Colorado USA Wrestling
APPROVED MINUTES - Colorado USA Wrestling March 9, 2014 Board of Directors Meeting Meeting Held at Pappadeux Seafood Restaurant, Greenwood Village, CO Meeting minutes written by Paul Trygstad, Secretary. Meeting also recorded electronically The Meeting was called to order by CUSAW State Chairperson Mr. Jason Babi at 2:06 pm Bill Curtis was appointed to be Parliamentarian. Roll Call – Board Member Attendees: Jason Babi, Paul Trygstad, Cam McElhaney, Chad VanDiver, Ramon Trujillo, Bill Barron , Luke Morris, Jeff Estrada, Jay Eide, Kay Pickerell. Guest – Phil Grasmick Motion – made by Paul Trygstad and 2nd by Jeff Estrada to open the meeting to electronic means. Discussion. Passed. Motion – made by Ramon Trujillo, 2nd by Luke Morris to have a short break so we can call Kay Pickerell. Discussion. Passed. Kay Pickerel joined by phone. Motion – by Jeff Estrada and 2nd by Ramon Trujillo to approve meeting agenda for March 9, 2014. Discussion, Passed
Secretary Report 1.0 2.0
CUSAW member Statistics 1.1 March 9 , 2014 – CUSAW 3196 athletes, 823 coaches, 32 officials Meeting Minutes 2.1 Meeting Minutes for February 2.1.1 Web Site – All CUSAW Board Members were encouraged to get registered on the web site. The discussion was deferred to the Web Site agenda item. 2.1.2 Motion - Chad Vandiver, 2nd Luke Morris to approve the minutes from the last meeting on February 12, 2014. Discussion. Passed. Meeting minutes approved. 2.1.3 Motion 1 (US Bank Account) – made by Jeff Estrada 2nd by Paul Trygstad to remove Russ Vialpando as the owner and authorized requestor of the US Bank US Bank account. Discussion. Passed. 2.1.4 Motion 2 – made by Jeff Estrada 2nd by Ramon Trujillo that Colorado USA Wrestling become owner of all CUSAW US Bank Accounts. Discussion. Question called by Jay Eide and 2nd by Paul Trygstad. Passed. 2.1.5 Motion 3 - made by Jeff Estrada 2nd by Chad Vandiver that the authorized requestor shall have authority to make all changes to the CUSAW US Bank Account. Discussion. Question called by Jay Eide, 2nd by Chad VanDiver. Passed
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Motion 4 – made by Jeff Estrada and 2nd by Paul Trygstad that CUSAW place Jason Babi as the authorized requestor. Discussion. Passed. Motion – Jeff Estrada 2nd by Jay Eide that Jason Babi review this with Ted Maloney, outside counsel review the past 4 motions. Discussion. Passed. Motion – made by Jeff Estrada 2nd by Cam McElhany to approve the secretaries report. Discussion. Passed.
Chairman’s Report 1.0
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Secretaries Status – Deb Watson has accepted the position a Secretary but will be busy until April 15, 2014 due to tax season. Deb has asked that we allow here to start on the duties after tax season. All American – one check is outstanding to All American. Jason working on this issue. Dave Miller with All American Sports is working on this issue now. RMN has approached us to do a 3 style tournament in August. RMN will foot bill and we would get a percentage. We would not be held to the obligation. Motion made to accept the State Chairman’s Report, 2nd by Cam McElhany. Discussion. Deferred to later in the meeting
Old Business 1.0
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Frosh Soph tournament 1.1 Big success this year. Good job by all, many compliments due to one day status and satellite weigh-in. 1.2 Ramon mentioned that he would like to improve on a couple items next year and he thanked the pairings officials and mat officials. Web Site 2.1 Motion made by Luke Morris and 2nd by Cam McElhany to authorize Paul Trygstad to choose 3 teams to function as a Beta Test site for team pages. This would give the team a one year access to the CUSAW web site. Discussion. Vote deferred after Women’s Director Report.
Women’s Report 1.0 2.0 3.0
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Jeff Estrada needed to leave so he wanted to give a report and leave. Motion made by Ramon Trujillo 2nd by Cam McElhany to purchase 300 tee shirts for the 29014 CUSAW National Teams. Motion made by Cam McElhany 2nd by Bill Barron to give Cam McElhany authority to order the tee shirts for the national team. Motion amended to waive the conflict of interest by Jeff Estrada and allow Jeff’s apparel company to bid on the tee shirts. Discussion. Passed. (note: Jeff Estrada Abstained from the vote). Motion – made by Luke Morris 2nd by Cam McElhany to accept the Women’s Directors Report. Discussion. Passed
Motion - made to accept the Chairman’s report by Cam McElhany 2nd by Luke Morris. Discussion. Passed. 2
Web Site (continued) 1.0
Discussion continued on the Motion regarding the 3 beta site teams. This is item 2.1 under Old Business. Question was called on the motion and the motion passed.
Event Director Report 1.0 2.0
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Motion made by Ramon Trujillo 2nd by Jay Eide to have the Mat Officials manage the weigh-in cards and pass out the weigh-in cards. Discussion. Passed. Motion – made by Ramon Trujillo 2nd by Luke Morris to have CUSAW to prepare a proposal to host the Southern Plains regional event and present at meeting this year. Motion tabled by Jason Babi – this will be discussed during the Kids Director Report Motion – made by Ramon Trujillo 2nd by Luke Morris to reserve 6 rooms at Southern Plains. Discussion. Passed Motion – made by Ramon Trujillo 2nd by Luke Morris to make the 2nd CUSAW Qualifier at Arvada West Mandatory to qualify for a National Event and guarantee the first place winners a spot on the Dual Team. Substantial discussion. Question called by Jay Eide 2nd by Paul Trygstad - MOTION FAILED 5 – 3 by show of hands. To be clear all qualifiers will be the same and there will be not specific requirements or distinctions of the events. Motion – made to accept the Event Directors report 2nd by Cam McElhany. Discussion. Passed.
Kid’s Director Report 1.0
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Southern Plains discussion resumed. Jay Eide did not think that Colorado should host Southern Plains but should offer a Kid’s Dual event. The earlier motion was tabled. Motion made by Ramon Trujillo 2nd Cam Mcelhany to from a LLC for the tournament, study the issue and to form a committee to prepare a presentation. Passed. Motion made to accept the Kid’s Director Report. Discussion. Passed.
Cadet Director 1.0
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Camps discussed prior to Fargo. Luke will be contacting everyone and working on a proposal. We need to decide what to offer. We have OTC athletes that can assist and run a good camp. Note for all Directors by Paul Trygstad to have planning meetings for the dual teams, trips and events. Come to the meetings with well-planned out motions. Cam McElhany is willing to be the interim Junior Director. TC Danzler also interested. Jason would like to fill the positions next meeting. Motion made by Bill Barron 2nd by Ramon Trujillo to accept Cadet Director report. Passed.
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Mat Officials Report 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0
The training held March 8, 2014 was a success. 9 in attendance 12 excused absences. Bill will hold a mandatory coaches clinic for the ones that missed. Would like a planning meeting with Pairings and Mat Officials. Mandatory Officials clinic at 3:30 pm prior to 1st Qualifier at Palmer Ridge. Motion made by Ramon Trujillo 2nd by Luke Morris to accept the Officials Report. Discussion. Passed.
Guest Comment 1.0 Phil Grasmick invited all to the 2014 Colorado Hall of Fame Banquet. We could have a table like the youth leagues. Leroy Smith from the National hall of Fame will be there. Hotels are also available. Phil appreciated the endorsement from CUSAW and thanks all for the cooperation.
Next Board Meeting Next Meeting: April 13, 2014 at Castle Rock Library 2:00 pm MOTION made to adjourn the meeting by Ramon Trujillo and 2nd by Paul Trygstad, motion passed. Respectfully Submitted, Paul Trygstad, Secretary CUSAW
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Secretary Report 1.0 2.0
CUSAW member Statistics 1.1 March 9 , 2014 – CUSAW 3196 athletes, 823 coaches, 32 officials Meeting Minutes 2.1 Meeting Minutes for February 2.1.1 Web Site – All CUSAW Board Members were encouraged to get registered on the web site. The discussion was deferred to the Web Site agenda item. 2.1.2 Motion - Chad Vandiver, 2nd Luke Morris to approve the minutes from the last meeting on February 12, 2014. Discussion. Passed. Meeting minutes approved. 2.1.3 Motion 1 (US Bank Account) – made by Jeff Estrada 2nd by Paul Trygstad to remove Russ Vialpando as the owner and authorized requestor of the US Bank US Bank account. Discussion. Passed. 2.1.4 Motion 2 – made by Jeff Estrada 2nd by Ramon Trujillo that Colorado USA Wrestling become owner of all CUSAW US Bank Accounts. Discussion. Question called by Jay Eide and 2nd by Paul Trygstad. Passed. 2.1.5 Motion 3 - made by Jeff Estrada 2nd by Chad Vandiver that the authorized requestor shall have authority to make all changes to the CUSAW US Bank Account. Discussion. Question called by Jay Eide, 2nd by Chad VanDiver. Passed
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Motion 4 – made by Jeff Estrada and 2nd by Paul Trygstad that CUSAW place Jason Babi as the authorized requestor. Discussion. Passed. Motion – Jeff Estrada 2nd by Jay Eide that Jason Babi review this with Ted Maloney, outside counsel review the past 4 motions. Discussion. Passed. Motion – made by Jeff Estrada 2nd by Cam McElhany to approve the secretaries report. Discussion. Passed.
Chairman’s Report 1.0
2.0 3.0 4.0
Secretaries Status – Deb Watson has accepted the position a Secretary but will be busy until April 15, 2014 due to tax season. Deb has asked that we allow here to start on the duties after tax season. All American – one check is outstanding to All American. Jason working on this issue. Dave Miller with All American Sports is working on this issue now. RMN has approached us to do a 3 style tournament in August. RMN will foot bill and we would get a percentage. We would not be held to the obligation. Motion made to accept the State Chairman’s Report, 2nd by Cam McElhany. Discussion. Deferred to later in the meeting
Old Business 1.0
2.0
Frosh Soph tournament 1.1 Big success this year. Good job by all, many compliments due to one day status and satellite weigh-in. 1.2 Ramon mentioned that he would like to improve on a couple items next year and he thanked the pairings officials and mat officials. Web Site 2.1 Motion made by Luke Morris and 2nd by Cam McElhany to authorize Paul Trygstad to choose 3 teams to function as a Beta Test site for team pages. This would give the team a one year access to the CUSAW web site. Discussion. Vote deferred after Women’s Director Report.
Women’s Report 1.0 2.0 3.0
4.0
Jeff Estrada needed to leave so he wanted to give a report and leave. Motion made by Ramon Trujillo 2nd by Cam McElhany to purchase 300 tee shirts for the 29014 CUSAW National Teams. Motion made by Cam McElhany 2nd by Bill Barron to give Cam McElhany authority to order the tee shirts for the national team. Motion amended to waive the conflict of interest by Jeff Estrada and allow Jeff’s apparel company to bid on the tee shirts. Discussion. Passed. (note: Jeff Estrada Abstained from the vote). Motion – made by Luke Morris 2nd by Cam McElhany to accept the Women’s Directors Report. Discussion. Passed
Motion - made to accept the Chairman’s report by Cam McElhany 2nd by Luke Morris. Discussion. Passed. 2
Web Site (continued) 1.0
Discussion continued on the Motion regarding the 3 beta site teams. This is item 2.1 under Old Business. Question was called on the motion and the motion passed.
Event Director Report 1.0 2.0
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5.0
Motion made by Ramon Trujillo 2nd by Jay Eide to have the Mat Officials manage the weigh-in cards and pass out the weigh-in cards. Discussion. Passed. Motion – made by Ramon Trujillo 2nd by Luke Morris to have CUSAW to prepare a proposal to host the Southern Plains regional event and present at meeting this year. Motion tabled by Jason Babi – this will be discussed during the Kids Director Report Motion – made by Ramon Trujillo 2nd by Luke Morris to reserve 6 rooms at Southern Plains. Discussion. Passed Motion – made by Ramon Trujillo 2nd by Luke Morris to make the 2nd CUSAW Qualifier at Arvada West Mandatory to qualify for a National Event and guarantee the first place winners a spot on the Dual Team. Substantial discussion. Question called by Jay Eide 2nd by Paul Trygstad - MOTION FAILED 5 – 3 by show of hands. To be clear all qualifiers will be the same and there will be not specific requirements or distinctions of the events. Motion – made to accept the Event Directors report 2nd by Cam McElhany. Discussion. Passed.
Kid’s Director Report 1.0
2.0
Southern Plains discussion resumed. Jay Eide did not think that Colorado should host Southern Plains but should offer a Kid’s Dual event. The earlier motion was tabled. Motion made by Ramon Trujillo 2nd Cam Mcelhany to from a LLC for the tournament, study the issue and to form a committee to prepare a presentation. Passed. Motion made to accept the Kid’s Director Report. Discussion. Passed.
Cadet Director 1.0
2.0 3.0
4.0
Camps discussed prior to Fargo. Luke will be contacting everyone and working on a proposal. We need to decide what to offer. We have OTC athletes that can assist and run a good camp. Note for all Directors by Paul Trygstad to have planning meetings for the dual teams, trips and events. Come to the meetings with well-planned out motions. Cam McElhany is willing to be the interim Junior Director. TC Danzler also interested. Jason would like to fill the positions next meeting. Motion made by Bill Barron 2nd by Ramon Trujillo to accept Cadet Director report. Passed.
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Mat Officials Report 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0
The training held March 8, 2014 was a success. 9 in attendance 12 excused absences. Bill will hold a mandatory coaches clinic for the ones that missed. Would like a planning meeting with Pairings and Mat Officials. Mandatory Officials clinic at 3:30 pm prior to 1st Qualifier at Palmer Ridge. Motion made by Ramon Trujillo 2nd by Luke Morris to accept the Officials Report. Discussion. Passed.
Guest Comment 1.0 Phil Grasmick invited all to the 2014 Colorado Hall of Fame Banquet. We could have a table like the youth leagues. Leroy Smith from the National hall of Fame will be there. Hotels are also available. Phil appreciated the endorsement from CUSAW and thanks all for the cooperation.
Next Board Meeting Next Meeting: April 13, 2014 at Castle Rock Library 2:00 pm MOTION made to adjourn the meeting by Ramon Trujillo and 2nd by Paul Trygstad, motion passed. Respectfully Submitted, Paul Trygstad, Secretary CUSAW
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