting was called to order by Phil on April 23, 2024 at 7:18 PM. He did the roll call: Kellie, Shawn, April, Phil, Steve, Ellen, Jordan, Mike V, Kellie H, Colleen, Therese, Brian, Al, Lisa, Gary. The minutes were read by Phil from August 22, 2023. Shawn made the motion to accept the minutes as read and April seconded it and it carried. The vice president's report by Ellen: she said still nothing. Kellie B gave the treasurer's report: there's $3,849.61 in the checking account right now. Expenses: bluehost web page for $34.99, PO Box $194, the board purchase was $1800, for the day tournament was $192.60 and for replacing tape $19.67. Total expenses $2241.26 We have $2317 in the Venmo account and there is $746 in cash to be deposited so the total with the checking is $6912.61.. Shawn made a motion and Gary seconded to accept the treasurers report. There was a discussion between Kellie and Phil regarding keeping the post office box and the benefits of keeping it before the motion carried. Outreach: Phil reported that he hopes to retain teams and expand. He said the day tournament was March 10, 2024 and that the breakfast buffet was very good. There were two events. The first one was 301 round Robin with 15 players playing four games. Winners were 3rd place Riley, 2nd place Evan, 1st place Bill. The second game was four pairs playing 501 luck of the draw. Winners were 3rd Bill and Tori. 2nd Phil and Tommy. First place April and Loice. Phil also reported it was the first tournament for Bill and Tori and Loice too. Phil said we didn't make the cut for the summer transition program because they rotate demonstrations but we will try to get the word out there. Phil and Kellie and I discussed getting access to the dart league info email address and there was a discussion about having extra teams at the VFW and purchasing additional boards from Sam because the ones we have aren't in the best condition. We talked about how it's hard to find venues because of construction such as at Merlins. Phil will talk to Elsie‘s and Southtown bowl. He said we need ideas to try to attract younger people which was defined as fresh out of college. The first week of November is the NFB there's also ACB. We talked about putting a current president's email address on the webpage instead of the info address. Old business: same as in board meeting: boards and cabinets are all replaced with new ones from Sam. They have new features that are great, such as the total score from the turn. The VFW cabinet fell apart and it was held together by wood glue and screws. Will get a new cabinet for the VFW from Kellie's basement. It was the one that was at Memory Lanes. Antonio took the old cabinet off our hands. Shawn asked a question about whether we can use the dart stands just in case and Phil reported that we have several dart stands if needed, but they don't hold the speakers We talked about Blind Abilities Podcasts and Kelly H had the address and contact person Jeff Thompson. (Note from Lisa: I wasn't able to easily find the address online so I'm leaving it off for their privacy. Kelly H has it and it's also in my handwritten notes.) Antonio had been concerned about people not following the rule of having your back to the board. We discussed that players need to have their back to the board when putting on their blindfold and how they can feel with their feet if they put their blindfold on when they're away from the toe board and then walk up already blindfolded and feel with their feet. Jordan asked about the stipend for the statistician and Kellie had a check for him. April discussed finding someone to make a new cabinet if she could get the dimensions and pictures. Lisa mentioned that she's been reviewing the bylaws for the future bylaw meeting. Phil discussed respecting people's privacy and if you hear information about a third party, don't pass it on the streets until you find out what is really the truth. Respect people's privacy to discuss or not discuss what they feel comfortable sharing and avoid spreading gossip. We then started elections at 7:59 PM. Ellen opened the nominations for president. Ellen nominated Phil and he accepted. Jordan nominated Gary who declined. Phil nominated Brian who declined. Colleen nominated Ellen who declined. Gary made a motion to close the nominations for President. Mike Vining seconded it. Phil became president by acclamation and he said he will work on doing better. Phil opened the nominations for vice president. Gary nominated Ellen. She declined. Ellen nominated Gary and he declined. April accepted the nomination by Kellie H. Kellie H nominated Therese and she declined. Colleen made the motion to close the nominations and Gary seconded it and April is the vice president by acclamation. Kellie B was the only person nominated for treasurer, April made the motion and Shawn seconded to close nominations for treasurer, and Kellie became treasurer by acclamation. Captains rep. Al was nominated and he declined. Kellie H was nominated and she accepted. Shawn made a motion to close nominations for captains rep, and Gary seconded and Kelly H became captains rep by acclamation. Nominations for the board were accepted by Colleen, Ellen, and Gary. Therese volunteered to be the alternate and Lisa made the motion and Shawn seconded it to close nominations for the board and have Colleen, Ellen, and Gary as the board with Therese as the alternate and it passed. Shawn then made a motion to end the meeting and the meeting ended at 8:12 PM. Respectfully submitted by Lisa Sanders, filling in for the secretary Click here to go back to the minutes pageClick here to go back to the index page |