Minutes of the Board of Governors Meeting
December 20, 2000

As a tax-exempt organization under Section 501 (c) (7), WFSC is required to file an annual financial report with the IRS by January 15. The board is working on this report and on arranging for the annual audit.

The club has now has 612 members, with 560 home club members. Session subscription figures remain essentially the same as last month except for the Thursday night Plié Power class which gained several full season subscribers in response to the offer to convert segment subscriptions to full subscriptions at a special rate. The class now has 6.5 full season subscribers plus 9 subscribers to segment 1, for a total of 15.5. Recently, the Sunday family session at Cabin John was transferred by the rink staff from the Olympic to the NHL rink because instructors teaching group lessons on the studio rink had complained about the noise of the hockey games scheduled for the NHL rink. The board is investigating how often the potential for this problem exists, and is discussing the situation with the management. The club's contract is for the Olympic rink.

WFSC now has bulletin board space in the main lobby at the Wheaton rink. The Potomac Ice Theatre has scheduled a show there on Saturday, June 2, 2001. In order to encourage patronage of the Sunday freestyle session at Reston, the board plans to offer members a one-time half-price pick-up coupon or a half-price guest pass for subscribers to bring a friend.

The board has approved the application by Igor Lukanin to teach on the Sunday dance session, as well as any other sessions that he can attend. The board is considering a request to highlight the professionals in the WFSC Directory by placing an asterisk next to their names in the alphabetical listing.

Plans are being made to institute a holiday social for the Sunday dance session, in particular. Because there was not sufficient time to plan one for December, the board proposed a February social in connection with Valentine's Day.

In response to an inquiry about financial assistance for synchronized skating teams, the board reaffirmed its policy of paying the entry fee for a team that qualifies for the National Championships. The board also clarified its policy on support for sectional and national competitors: support is contingent upon participation in the competition.

A design has been selected for the new WFSC warm-up jacket and the Board hopes to have some of the new warm-ups available at the Club Competition so members can be measured and place orders.

The Worlds 2003 Committee now has an office at the MCI Center. The website is scheduled to be operational on January 8, 2001.

The board voted to hold the Annual Meeting at the Mt. Vernon rink on June 3, 2001. The club will continue to distribute the trophies for the freestyle and dance competitions at the annual meeting.

The board also voted give $300 to each of its U.S. National Championship competitors: Michael Weiss, Derrick Delmore, Rusty Fein, Caitlin Obremski, Emma Phibbs, Joseph Jorgens, Ben Cohen and Sarah Solomon.