Colorado USA Wrestling
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APPROVED - Colorado USA Wrestling January 21, 2014 CUSAW Board of Directors Meeting Meeting Held at 7:05 pm SOT Academy 17 South Gilbert, Castle Rock, CO Meeting minutes written by Paul Trygstad, Secretary. Meeting also recorded electronically Roll Call – Board Member Attendees: Jason Babi, Paul Trygstad, Cam McElhany, Ramon Trujillo, Jeff Estrada, Luke Morris, Bill Barron, Bill Curtis, Jay Eide (by phone), Guests: Mo Babi Motion – Cam McElhany made motion to appoint Mo Babi as Parliamentarian. 2nd by Ramon Trujillo. Passed. Motion – Jeff Estrada made motion to limit presentations to 10 minutes 2nd by Cam McElhany. Passed. Motion – Cam McElhany made motion to limit time to 2 minutes per person. No person can speak more than 3 times during one motion discussion period. 2nd by Luke Morris. Passed. Motion – Cam McElhany made motion to change the date on the agenda to the correct date of January 21, 2014, 2nd by Ramon Trujillo. Passed Motion – Cam McElhany made motion to approve the agenda of January 21, 2014 , 2nd by Luke Morris. Passed Secretary Report Motion to accept the meeting minutes of November 17, 2013 made by Cam McElhany, 2nd by Bill Barron. Discussion – Cam asked to correct spelling of his name. Ramon asked that the agreement by PPWL to plan for one all state in 2014. Ramon pointed out that this was important and should be included. Motion made by Cam McElhany was appended by Cam McElhany to table the approval of the November 17, 2013 to later in the meeting, 2nd by Ramon Trujillo. Passed. CUSAW Web Site - Discussion of attempt to use the old web site. Problems with Word Press were encountered after trying to remove access of people no longer associated with CUSAW. The web site crashed after the posted information was removed. Wayne Rodgers rebooted an older file and the web site is up and running. Bylaws – Summary of legal work by Ted Maloney. Draft version of bylaws is complete and were distributed to the CUSAW Board. Motion by Jeff Estrada to accept the Secretaries Report, 2nd by Ramon Trujillo. Discussion. Passed. Chairman’s Report
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Attendance – Jason explained to the board that Joe Pereira and Russ Vialpando have not attended meetings. Deb Watson is still available to be CUSAW Secretary Motion made by Jeff Estrada to remove Russ Vialpando as CUSAW Treasurer and appoint Deb Watson as the Interim Treasurer until we can find a person to be Secretary. Bill Barron asked if the Secretary needed to be on the board. Bill Curtis said this was discussed with the attorney Ted Maloney and the State of Colorado statutes do suggest that the Treasurer is a member of the board. Cam McElhany suggested that we find someone qualified that can attend meetings. Ramon Trujillo suggested hiring a bookkeeper. Jason Babi said that he would like to get this done by a volunteer if possible. Bill Curtis volunteered to assist with the financial statement. Question called by Bill Barron, 2nd by Cam McElhany. Passed. Abstentions – Ramon Trujillo Mo Babi pointed out that there needs to be two motions. All Agreed. Motion made by Jeff Estrada to rescind the previous motion and include only the removal of Russ Vialpando as Treasurer. 2nd by Cam McElhany. Discussion was already done. Passed. Abstentions – Ramon Trujillo Motion made by Jeff Estrada to appoint Debra Watson as Treasurer of CUSAW for the remainder of the term, 2nd by Cam McElhany. Passed. Motion made by Paul Trygstad to accept Joe Pereira’s resignation pending a phone call with Joe. 2nd by Ramon Trujillo. Discussion – Like Morris questioned the action. Paul Trygstad explained that he worked hard and stepped in as CUSAW Chair, Cam agreed and supported this stating that it would be a good gesture due to position at the State of Colorado. Motion made by Ramon Trujillo, 2nd by Luke Morris to Table this until later in the meeting. Passsed Jason Babi welcomed Ted Maloney, attorney that CUSAW hired last meeting joined the meeting by telephone. Ted Maloney explained the scope of work and accomplishments associated with the Bylaws that he completed in December and January. Ted explained that he tried to update and upgrade the existing bylaws with language accepted by the Colorado statues. He explained that he incorporated updated language and produced a draft set of bylaws. Ted will also be working on the policies and procedures for the next meeting. The third item was to review and update our corporate identity as needed. The last piece was some training and QA session to allow the board to walk through and talk though the documents. It was also pointed out that Ted Maloney was given a copy of the binding arbitration Motion made by Cam McElhany to accept the Bylaws completed by Ted Maloney, 2nd by Ramon Trujillo. Discussion. Question on voting age in the bylaws. Ted Maloney explained that the age is 18. It was pointed out that prior action also included the Athlete Mat Officials. Ted Maloney suggested an amendment. Motion is amended by Cam McElhany to approve the bylaws subject to the change that voting age is 18 and also includes Athlete USWOA Mat Officials regardless of age, 2nd Luke Morris. Motion passed. No more questions for Ted Maloney. He left meeting. Discussion continued regarding the Secretaries report regarding the removal of Vice Chairman Joe Pereira. Discussion regarding the conditional motion made pending discussion.
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Motion was amended by Paul Trygstad to remove Joe Pereira as Vice Chairman. 2nd by Ramon Trujillo. Question called – Motion Passed Motion made to recognize Joe Pereira for the efforts that were made to CUSAW, 2nd by Jeff Estrada. Discussion. Passed Motion made by Luke Morris to advertise to the membership the Vice Chairman and Coaches Director positions and appoint new people to the positions at the next board meeting, 2nd by Ramon Trujillo. Motion Passed. Mat Official’s report Bill Barron presented a pay schedule and program for payment to Mat Officials for the upcoming season (see attached). Motion made by Jeff Estrada to accept the Mat Officials Report, 2nd by Paul Trygstad. Motion passed. Event Director Report Ramon Trujillo presented the 2014 schedule and explained that he has talked to the event hosts for the upcoming season. Motion made by Paul Trygstad, 2nd by Cam McElhany to approve the 2014 Events Schedule presented by the Events Director. Motion passed. Resume tabled discussion on the Web Site. The remedy to move to Sports NGIN, the web host discussed at prior board meetings was discussed. The next Southern Plains regional tournament planning was discussed. Jason Babi requested that we talk to Ted Maloney about setting up a LLC for the tournament Jason Babi will be getting together with youth leagues to encourage one youth All-State Tournament. Motion made by Paul Trygstad, 2nd by Jeff Estrada to accept the proposal by Sports NGIN and get this web site going for CUSAW as soon as possible. Motion passed. Care will be taken to remove the information from the existing web site. Jeff Estrada suggested getting information off the current web site as soon as possible due to a recent experience. Motion by Bill Barron, 2nd by Luke Morris to approve the minutes of the November 17, 2013 CUSAW Board Meeting and include the take action on the 2015 youth All-State. The minutes shall include the commitment from PPWL that they are “open to discussion” to work with other state youth organizations. Jay Eide agreed with this and stated that they are “very far apart” on some issues but he is already working on this with the other leagues.
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Discussion on how the meeting went. We all felt that the meeting tonight went well. Jason would like weekend meetings. Jeff, Jay and others like the weeknights. Compromise was to alternate the dates. Motion made by Luke Morris, 2nd by Cam McElhany to have the Next Meeting February 5, 2014 at 6:30 pm SOT Academy 17 Gilbert Street Castle Rock, CO Luke Morris – motion to accept, 2nd Cam McElhany, passed CAM MCELHANY – motion to adjourn meeting – 2nd Luke Morris, passed. Respectfully Submitted Paul Trygstad, Secretary CUSAW
APPROVED - Colorado USA Wrestling January 21, 2014 CUSAW Board of Directors Meeting Meeting Held at 7:05 pm SOT Academy 17 South Gilbert, Castle Rock, CO Meeting minutes written by Paul Trygstad, Secretary. Meeting also recorded electronically Roll Call – Board Member Attendees: Jason Babi, Paul Trygstad, Cam McElhany, Ramon Trujillo, Jeff Estrada, Luke Morris, Bill Barron, Bill Curtis, Jay Eide (by phone), Guests: Mo Babi Motion – Cam McElhany made motion to appoint Mo Babi as Parliamentarian. 2nd by Ramon Trujillo. Passed. Motion – Jeff Estrada made motion to limit presentations to 10 minutes 2nd by Cam McElhany. Passed. Motion – Cam McElhany made motion to limit time to 2 minutes per person. No person can speak more than 3 times during one motion discussion period. 2nd by Luke Morris. Passed. Motion – Cam McElhany made motion to change the date on the agenda to the correct date of January 21, 2014, 2nd by Ramon Trujillo. Passed Motion – Cam McElhany made motion to approve the agenda of January 21, 2014 , 2nd by Luke Morris. Passed Secretary Report Motion to accept the meeting minutes of November 17, 2013 made by Cam McElhany, 2nd by Bill Barron. Discussion – Cam asked to correct spelling of his name. Ramon asked that the agreement by PPWL to plan for one all state in 2014. Ramon pointed out that this was important and should be included. Motion made by Cam McElhany was appended by Cam McElhany to table the approval of the November 17, 2013 to later in the meeting, 2nd by Ramon Trujillo. Passed. CUSAW Web Site - Discussion of attempt to use the old web site. Problems with Word Press were encountered after trying to remove access of people no longer associated with CUSAW. The web site crashed after the posted information was removed. Wayne Rodgers rebooted an older file and the web site is up and running. Bylaws – Summary of legal work by Ted Maloney. Draft version of bylaws is complete and were distributed to the CUSAW Board. Motion by Jeff Estrada to accept the Secretaries Report, 2nd by Ramon Trujillo. Discussion. Passed. Chairman’s Report
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Attendance – Jason explained to the board that Joe Pereira and Russ Vialpando have not attended meetings. Deb Watson is still available to be CUSAW Secretary Motion made by Jeff Estrada to remove Russ Vialpando as CUSAW Treasurer and appoint Deb Watson as the Interim Treasurer until we can find a person to be Secretary. Bill Barron asked if the Secretary needed to be on the board. Bill Curtis said this was discussed with the attorney Ted Maloney and the State of Colorado statutes do suggest that the Treasurer is a member of the board. Cam McElhany suggested that we find someone qualified that can attend meetings. Ramon Trujillo suggested hiring a bookkeeper. Jason Babi said that he would like to get this done by a volunteer if possible. Bill Curtis volunteered to assist with the financial statement. Question called by Bill Barron, 2nd by Cam McElhany. Passed. Abstentions – Ramon Trujillo Mo Babi pointed out that there needs to be two motions. All Agreed. Motion made by Jeff Estrada to rescind the previous motion and include only the removal of Russ Vialpando as Treasurer. 2nd by Cam McElhany. Discussion was already done. Passed. Abstentions – Ramon Trujillo Motion made by Jeff Estrada to appoint Debra Watson as Treasurer of CUSAW for the remainder of the term, 2nd by Cam McElhany. Passed. Motion made by Paul Trygstad to accept Joe Pereira’s resignation pending a phone call with Joe. 2nd by Ramon Trujillo. Discussion – Like Morris questioned the action. Paul Trygstad explained that he worked hard and stepped in as CUSAW Chair, Cam agreed and supported this stating that it would be a good gesture due to position at the State of Colorado. Motion made by Ramon Trujillo, 2nd by Luke Morris to Table this until later in the meeting. Passsed Jason Babi welcomed Ted Maloney, attorney that CUSAW hired last meeting joined the meeting by telephone. Ted Maloney explained the scope of work and accomplishments associated with the Bylaws that he completed in December and January. Ted explained that he tried to update and upgrade the existing bylaws with language accepted by the Colorado statues. He explained that he incorporated updated language and produced a draft set of bylaws. Ted will also be working on the policies and procedures for the next meeting. The third item was to review and update our corporate identity as needed. The last piece was some training and QA session to allow the board to walk through and talk though the documents. It was also pointed out that Ted Maloney was given a copy of the binding arbitration Motion made by Cam McElhany to accept the Bylaws completed by Ted Maloney, 2nd by Ramon Trujillo. Discussion. Question on voting age in the bylaws. Ted Maloney explained that the age is 18. It was pointed out that prior action also included the Athlete Mat Officials. Ted Maloney suggested an amendment. Motion is amended by Cam McElhany to approve the bylaws subject to the change that voting age is 18 and also includes Athlete USWOA Mat Officials regardless of age, 2nd Luke Morris. Motion passed. No more questions for Ted Maloney. He left meeting. Discussion continued regarding the Secretaries report regarding the removal of Vice Chairman Joe Pereira. Discussion regarding the conditional motion made pending discussion.
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Motion was amended by Paul Trygstad to remove Joe Pereira as Vice Chairman. 2nd by Ramon Trujillo. Question called – Motion Passed Motion made to recognize Joe Pereira for the efforts that were made to CUSAW, 2nd by Jeff Estrada. Discussion. Passed Motion made by Luke Morris to advertise to the membership the Vice Chairman and Coaches Director positions and appoint new people to the positions at the next board meeting, 2nd by Ramon Trujillo. Motion Passed. Mat Official’s report Bill Barron presented a pay schedule and program for payment to Mat Officials for the upcoming season (see attached). Motion made by Jeff Estrada to accept the Mat Officials Report, 2nd by Paul Trygstad. Motion passed. Event Director Report Ramon Trujillo presented the 2014 schedule and explained that he has talked to the event hosts for the upcoming season. Motion made by Paul Trygstad, 2nd by Cam McElhany to approve the 2014 Events Schedule presented by the Events Director. Motion passed. Resume tabled discussion on the Web Site. The remedy to move to Sports NGIN, the web host discussed at prior board meetings was discussed. The next Southern Plains regional tournament planning was discussed. Jason Babi requested that we talk to Ted Maloney about setting up a LLC for the tournament Jason Babi will be getting together with youth leagues to encourage one youth All-State Tournament. Motion made by Paul Trygstad, 2nd by Jeff Estrada to accept the proposal by Sports NGIN and get this web site going for CUSAW as soon as possible. Motion passed. Care will be taken to remove the information from the existing web site. Jeff Estrada suggested getting information off the current web site as soon as possible due to a recent experience. Motion by Bill Barron, 2nd by Luke Morris to approve the minutes of the November 17, 2013 CUSAW Board Meeting and include the take action on the 2015 youth All-State. The minutes shall include the commitment from PPWL that they are “open to discussion” to work with other state youth organizations. Jay Eide agreed with this and stated that they are “very far apart” on some issues but he is already working on this with the other leagues.
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Discussion on how the meeting went. We all felt that the meeting tonight went well. Jason would like weekend meetings. Jeff, Jay and others like the weeknights. Compromise was to alternate the dates. Motion made by Luke Morris, 2nd by Cam McElhany to have the Next Meeting February 5, 2014 at 6:30 pm SOT Academy 17 Gilbert Street Castle Rock, CO Luke Morris – motion to accept, 2nd Cam McElhany, passed CAM MCELHANY – motion to adjourn meeting – 2nd Luke Morris, passed. Respectfully Submitted Paul Trygstad, Secretary CUSAW
