USFA Gulf Coast Division Officer's Meeting [Executive Committee meeting]
October 2, 2003
Location: Salle Mauro

Officers Present: Andrey Geva, Chairman
Mauro Hamza, Secretary
August Skopik, Vice-Chairman
John Trojanowski, Treasurer had met with Andrey Geva on Tuesday, September 30, 2003

Items Discussed

John Trojanowski will update the website, change the USFA website to the list the new Gulf Coast Division website, and send a link to the Gulf Coast Division website to all members of the division.

 The Gulf Coast Division Officers will write and send a letter to the Bayou City Fencing Academy discussing the conflict of tournaments with USFA tournaments. This letter will also go to the USFA national office, Sectional Office and division officers in the section.

 The Gulf Coast Division will send out by mail an updated version of the 2003-2004 division schedule, utilizing the list from the USFA office.

 The Officers discussed and agreed to suggest the directing fees for Gulf Coast tournaments be $50 per day for unrated directors, and $80 per day for qualified ranked judges.

 The Gulf Coast Division will attach a newsletter to the mailed schedule to be distributed. The division will ask for interested parties to reply with an email address for this year's future newsletters and updates.

 August Skopick [sic] and John Trojanowski prepare the annual report for the last year based on bank transaction of GC Division account and will send it to the USFA

 The Gulf Coast Division currently has $255 in the bank account, and has as assets two working strips. These strips are required for SW Section tournaments.

 Trophies and medals for local tournaments will be the responsibility of the hosting club.

 Trophies and medals for local tournaments will be the responsibility of the Gulf Coast Division.

 There is a proposed but not voted on head tax of $1 for the 2004-2005 division tournaments.

 Per USFA guidelines, the division officers will add Andrey to signature authority on the two person savings account of the USFA. August Skopik and John Trojanowski have be the two signatures required for withdrawals in the past year.

 There was a discussion of classification changes. Per USFA policy, an officer of the division must sign for and approve all classification changes in a Gulf Coast Division tournament. It was discussed and approved that the division secretary, (Mauro) be the focal point for forwarding the USFA classification changes for the Gulf Coast Division.

 The officers also discussed and approved that the Gulf Coast division will offer bout committee services to any hosting club for USFA tournaments. Gulf Coast Division officers presiding over JO qualifiers and Division qualifiers is mandatory per by-laws and USFA rules.

[Spring 2004 Secretary's note: There is no record of who took these minutes.]