Minutes of the Board of Governors Meeting
March 2002

Year-to-date income totals $66,590.92 and expenses total $64,597.12. The Club Freeskating Competition, held on February 24, 2002, showed a profit, with entry income of $4622 and expenses of $1856.35. Expenses for the Adult Nationals Competitors Send-off-$297.50 for ice costs and snacks-are included in the competitors support budget. All club sessions continue to operate at a loss, but most showed improvement through the winter. The Family Session at Cabin John has the best attendance, with a 6% loss, followed by the Monday night Plié Power class (10% loss), Sunday Moves in the Field (24% loss), Monday night Dance session (29% loss), Sunday Dance session at Mt. Vernon (33% loss) and the Saturday Dance session at Reston (44% loss).

Membership totals 749, with 689 home club members. The board discussed the dues structure for 2002-2003 as USFSA dues will increase to $20 for the first family member (from $15) and $8 for additional family members (from $5.50). Board consensus was to pass the increase along to active members, raising WFSC dues to $55. The board passed a motion to make non-home club membership $55, the same as active membership. Since subscription information for 2002-2003 sessions will not be available when memberships are renewed in June, the club will not be able to offer a discounted membership to subscribers (as has been the practice in the past). Possible alternative discounts to subscribers will be considered at a future meeting. However, the board did consider options for reducing the impact on families with more than one member, and passed a motion to make dues for additional family members $40. Parent membership dues ($15) and social membership dues ($10) will remain the same as in 2001-2002.

Reston contracts are in place through the end of August. The June test session at Cabin John has been moved to Saturday, June 1, leaving Sunday, June 2 available for the Annual Meeting at Mt. Vernon. The club is awaiting confirmation of this date and the August test session scheduled for Mt. Vernon. The Monday night sessions at Cabin John will begin at 6:30 p.m. for the spring segment, not at 6:45 p.m. as announced. Special programming is planned for the Saturday Dance session on June 8, the weekend of the Pro Am Dance competition. There will be two 45-minute dance sessions with a pick-up fee of $9.

Justin Pekarek will teach on the club's Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon dance sessions. The moves-in-the-field critique sessions have been very popular, and skaters have asked for a dance critique. Additional judges will be invited to participate and a date will be set according to their availability. A moves-in-the-field critique is scheduled for May 5.

The report on the Adult Nationals Competitors Send-off incorporates comments by Barb Tanner, the event organizer. Key points were the request for a photographer and a small budget to reproduce a group photo of competitors, selection of a more "friendlyo/oo date and time (such as a Saturday afternoon), and more advance notice.

For 2003, the board may consider moving the Club freeskating competition to May to reduce strain on volunteers assisting with the World Championships.

Information on the Wheeler Award has been sent to pros and test chairs by e-mail, and will also be disseminated in a general e-mail to the membership. Debbie VanDemark will collect the nominations.

Konrad Huppi is appointing a nominating committee to prepare a slate for the upcoming Board of Governors election. Board members Linda Laurel, Vera Spinner, Peter Tsai and Roy Wu are up for reelection.

At the request of adult skaters and their coaches,the board is investigating the possibility of creating an adult session at Ashburn on Sunday evenings.

The board passed a motion to grant $100 to WFSC's U.S. Adult National Qualifying competitor, Beth Delano.