Minutes of the Board of Governors Meeting
January 2003

For National Skating Week, WJLA-TV wants to interview an adult and a junior skater on the topic of "what skating means to them" and asked the club to recommend some members for the interview. In lieu of providing specific names, the club will invite the network to the Family Session and the Monday night dance session.

The Cash Report shows total income (7/1/02 through 12/31/02) of $51,481.25 and total expenses of $58,028.74. Income will be coming from the New Year's Adult Invitational. Competitors support checks will be written to the skaters who represented WFSC at the U.S. National Championships. Investment accounts are down 33% from 9/26/97.

The Rink and Programming committee made the following recommendations: (1) to drop the Moves-in-the-field session for spring and summer, (2) to continue the Saturday dance session only through Pro Am weekend unless SkateQuest Reston agrees to a reduced rate in the summer, (3) to continue the Sunday dance session through the weekend before Pro Am, (4) to contract for the ice from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday nights for an additional 8 weeks, to be used for either a class or critique sessions, and (5) to continue the Monday night dance session through the summer. However, the board voted to retain the Sunday MIF session for the spring season, maintaining the current subscription rate but charging a $10 pick-up fee for critiques. Motions also were passed to continue the Monday night dance session from April 7 through Aug. 25 (20 weeks) and continue the Saturday and Sunday dance sessions up to the Pro Am as recommended. Initially the board voted to discontinue the Monday night class during the spring and summer and resume in the fall. This was superceded by a motion to continue to contract for ice on Monday night from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. through April (4 weeks) to give options to continue the class if there is sufficient interest, or otherwise use the ice time for critiques; this motion was passed.

Membership is 840 with 777 home club members. Directories are being distributed.

Requests have been submitted to Mt. Vernon for special events-April 5 or 6 (Adult Nationals Send-off), May 31 (WFSC Freeskating Competition), and June 1 (Annual Meeting), and spring and summer test dates (May 4 and August 17). Linda Laurel will submit a request to continue the Sunday dance session for the period 4/6/03 to 6/8/03. A dance test session at Cabin John has been confirmed for Sat., Feb. 22 (7:45-11:45 a.m.).

The board passed a motion to ratify the executive decision to provide flowers for Ed Picken's memorial service at a cost of $69.

The New Year's Adult Invitational competition has 174 starts scheduled and will run from 9:45 a.m. to 4:55 p.m. on Saturday and 8:45 a.m. to 1:05 p.m. on Sunday. On Saturday evening from 5 to 6 p.m. there will be a panel discussion and a wine & cheese social. A club member has established a permanent trophy in memory of Ed Picken for this competition, to be awarded to an outstanding performance by a WFSC competitor. The process and criteria for selection will be worked out.

The club has been asked to host a reception at the World Championships.