Friday, May 1, 2015

Critical Issues meeting

Now in addition to the green sheets, we have the yellow sheets that have all of the new National appointments.

Here are a few (Midwest specific):
National Accountant – Suzanne Schlecht (Madison, WI)
National Singles/Pairs judge: No Midwest officials
National Dance Judge – Danielle Rey
National Singles Technical Controller – Todd Bromley
National Singles Technical Specialist – Karen Anderson, Joshua Fischel, Stephanie Lab 

(I'm attaching photos of the two pages of the report below)
There were lots of resignations, but those were mostly due to people who were given appointments when IJS was new and they needed the bodies in various roles.

Proposal 202 – Dues Increase to start July 1, 2016. These are reasonable increases. USFS looked at other NGOs and we were comparable. 
Questions raised by delegates: But since our membership numbers are static, will this discourage membership?
Comment: As an NGO, US Figure Skating doesn’t really provide many benefits to the members. 
Question: Do our programs really get us medals?
Answer: Programs will help us retain skaters
Comment: If we agree to increasing the rates, can we get printed rule books and directories?
Comment: There’s too many people working at Headquarters. (My opinion: Not true)

Comment: It’s only $10. Skip a couple of trips to Starbucks.

We never got to another topic. <sigh>



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