Minutes of the Board of Governors Meeting
May 2002
The Club has 778 members (713 are home club members). Membership renewals were mailed in mid-May and the Club must report members not in good standing by June 1. The application deadline for Regionals is Sept 3, 2002. Registration can be done on-line beginning July 15.
Ice for Annual Meeting (5:30-7:00 p.m.) and August 18 test session have been confirmed at Mt. Vernon. Test dates and Special Events for the 2002-2003 season have been submitted to the rinks as follows: At Mt. Vernon - Test sessions on Sunday, 10/20/02 and Sunday, 1/19/03; South Atlantics Send-off on 9/15/02, 9/21/02, or 9/22/02; Adult Nationals Send-off on 4/5/03 or 4/6/03. At Cabin John - Test Session on Saturday, 11/30/02 (8 hours). At Ashburn - Adult New Year Competition on Saturday & Sunday, 2/1/03-2/2/03, with 2 hours of practice ice on Friday 1/31/03.
The Potomac Ice Theatre has been awarded the contract for First Night Annapolis, December 31, 2002 at USNA Dahlgren Hall, along with a preview exhibition earlier in December at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis.
Roy Wu announced that he will not run for another term on the Board of Governors.
A report from USFSA Governing Council included the following points:
» WFSC is still the second largest club (behind DuPage).
» Paul Wylie was the special motivational guest speaker.
» The redistricting plan for Regionals and Sectionals did not pass and was returned to committee for further evaluation.
» Juvenile FS program time increased to 2:15 effective with the 2003-2004 season.
» Time for test reports to be sent to the USFSA has been changed to 21 days.
» USFSA television contracts will plateau in 2006-2007 and there is a possibility funding may reach critical levels.
» There is an urgent need to recruit new judges.
» A national competition series similar to the Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix is under study for juvenile - novice levels.
» Ron DeiCas is researching plans to organize a sports medicine seminar for lower level skaters.
» WFSC skaters assigned to Team Envelopes are Michael Weiss, Derrick Delmore, Sarah Solomon & Ben Cohen, and Emma Phibbs (with partner Devon Patrick).
The Pro-Am Dance Classic has an excellent turnout of competitors. Additional time will be added on Friday due to the volume of events.
Plans were finalized for the Annual Meeting on June 2, 2002. Nine nominations for the Wheeler Award have been received.
Announcements:
Members of the ISU were in Washington, DC recently to meet with the Worlds 2003 organizing committee. Chesapeake Skating School ensemble teams placed well at the international competition in April: The Diamonds were second and the Emeralds were fifth.
Sarah Solomon and Ben Cohen will compete in Junior Dance at the North American Challenge Competition in Alabama.
The Leeann Miele Award for judges was announced.
