The kick-off meeting of the membership was called to order at 8:06 AM by Chairman Louise Lepie at the Gilruth Center at the Johnson Space Center, the venue for the first scheduled tournament of the year (Fête de Lune). Other Officers present were Vice Chairman John Trojanowski, Secretary Matt Delevoryas, and Treasurer Dennis Meyers. Approximately 15 other members of the Division were present.

The Chairman called on the Secretary for any report he wished to make, but he pleaded that he had nothing deserving to be reported beyond the draft minutes of the April 3rd meeting which had been on the Division Web site for months.

The Chairman asked for a report from the office of Treasurer, and the immediate past Treasurer John Trojanowski spoke. He stated that as of the moment, the Division's bank account contained $2,283.17, and there existed under $300 in accounts payable.

There was no old business, and the rest of the meeting addressed new business.

The Chairman spoke in general about the purpose of the Division and in specific about plans for the year which the members of the Executive Committee intend to see come to pass, plans designed to benefit the entire Division. In particular, during the year there would be various seminars held, including armory workshops, referee workshops designed to produce rated referees, presentations on all aspects of running a tournament, etc. Clubs were being sought to host some of these seminars.

Dennis Meyers mentioned specifically the idea of a class devoted to the use of the FIE tournament management software ENGARDE, and BCFA considering hosting the class. Jerry Dunaway inquired about the idea of teaching an understanding of the fundamentals of tournament management using paper rather than computer.

The Chairman spoke of revising the Division Web site home page to feature who in the Division to contact how, for information about what.

The Chairman reported that she had been working on tournament scheduling information she had solicited from the clubs, in conjunction with external data about national level tournament dates and dates of the six Southwest Section Circuit Cup tournaments. She stated that, given the desires of the clubs, there would be schedule conflicts. She wished all attendees to take with them printed copies of her current draft to ponder the scheduling issues.

The Officers reported that the Division owned two complete sets of scoring equipment which had been purchased in the recent past, and one scoring box which had belonged to the Division for a very long time. The Chairman remarked that for best use of resources in a fair fashion, it was desired for clubs to apply for custody and use privileges of the equipment by the semester, with the Executive Committee reviewing the requests and the resulting benefits. It was noted that a custodian club would have obligations for the equipment to reach tournaments in the Division for which the use of the equipment would be granted, and that there would be seven mandatory obligations for use of the equipment during the year (the six SSCC tournaments and Sectionals).

Rachel El-Saleh spoke encouragingly of the Division and the improvements for the future which could be within the grasp of cooperative members of the Division.

A member moved to adjourn. The motion was seconded, and passed. The meeting adjourned at 8:19 AM.