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OFFICIAL= RECORD OF THE UNITED STATES TABLE SOCCER FEDERATION’S GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING<= o:p>

Friday, March 30, 200= 7 9:00 a.m. at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV

I. The following USTSF Board and Committee members were present on Friday:

Larry Davis, USTSF President and Executive Director

Jimmie Waterman, USTSF Vice President

Bruce Nardoci, USTSF Vice President

Pat Ryan, Officiating Committee member

Mary Moore, IFP Director

Ed Geer, Acting USTSF Treasurer

Adrian Zamora, Officiating Committee Co-Chair

The following members were additionally present on Sat= urday meetings continuation:

Mury Johnson, State Associations Development Chair, Ra= tings & Rankings Chair

Items covered at the USTS= F General Assembly Meeting followed the pre-published agenda (posted 45 days in advan= ce on the USTSF website).

A. The following Statutes and By-Law amendments were passed by the Members present:

1. That there will be four (4) vice presidents on the board of Directors instead of the

three (3) as was previously listed = in the By-laws

2. That there will be an Executive Committee established as one of the standing

committees liste= d in the By-laws

3. That the Executive Committee will = be Chaired by the Executive Director

Further to discussion of = Statutes and By-Laws, Pat Ryan was chosen to review all Articles for consistency and United States Olympic Committee (USOC) membership compliance.

Published USTSF Statutes = are to be updated in both print and online (internet) versions within 30 days of t= he General Assembly Meeting, with copy to the United States Olympic Committee’s Membership Credentials Commission to be forwarded with the annual status up= date package.

B. The following members of the Board= of Directors (running unopposed) will continue for another term on the Board of Directors:

<= /span>President – Larry Davis

<= /span>Vice President- Jimmie Waterman

<= /span>Vice President- Bruce Nardoci

<= /span>Vice President- Kathy Brainard

<= /span>Vice President- Jim Stevens

Unanimously confirmed by = vote of all present.

Note: There is still no one permanently = serving as Secretary of the USTSF nor Treasurer of the USTSF, although Tiffany Moore has volunteered as an interim Secretary and Ed Geer has volunteered as an interim Treasurer.

C. The annual expense report for 2006= was presented for review along with the historical expense reports from 2003-20= 05, and a progress report was given as to the application for tax-exempt status= . Ed Geer informed that he pers= onally cannot continue with the accounting responsibilities due to other duties, b= ut he was willing to donate the cost of time spent on USTSF by his business accountant. It was thereby ag= reed that USTSF should look for someone new (preferably a fooser) to donate time= to handle the books on a more regular basis in the near future. Vote was taken on the forecasted b= udget for the remaining 2007 season, with a goal of approximately $10,000 in mini= mum fundraising requirements. Vote approved.

D. Various methods of fundraising wer= e further discussed, to include sponsorships, t-shirts, additional merchandise, more = raffles and auctions (to include online auctions), etc.

Meeting was adjourned and= set to continue Saturday Morning 9:00 a.m.

II. Saturday Morning 3/31/07 9:00 a.m= .

Jim, Larry and Bruce met = with Pat to inform him of their conflicting meeting with the ITSF and to please info= rm all USTSF meeting attendees that the continuation of the General Assembly w= ould be postponed until the ITSF meeting was finished.

Larry, Jim and Bruce then= went to the meeting, called for by Farid Lounas, President and Executive Director of the International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF). Upon their return from the meeting= with the ITSF, the general meeting of the USTSF continued.

Present for the continuat= ion of the meeting were:

Larry Davis

Jimmie Waterman

Bruce Nardoci

Pat Ryan

Mury Johnson

Ed Geer

Adrian Zamora

Additional intermittent a= ttendees on Saturday included, as their time permitted, Brian King, Tom Yore, Dave Gummeson, Bill Maloney, Mary Moore, Gregg Elliott, and Dave Courington.

E. Fundraising and sponsorship possibilities were discussed, to include a comprehensive pro tour tournament sponsorship plan that would further directly result in development of the player base nationwide, specifically that of youths. Additional topics concerned use of sponsorship kits, benefits to be provided to sponsors, and a commission-bas= ed sponsorship/fundraising team overseen by Mury Johnson. By vote of the Assembly all of the= above were approved for action.

F. Student scholarships were discusse= d and by vote the Assembly decided to pursue that proposal further.

G. Large scale (but targeted) web-bas= ed mailings were discussed, it was determined that further information was nee= ded before making any decisions, such as the specific targeting of potential members (specifically collegiate and youth) and other interested parties, as well as the implications of being associated with SPAM. As Committee Chair for Youth and Collegiate development, Kathy Brainard (in absentia) was elected to contact Jason Lurie for information in connection with this methodology, and to coordinate a way ahead if feasible.

H. Approval was given for various ave= nues of advertising during the coming year.

I. Final discussions occurred regardi= ng taking over specific responsibilities from the USTSA such as officiating, d= iscipline, the training and maintenance of officials, and maintenance of the points and ranking system, etc., and about merging communications methods with InsideF= oos, Foosballnews.com, and/or even Table Talk.&= nbsp; It was determined that the majority of these things we were already doing, such as officiation, ratings, and some communications methods, while others could be expanded over the course of the next year. Action on details will be worked o= ut during the remaining 2007 season in coordination with USTSA, VIFA, Valley-Dynamo, InsideFoos, Bonzini = USA and other entities. Vote to continue action on schedule was approved.

J. Membership of the USTSF was discus= sed at length, the result of which was that membership should be through affiliated organizations as opposed to trying to register everyone ourselves. This is to be proposed to the affi= liates during the 2007 year, for implementation effective 01 January, 2008 as previously planned. Fee struc= tures will be set based on the service(s) being provided at the time. Vote was unanimous.

K. New business discussed included the potential sanctioning of tournaments by the USTSF, independent of ITSF̵= 7;s sanctioning, and that a set of criteria be set which must be met before sanctioning to include prize fund guarantees, submission timeframes for tournament scheduling, and avoiding schedule conflicts. Sanctioning fees and benefits to t= he promoter/tournament director were considered. Vote approved action forward on th= is topic.

L. The following members have been no= minated to the newly formed Executive Committee of the USTSF:

<= /span>Pat Ryan

<= /span>Mury Johnson

<= /span>Cissi Whipple

Pat Ryan’s Nominati= on was accepted and Appointment to the Executive Committee was voted on and approv= ed. After meeting adjournment, Brian K= ing further volunteered and was later nominated by Larry Davis – special = vote forthcoming.

The meeting was adjourned= and various discussion groups formed to work on action items and implementation= of those items approved and discussed in the General Assembly Meeting. Larry Davis further provided train= ing and discussion with state and regional promoters on the effective use of sponsorship kits, media kits, and public relations.