Minutes of the Board of Governors Meeting
April 2002
Total year-to-date income is $70,356.92 and total expenses are $73,937.82. An assessment of winter session income shows losses as follows: Sunday Moves in the Field (-27%), Sunday Family Session (-7%), Sunday Dance at Mt. Vernon (-38%), Monday Plié Power class (-10%), Monday Dance at Cabin John (-31%), Saturday Dance at Reston (-36%).
Membership totals 767 with 705 home club members. USFSA membership renewal forms will be mailed in May.
Ice rental rates will be increasing at two rinks. Effective 4/1/02, rates at Mt Vernon will increase to $190/hour. Rates will also increase at Cabin John, effective 9/1/02, as follows: peak hours (after 6 p.m. & on weekends) - $235; off-peak (before 6 p.m. on weekdays) - $205. Ice requests have been submitted to the rinks for the 2002-2003 season: Sundays at Mt. Vernon, 3:45-5:15 p.m. (9/8/02-3/30/03); Saturdays at Reston, 8:30-10 a.m. (9/7/02-3/29/03); and at Cabin John, Sunday, 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. (9/8/02-3/30/03) and Mondays, 6:30-9 p.m. (9/9/02-3/31/03). The board is also investigating the possibility of initiating an adult session at Ashburn Ice House. Ice is available on Sunday evenings from 6 to 7:30 p.m. beginning July 7 through August 25, 2002. Prior to that date, the only available times are Thursday evenings (6:15- 7:45 p.m.) or Friday evenings (7:30-9 p.m.). Board consensus was to pursue the Sunday evening time, contingent on year-round availability. The New Year's Adult Invitational is planned for Feb. 1-2, 2003 (7 a.m.-5:30 p.m.) with Friday night practice ice.
Critique sessions are scheduled for May 5 at Cabin John - moves in the field (moves session) and freeskating (Family Session), and May 19 on the dance session at Mt. Vernon.
The board agreed to eliminate mailing of request to teach forms to the professionals each year. The August mailing will include passing standards for moves-in-the-field, a notice of changes from Governing Council, and a reminder that students must be USFSA members to test.
The club has received a $1000 donation to establish an endowment for the James C. Maltby Dance Event (a high test adult event) at the Club Competition, to be used to purchase a medallion or trophy for future events. This year's Club Dance competition generated $910 in entry fees with $700 in ice costs; engraving expenses are still outstanding.
A meeting of the delegates to the USFSA Governing Council is scheduled for May 2. Tryouts for flower sweepers for the 2003 World Championships will be held August 17 at Ft. Dupont. Skaters must be ages 9-13 and have passed pre-juvenile moves-in-the-field. Applications will be distributed to all CRC clubs in mid-May. Twelve award presenters, ages 13-18, will also be selected based, in part, on an essay component.
