The meeting was called to order at 4:14 PM by member Frank Berntsen representing South Houston High School Fencing Team at the Post Oak Family YMCA on Augusta Drive, Houston. Other members present were Giorgio Bassa representing Alliance Fencing Academy, Matt Delevoryas representing Clear Lake Fencing Club, Jennifer Kerr representing Rice Fencing Club, David Mayerich representing Texas A&M University Fencing Club, Steve Moss representing Westchester Fencing Club, Andy Nat representing Katy Blades, and Pete Power representing Spindletop Cavaliers. Division Secretary Matt Delevoryas served as secretary for the meeting. Also present were non-USFA-members Andrey Geva and Hazel Power.

Matt Delevoryas moved that Frank Berntsen serve as chairman pro tem. Matt Delevoryas moved the previous question, but rather than vote on that motion the discussion continued. Eventually, it was noted that Frank Berntsen was yet to be made chairman pro tem, and the main motion was put to a vote, and it passed without objection.

Andy Nat moved that the Division Board schedule meetings in each quarter of every fencing year. Once some questions about the exact phrasing of his motion were resolved, there was no debate, and the motion passed without objection.

Member Matt Cooper representing the Fencing Club at the University of Houston arrived.

Andy Nat moved that the Division Board recommends and endorses the membership of the Division amending the Bylaws to prohibit Division Officers from being named as representatives or alternate representatives of clubs. The motion passed.

Jennifer Kerr moved that the Division Board recommends and endorses the membership of the Division amending the Bylaws to specify that 1) during every fencing year a club must have a declared representative or alternate to the Division Board some time within the first month of the membership of the club in the Division, or else for the entire rest of the fencing year the club would not be entitled to representation on the Division Board, and 2) in the case of two or more clubs with identical ownership, that common owner would be entitled to representation granting only one vote on the Division Board. The motion passed without objection.

Frank Berntsen moved that for a meeting of the Division Board scheduled sufficiently in advance, representatives should communicate agenda items to the Secretary one week or more before the meeting for the Secretary to disseminate as a meeting agenda. After brief discussion, the motion passed without objection.

Steve Moss moved that the Division Board requests a specific proposal from the Houston Cup group specifying what it is that the Houston Cup group is seeking from the Division Board. Without discussion, the motion passed without objection.

Andy Nat moved: "Any local organizing committee in the division which wants to hold a divisional-level tournament in conformance with the rules of fencing should automatically have its tournament added promptly to the Division's published schedule, without advance review. USFA sanction would be withheld in advance only after any explicit decision by the Executive Committee or the Division Bout Committee that it not have sanction, for violation of USFA rules or policies." After some informal discussion assisting Andy to get the wording of the motion neatened up, without any further debate the motion passed unanimously.

Matt Delevoryas moved that when the Division has one of the divisional qualifying tournaments hosted by a club, then the Division and the host club would split the profits or losses from the tournament equally, unless explicitly agreed otherwise. Frank Berntsen moved to postpone the motion until the next meeting. The motion to postpone passed without objection.

There was a motion to adjourn, which passed without objection. The meeting adjourned at 6:55 PM.