Item#

Owner

Description

Action

1

Officer Reports

1.1

President -- Robert King

Report

1.2

Clerk -- Mark Kaprielian

Approval of Minutes

1.3

Treasurer -- Bob Messenger

Report

2

Coordinator Reports

2.1

Membership – Gus Gosselin

Report (new life members, level of membership, &etc)

2.2

Database – Mark Kaprielian

Report (state of the DB process, gaps to fill, &etc)

2.3

Tournament -- Bob Messenger

Report (TLAs, venues, past tournaments)

2.4

Scholastic -- Anthony Gavelis

Report (state of currently scheduled tournaments). Also introduce topic of promotional mailings.

2.5

Publications – Stephen Dann

Report (state of current publications, note “New Business” below)

2.6

LMCF – Gus Gosselin

Report (new contributions, new expenditures)

2.7

Clubs and Volunteers – Robert King

Report (club support, recruiting efforts)

3

Committee Reports

3.1

Budget – Bob Messenger

Final Report

3.2

Investment – Tim Oliveri

Interim Report – This is a new investment committee that will make specific recommendations for the dispositions of investments, using the final report of the previous committee as a guideline.

4

Old Business

4.1

Gus Gosselin

MOTION: Move that RICA is granted a discount

4.2

Gus Gosselin

MOTION: Move that MACA does a “one-off” RICA promotional CH mailing, based on a hand-picked subset of USCF label database

4.3

Anthony Gavelis, Tim Oliveri, Gus Gosselin

MOTION: Move that MACA approve new scholastic flyer

4.4

Anthony Gavelis, Tim Oliveri, Gus Gosselin

MOTION: Move that MACA form committee to determine best means for scholastic promotion

4.5

Gus Gosselin

MOTION: Move that MACA form a committee to determine if CH can be published 6 times a year, by means of cost cutting

5

New Business

5.1

Peter Lee

MOTION: [wording not reviewed by Peter] Move that MACA form a committee to resolve mailing policy, and report back to the Board by the January 2002 Board meeting.

5.2

Robert King

MOTION: amend MACA By-laws section 4.2 as follows:  Election of Officers and Directors:  Annually, by mail ballot, the MACA corporate membership shall elect four (4) executive officers and twelve (12) directors for a total of sixteen (16) MACA board members.  Each voting member may vote for any number of directors candidates, up to twelve (12).  The candidates receiving the most votes shall be elected.  The election results shall be announced at the annual meeting.  Candidates may run for an officer and a director position, but if elected as an officer, then the candidate is not elected as a director.

[From Bob Messenger] Friendly Amendment: Please make the number of Directors 8 instead of 12.

Draft #

Reviewer

Comment

Action

1st

Peter Lee

Need motion for disposition of postal bulk permit

Added in New Business, 5.1

Robert King

Motion for election, By-Laws change

Added in New Business, 5.2

Bob Messenger

Friendly amendment to Robert’s previous motion

Friendly amendment in 5.2

Robert King

Final Budget

Covered in 3.1

Robert King

Amendment to 4.2

Did not understand

Harvey Reed

Add discussion about outsourcing mailings

Added to 2.4, could also go in 2.3

2nd

Skipped 2^nd draft, apologies!

Final w/correction

Robert King

Clarified Budget report, no need for motion

3.1 is only a final report