Minutes of Board Meeting

Eastside VFW, St. Cloud

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Meeting called to order by President Richter.

Roll call showed all directors present.

Motion Brennan, seconded Barry, carried, to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as mailed.

Motion Roufs, seconded Berry, carried, to approve the following players to play in a fall league and also play in the Roy Hobbs World Series in Florida: Bob Klefsaas, Tom Steinbach, Rod Schafer, Dave Fauth, Herb Koch, Mike Marquardt, Matt Miller, Dave Hinkemeyer, Tom Arnold, Jim Johnson, Randy Moselle, David McDonald, Jack Peterson, Dan Vandehey-Kiki, John Jensen, Mark Fiala, Doug Parks, Jay Johnson, John Cosgrove, Paul Schumacher, Seth Isaacson, Bruce Doney, Tim Doboszenski, and Kyle Messner.

Motion Wegscheid, seconded Brennan, carried, to accept the resignation of Joe Jarvis, Region One Commissioner. The Board would like to thank Joe for his dedicated service over the past years.

The Auditing Committee met and completed their audit.

Meeting was recessed for dinner.

Meeting was called back to order by President Richter at 5:30 p.m.

President Richter welcomed the assembly made up of League Officers, Commissioners, and guests.

Directors present: Richter, Roufs, Zellmann, Wegseheid, Brennan, Forsman, Hartmann, Barry, and Rademacher.

Section Commissioners: #3 John Breimhorst, #4 Robert Reinharl, #7 Mike Kieke.

Region Commissioners: #3 Marlin Reinardy, #6 Don Dvorak, #7 Gerald Roepke, #8 Paul Froncak, #9 Ken Lee, #10 Larry Sakkinen, #14 Monty Hinzmann, #15 Randy Schoenberg, and #16 Ron Berns.

Leagues: Cannon Valley, Cannon Valley Classic American and National, Carver Central White and Blue, Corn Belt North and South, Crow River North and South, Diamond River Valley, DRS-White, Eastern Minny Central, Gopher, Hi-10, Lake & Pine South, Land 0’ Ducks Teal, Metro Minny, Northstar Central East-West, Resorters East, Southern Minny West, Stearns County North-South, and Victory North-South-West.

President Richter then called on Jerry Wegscheid, who after 18 years of dedicated service on the board, has resigned. The board thanked Jerry and his wife Nellie for the many years of dedication and for their wonderful friendship. A gift was presented by Dave Hartmann from the board.

President Richter appointed the following committees (Credentials) Brennan and Barry, (Nominating and Tellers) Roufs, Rademacher, Kieke, Lee, and Winkels.

Members of the Board reported on assigned topics.

Secretary-Treasurer Zelimann: Read and reviewed the Annual Financial Report. Ray Kraemer of Norwood, who was on the auditing committee, stated the audit showed the financial statement to be correct, balanced, and complete.

His fellow auditing committee member Dennis Brennan concurred with this report. Motion by Campbell, seconded Kieke, carried, to accept the financial report as presented.

Nominating Committee: Reported the following nominees for election to the Board of Directors: Mark Forsman, Dave Hartmann, Joe Kreger, Ken Vogt, and Monty Hinzmann.

President Richter called for nominations from the floor. After the required number of times, nominations were closed. Candidates were asked to say a few words on why they were running, and also questions were asked from the floor regarding what candidates thought about certain viewpoints.

(Voting results) Hartmann 37, Forsman 34, Kreger 20, Vogt 17, Hinzmann 14. Hartmann, Forsman, Kreger, were elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors.

Larry Sakkinen reported on the Commissioners meeting. Items discussed:

1. getting region/state rosters turned in before Region starts.

2. the use of electronic signatures for all official state forms. This could allow all documents to be sent tothe State Secretary more quickly and efficiently.

3. Commissioners to update MBA web site on region-section pairings,when games are played, and when region-sections are completed,

The floor was then opened for discussion. Items that came up:

1. Drafting

2. Rosters 20-25

3. State Tournament Teams required to sell tickets to bring up attendance.

4. Don’t pay out game shares, use money to pay individuals forupdating games and stats at the state tournament.

5. Why we increased dues. The board will review all questions andconcerns at the November meeting.

Bob Zelimann and Jerry Wegscheid introduced the 2007 winner of the Mike Downs Award - John Richter of Granite Falls.

Jerry Wegscheid then thanked the board and the assembly for all the support they have given him over the years.

With no further business, motion Kieke, seconded Dvorak, carried, to adjourn at 7:30 p.m.

Meeting called to order by President Richter at 7:40 p.m.

Roll call showed all directors present.

First order of business was election of officers. Motion Barry, seconded Hartmann, carried, to submit a while ballot for(President) John Richter, (Vice President) Fred Roufs, (Secretary-Treasurer) Bob Zelimann.

Motion Hartmann, seconded Rademacher, carried, to set rates for Handbook ads. 1/3 page $35.00 - 1/2 page $50.00 -Covers and full page $75.00 - Center fold tournament sites- $400 each.

(Board expense) was set at $30 per day - (travel expense) was set at .35 per mile.

Motion Roufs, seconded Brennan, carried, to set President salary at $1,000 - Secretary-Treasurer $1,500 - OfficeRent - $1,250 - Clerical $500 - Equipment Allowance $500.

Motion Rademacher, seconded Barry, carried, to pay Zellmann $500 to secure Handbook ads.

The annual meeting was set for Oct. 18, 2008 at the Eastside VFW in St. Cloud, Minn.

The next meeting of the MBA will be Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Holiday Inn in St. Cloud at 11 a.m.

There being no further business to come before the board, motion Brennan, seconded Kreger, carried, to adjourn at 8:30 p.m.

Bob Zellman

Secretary-treasurer

MBA