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TSA News Flash: August 6, 2007
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YOU ARE INVITED!
TSA Meeting on August 29, 2007
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To: TSA Officers & Directors & Interested Parties
From: Dan Hitt, TSA President
Date: August 6, 2007
Re: TSA Annual Meeting (Invitation to Attend – OPEN to all for the OPEN Session)
Note: See map at the bottom of this TSA News Flash for directions from The Post to the VFW for the meeting.
The
Table Shuffleboard Association (TSA) meeting is being held at the VFW
Post, 8760 RR 2243, Leander, TX on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at
5pm-7:30pm during the Texas Open 2007 tournament. To avoid conflict
with any events, the meeting is scheduled on the warm-up day which does
not have a formal warm-up draw until 8pm. On Thursday the scheduled
events start (See: Texas Open 2007 flyer insert in the June 2007
newsletter or (Click Here) to download the flyer from the TSA website’s August & September 2007 “Upcoming Event Calendar”.
There
will also be a Texas Hall of Fame induction ceremony for Tom &
Lynda French during the Texas Open 2007 tournament on Saturday,
September 1st at 12 Noon (come for ceremony & lunch).
NOTE:
TSA OFFICERS & DIRECTORS: Please contact me and let me know if you
are planning to attend. If not able to attend, please let me know who
your designated PROXY will be. There is a planned TSA HOF nomination
vote planned for the Closed Session. Packages will be sent to all
Directors to review prior to this meeting.
TSA MEETING AGENDA (Wednesday, August 29, 2007 starting at 5pm)
OVERVIEW:
The Table Shuffleboard Association (TSA) will hold an annual meeting on
August 29, 2007 at The VFW, 8760 RR 2243, Leander, TX (north of The
Post) at 5:00pm during the Texas Open Tournament (being held at The
Post, Cedar Park, TX) Please email, mail, or fax me your
“PROXY” designation if unable to attend. We hope to have a
TSA Director quorum represented at this annual meeting, so if unable to
attend please assign a “PROXY” to represent you and to cast
your votes.
OPEN SESSION AGENDA (Open to all - TSA Members & Sponsors, Potential Members & Guests)
• CALL TO ORDER & WELCOME: Dan Hitt, TSA President
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READ MINUTES OF 2007 MEETINGS: SEPTEMBER 2006 (annual) and DECEMBER
2006 (special called meeting): Debbie Sexton, TSA Secretary
(Note: please bring your already distributed hard copies)
• 2007 TSA HOF Induction Status (Already Performed in 2007): Debbie Sexton, TSA Secretary
• FINANCIAL SUMMARY REPORT: Lynda French, TSA CFO/Treasurer
• ACCOMPLISHMENTS & STATUS DURING 2007: Dan Hitt, TSA President
• TSA HALL OF FAME COMMITTEE STATUS REPORT: Dan Hitt, TSA President
• OPEN DISCUSSION: (Discussion to be opened by Dan Hitt, TSA President)
- Mission
& Goals Discussion o Membership/Sponsorship Drive Ideas &
Discussion Ways to increase awareness, membership, sponsors and support
- Also discuss any TSA newsletter comments or suggestions received prior to or during meeting
- Status
and Discussion on established TSA Hall of Fame Committee o Committees
Discussion? (if any additional committees are needed, such as:
Financial Committee, Historical Committee, By-Laws Committee, etc.)
- League play ideas? How to identify active leagues and ideas of what the TSA might be able to do to better assist and support league organizations & league players.
- Other specific items of concern or suggestions?
• ADJOURN OPEN SESSION – Dan Hitt, TSA President
CLOSED SESSION AGENDA - Open to TSA Officers & Directors & Designated Proxies
• CALL TO ORDER & WELCOME & ROLL CALL: Dan Hitt, TSA President
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REVIEW CURRENT DIRECTOR LIST AND DISCUSS POTENTIAL NEEDS TO EXPAND THE
SLATE OF DIRECTORS SINCE THE TSA MISSION HAS EXPANDED WITH THE TWO
PROPOSALS VOTED/PASSED (being the TSA Newsletter & a future TSA
tournament): Dan Hitt, TSA President
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DISCUSS ANY POTENTIAL WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR AND SET ANY NEEDED GUIDELINES & PROCEDURES TO IMPROVE
COMMUNICATION & RESPONSIVENESS.
• DISCUSS ANY OUTSTANDING CONCERNS BROUGHT FORWARD TO DIRECTORS PRIOR TO OR DURING THE THIS ANNUAL MEETING
• ANNOUNCE AND VOTE ON TSA HOF NOMINATIONS: Debbie Sexton, TSA Secretary
• PERFORM VOTES ON A TSA HOF Nomination Pkg
• DISCUSS TSA 2008 MEETING AND SET A PLACE/DATE FOR THE 2008 MEETING
• ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION – Dan Hitt, TSA President Thanks, Dan Hitt
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TSA NEWSLETTER NEWS & REMINDERS
THE NEXT TSA QUARTERLY
NEWSLETTER IS SEPTEMBER 2007 (deadline for submissions is AUGUST
15th). Do you have flyers, results, upcoming events, etc. to
include in this upcoming issue? If so, please ensure submissions
and payments are received on/before August 15th. Send all
submissions to: Lynda French at lpfrench@austin.rr.com and/or lynda@tableshuffleboard.org and/or download the TSA Member-Sponsor form and mail-in memberships, sponsorships, flyers, etc. (Download TSA MEMBER-SPONSOR MAIL-IN Form - Click Here)
ALL MEMBERS & SPONSORS PAID CURRENT FOR 2007 ON AUGUST 15TH will receive a copy of the September 2007 Issue of the Table Shuffleboard News.
If SPONSORS
have results, flyers (or any new sponsors that have not yet signed
up), etc. that have not yet been submitted, please note that
the deadline for receipt of newsletter content is August 15,
2007.
Some of the planned content already
received includes new sponsors (Sponsor Ads), feature story on Bobby Voorhis'
TSA Hall of Fame Induction held during the SW Open 2007 in Del City,
OK, SW Open 2007 Results, PNW Hall of Fame Organization's
Inductions (an option 2 sponsor), Memorial Day and other tournament
results, and more...
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING 2007 &
2008 EVENTS: To ensure that your upcoming events for 2007 and
2008 are known and posted, please view the June 2007 Issue of the Table Shuffleboard News and/or the TSA Website's Upcoming Events for 2007/2008 at: http://www.tableshuffleboard.org/Latest_Calendar_2007.htm
and check to ensure that your known upcoming events (and results) are
already posted. All events listed on the TSA website by
August 15th will also be included in the September 2007 Issue of the
printed newsletter. The "Calendar of Events" in the printed
newsletter and posted on the TSA website is free to all. This is
to help our TSA members and sponsors to schedule their events to
give them the best potential attendance by avoiding
surrounding known conflicts in their area before
setting dates for new events.
TOURNAMENT RESULTS: Results
submitted for posting on the TSA website are free to all and can be
submitted anytime throughout the year. Results submitted by paid
current sponsors for publication in the Table Shuffleboard News
are due on/before the 15th of the month before the monthly issue
(example: SEPTEMBER 2007 issue deadline is August 15th; DECEMBER
2007 issue deadline is November 15th).
PERSONALS: If you have any
well wishes for players who have been ill or had surgery, had any
players in your area who have passed away, etc. please send any
information you would like to share with others in the upcoming
September 2007 printed newsletter and on the website, please submit by
the August 15th deadline. Some received thus far are:
Don Cox (had a 5-bypass surgery in late July)
Send well wishes to: Don Cox, 7600 Thrifty Way, Antelope CA 95843
Joanie Millar (had by-pass surgery on August 2, 2007)
Send well wishes to Joanie at: Joanie Millar, 401-7251 Langton Rd, Richmond, BC V7C-4R6, CANADA
Michael R. Roach (Bowers Rater & Long-time Player/Promoter) of Omaha, Nebraska passed away on July 16, 2007 (View Obit & Photos & Guestbook Link) Mike will be greatly missed and prayers go out to all his friends and family.
DeWayne Wilkins (Texas player) passed away last nite (phone call just received from Debbie Bowers). DeWayne
& his wife Anita were long-time players in the Austin, Dallas,
Houston area for years, but have not been playing (health &
relocation reasons) and are no longer in the ratings. They had also previously attended many major tournaments (NASC, SW Open, HHO, Board Talk Open, Champion Open, etc.). Our thoughts and prayers go out to Anita and all of DeWayne & Anita's family. More details on arrangements, etc. coming later.
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