IJA Board Meeting - October 15, 2002

The Board of Directors of the International Jugglers' Association met on October 15, 2002, 9:00pm ET via conference call.

Present at the meeting were - Chairman: Paul Richmond; Directors: Jaye Butler, David Davis, Andy Ford, Art Jennings, Bill Ritchie, Ben Schoenberg, Scott Slesnick; Officers: Norman Schneiderman, General Manager; Becky Schneiderman, Recorder.

Meeting called to order 9:05pm ET

MOTION Richmond moves to accept agenda with addition and subtraction as discussed.

Ritchie seconds

VOTE
Butler for
Davis against
Ford abstain
Jennings for
Richmond for
Ritchie for
Schoenberg for
Slesnick for

Motion carries

MOTION Richmond moves to accept minutes of June 25.

Ritchie seconds

VOTE
Butler abstain
Davis abstain
Ford for
Jennings for
Richmond for
Ritchie for
Schoenberg for
Slesnick abstain

Motion carries

MOTION Richmond moves to accept minutes of October 8.

Slesnick seconds

MOTION Richmond moves to table the motion to accept the minutes to the next meeting.

Schoenberg seconds

VOTE
No objections

Motion carries

MOTION Richmond moves that the board of the IJA adopt the following policy:

Items that may be identified as confidential by a majority vote of the board of directors include:

Preparing for, conducting, or reviewing negotiations or bargaining sessions with employees concerning their compensation or other terms and conditions of their employment.

Preparing for, conducting, or reviewing negotiations or bargaining sessions with groups or individuals providing products or services under contract rates.

The appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a employee or official, or the investigation of charges or complaints against a employee, staff member, committee member, board member or general member.

Any conference with an attorney concerning disputes that are the subject of pending or imminent court action, or any records pertaining to pending or potential litigation.

Butler seconds

VOTE
Butler for
Davis for
Ford for
Jennings for
Ritchie for
Schoenberg for
Slesnick for
Richmond for

Motion carries

MOTION Richmond moves that we form a special committee on the policy manual to review and present recommendations to the board.

Slesnick seconds

MOTION Richmond moves to table this discussion.

Ritchie seconds

MOTION Richmond moves that we take the costs of the fund raising drive from the proceeds of the fund raising drive for the old life member fund.

Ritchie seconds

Richmond amends Retroactive to last year that we take the costs of the fund raising drive from the proceeds of the fund raising drive for the old life member fund.

Ritchie seconds

Richmond calls the vote

VOTE
Butler for
Davis against
Ford against
Jennings abstain
Ritchie for
Schoenberg for
Slesnick for
Richmond for

Motion carries

MOTION Slesnick moves that retroactive to the last year, when we sell a new life membership at $1500 (or whatever the dues may be in the future) that we take the cost of the first year's dues up front. It should be prorated as follows, membership dues divided by six, times the number magazines that member will receive for the year equivalent to their geographical dues.

Richmond seconds

Richmond calls the vote

VOTE
Butler for
Davis against
Ford abstain
Jennings abstain
Ritchie for
Schoenberg for
Slesnick against
Richmond for

Motion carries

MOTION Paul moves to adjourn.

Butler seconds

VOTE
No objections

Meeting adjourns 11.40 pm ET

Respectfully submitted, Becky Schneiderman