MINUTES OF CASRA MEETING
February 2, 2004 - UIL Building

1. Call to order by Michael Day at 6:35 PM.
2. Review and approval of previous meeting minutes (Marc Kutner). There were no amendments to the printed minutes.
3. Reports
   1. Acting President (Michael Day):
      1. Introduction of visitors Members should be sure they are paid up for 2004.
   2. Vice President (Michael Day):
      1. (included with President's report)
   3. Treasurer (Dana Brown):
      1. Balance = $1474.64
   4. Secretary (Marc Kutner):
      1. No Report
   5. Web Master (Chris Rake)
      1. Members should send more articles.
      2. Dustin Downs suggested having a "lost and found".
      3. The ID tags for members are now available.
   6. Constitution/By Laws Committee (Michael Day)
      1. The committee has produced a version for consideration by the membership, and it will be on the web site, as one more round of corrections are made. Once the Executive committee approved, the drafts for vote would be posted as on the web.
   7. Instruction (Michelle Maloney)
      1. There is a last chance 2004 recert clinic to be held 3/6/04. Let her know, ASAP if you will attend.
   8. Youth assigners: (John Jones):
      1. Remember, you need Kidsafe passes to do youth games. It is no longer sufficient to have tried; you need the pass. Remember, passes are good for one year. If you are having trouble getting yours, contact Retta Davis, (CAYSA) 302-4580 4).
4. Special Orders: Election of a President.
   1. The Secretary confirmed that a quorum of current members was present. There were two nominees: Michael Day and Dustin Downs. There was a secret ballot, and the tellers were Mark Elbom and Doug Chalmers. The vote was: Michael Day (32); Dustin Downs (9). It was noted that there were votes from 4 non-active members, however it was deemed immaterial to the election results by the tellers. The election for president forced the Vice-President to resign from that position, to become President, so there was another election for Vice President. Nominees were Dustin Downs and Dave Robertson. A secret ballot was held, and the vote was 3 votes apart, with 4 inactive voters again voting. This resulted in a revote by secret ballot, with each ballot signed by the voter, and checked against the active membership list by the tellers. The vote was: Dustin Downs (19); Dave Robertson (18)
5. Old Business - None
6. New Business
   1. There was a motion by the Treasurer to pay three bills:
      1. The final Murchison room payment ($70.00);
      2. a fruit basket for John Imbert on the passing of his father ($64.95)
      3. Web fees plus membership cards to Chris Rake ($135.90)
      4. Total: $270.85 .
   2. The motion was seconded by Art Barrow, and passed by a voice vote. After the vote, there was a suggestion from Don Friedel, that we consider such items separately for approval. It was noted by Michelle, that ordinarily bills of less than $250 did not require approval of the membership.
   3. There was a motion by Chris Rake (2nd Don Friedel), for us to buy an additional 20 shirts, at approximately $10 each, The motion passed, on a show of hands 20 - 6.
   4. Dustin Downs suggested that we look into other items to give members (for example to use when at major tournaments). Don Friedel (Chair, Prize Committee) agreed to take this under advisement for his committee.
7. Situations - Various offside situations.
8. Adjounment.
   1. A motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:45 by Dave Robertson (2nd Jan Janas) for a TASO meeting.

Respectfully submitted
Marc Kutner CASRA Secretary