IJA Board Meeting - October 1, 2002

The Board of Directors of the International Jugglers' Association met on October 1, 2002, 9pm ET via conference call.

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

Ben Schoenberg joins at 9:22pm ET

MOTION - Slesnick moves that Andrew Conway be allowed to join the meeting for the financial section of this meeting and make his presentation.

Richmond seconds.

Vote called; Slesnick for, Ritchie for, Ford for, Davis for, Butler for, Richmond for, Jennings for, Schoenberg for.

Motion carried.

MOTION - Slesnick moves that Conway be allowed to attend all portions of the meeting that are not in executive session for this meeting only until we clarify our policy on how it should be done and this one should be done in accordance with the open meeting rule policy that the past board clarified.

Ford seconds.

Butler stated for the record her concern about equitable treatment of all members when announcing any public session.

Vote called; Slesnick for, Ritchie opposed, Ford for, Davis for, Butler opposed, Richmond for, Jennings opposed, Schoenberg for.

Motion passed.

MOTION - Slesnick moves that Schneiderman be reinstated as general manager retroactive the Reading Festival to Dec 1, 2002, to give the board time to discuss his status.

Davis seconds.

Vote called; Ford for, Schoenberg for, Davis for, Butler for, Richmond for, Ritchie for, Slesnick for, Jennings for.

Motion passed

Member Andrew Conway joins at 10:58pm ET

MOTION - Richmond moves to delay the acceptance of the June board meeting to the next meeting to allow the directors who were there to review them.

Slesnick seconds.

Vote called; Jennings for, Slesnick for, Ritchie for, Butler for, Davis for, Schoenberg for, Ford for, Richmond for.

Motion passed.

MOTION - Slesnick moves to amend the minutes of the July 18 minutes to include Richmond's vote.

Richmond seconds.

Vote called; Ford for, Jennings abstain, Slesnick for, Butler for, Davis for, Schoenberg for, Richmond for, Ritchie for.

Motion passed.

MOTION - Davis moves to redraft the minutes of July 19 for all to see and approve at the next meeting.

Ford seconds.

Vote called; Ford for, Schoenberg for, Davis for, Butler for, Ritchie for, Slesnick for, Jennings for, Richmond for.

Motion passed.

Conway leaves the call at 10:51pm ET

Art leaves the call at 11:40pm ET

MOTION - Slesnick moves we the board, in the future, clarify our policy on who is allowed to attend conference calls.

Richmond seconds.

Vote called; Ford for, Schoenberg for, Davis for, Butler Abstain, Ritchie for, Slesnick for, Richmond for.

Motion carried.

Richmond moves to adjourn the meeting.

Butler seconds.

No one opposed.

Meeting adjourned 12:07am ET.

Respectfully submitted, Becky Schneiderman.