Twin Cities Blind Audio Dart League Minutes



Twin Cities Blind Audio Dart League Banquet meeting,
May 19, 2026

Ellen called the meeting to order at 7:41 PM members Present were Steve, Ellen, Jordan, Kellie B, Chris, Jodi, Monica, Dottie, Riley, Phil, Tori, Josh X, Josh, Lisa, and the name I cannot read it looks like Xorum plus several others.

Lisa read the minutes for the August 5, 2025 meeting. Phil made the motion to approve. Riley made the second and there was some discussion and all were in favor.

Vice president report
Phil said that there were some complaints. He was hoping to bring in some new players including a minor. Good behavior was encouraged because some players are under 21. We need to be more encouraging and to have fun and to watch our language.

Treasurer report by Kellie.
She said we had $4135.15 and she listed deposits and expenses, which included blue host, the PO Box, and donations that we received. There were still end of year expenses including prize money.
Gary made a motion to approve the treasurers report. Mike Vining seconded it and all were in favor.

Captains rep report
Kelly Harrison was gone so Phil reported that we had five teams and six rounds. Riley hoped that we'd have six teams next year.

Outreach
Phil said they met with the same group of kids they met with before. They did a demo with some kids in February at a Braille event. The kids seem to enjoy it; maybe get some of those kids to join.

There was some discussion about making a brochure. Jodi could do it. Also there was no official release form. We discussed release for photos. Chris made a motion to create the photo release form and Phil seconded it.

Old business
We discussed the cabinets holding up and that there should be tape inside (there was some more discussion).

Chris and Phil talked about building new cabinets. Someone will talk to Eagles. The boards will be looked at because they keep messing up. They are two years old and there's no warranty.

Brian had a question about outreach. He is available to do more than once a year. There was some discussion. Riley and Phil will give Brian info to do that.

New business Michal wanted to start a team: he has people interested.

Monica had a question about putting up ads at Eagles. Jodie and Monica will have flyers ready.

Michal suggested having team names. There was a motion about it but I could not hear it. The idea did not pass.


Elections

Phil opened the floor for nominations for president.

Riley nominated Josh X and he said no.
Gary nominated Ellen and she said no.
Michal nominated himself but I did not hear a confirmation.
Ellen nominated Phil and he said yes.
Tori nominated Michal and then he said no.

Phil won presidency by acclamation.

Mike H made a motion to close the elections for president and Gary seconded it.

Vice president nominations

Phil nominated Michal. He said yes
Monica nominated Brian and he said yes.

There was a motion to close nominations. It was too noisy to hear who did it but Brian won the vice presidency.

Kellie said she didn't want to be the treasurer again. Jodi was nominated and Phil made the motion for her to win by acclamation.

Captains rep

Phil nominated Evan. He said no.
Phil nominate Chris. He said yes so Phil made a motion for to Chris win by acclamation and Mike seconded it.

Board elections
Riley nominate Josh X he said no.
Riley also nominated Evan who said yes.
Riley was nominated. He said yes.
Phil nominated Monica. She said yes.
Phil nominated Michal and he said no.
Colleen was nominated too so the board members are Monica, Evan, and Colleen and the alternate is Tori.

Awards
1st place Riley 103 wins 41 losses
2nd place Ellen 87 wins and 57 losses
3rd place Chris 75 win 66 losses
4th place Al 67 winds and 77 losses
5th place Gary 25 wins and 119 losses

Season Awards

Most individual points: Riley Schmitz 70 points
Most zero-outs: Riley Schmitz 27 points
Low round zero-out: Lisa Sanders round 4 dart 2
Most tons: Bill Jones 7 points
High ton: Jordan Strom 160 for the last 4 weeks, Lisa Sanders had it at 141 for 8 weeks before that
Most low scores: Bill Jones 44 points
Michael Mattson Most improved: Brian Favorit +0.412
Chuck Cerisier Rookie of the year: Monica Lash 39 points

There was a motion to end the meeting: not sure who or what time. It was a really noisy venue and I had a really hard time hearing and people kept talking to me and that made it hard.

Respectfully submitted by Lisa Sanders, webmaster and temporary minutes taker

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