Central Basketball Association of the Deaf
The proceedings of the 1st CBAD annual business meeting were held at the Days Inn in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Vice-President Brian Bippus called the meeting to order at 8:17 a.m.
ROLL CALL: Those in attendance were: President Doug Mader, Vice-President Brian Bippus,
Tournament Director Dwight Casler, Recorder Pia Marie Paulone, Owen Callahan (Kentucky),
Jay Krieger (Indy Hawks), Leonardo Gutierrez (Central Zone), Auturo Iniquez (Chi-town Stags),
Gustavo Diaz (WSAD), Fadi Haddad (Detroit), Sarah Faber (WSAD Lady Mustangs).
DELEGATES-AT-LARGE: Dale Moore (Detroit), Renato Hernandez (WSAD), Scott Bradach, Kevin Smith.
PARLIAMENTARIAN: Vice-President Brian Bippus appointed Jay Krieger as the acting parliamentarian.
OPENING REMARKS: Vice-President Brian Bippus
OFFICERS’ REPORT:
Vice-President Brian Bippus:
-Financial report from last year’s tournament
-Introduce Law Committee members
-Bylaws revisions -- change sections to incorporate USADB’s bylaws
-Encourage teams to get rooms at Days Inn so we can use meeting room at no cost
-Reporting for Elle: Elle will do April 2009-April 2010 audit and report in 2011
Tournament Director Dwight Casler:
-No shot clock and halftime will be 10 minutes long.
-Coaches make sure they have to check players’ names and numbers before game starts.
-Women teams will play best two out of three. The third game will be after the men’s championship game (delegates brought up issue re: fans leaving after the men’s game, and not watching the women. General consensus and majority vote was for the women’s third game to be before the men’s championship game if needed. If not needed, the men’s championship will remain at scheduled time.)
-Discussion of how to draw-- based on seeding? Issues brought up included putting Indy Hawks into the number one seed position and putting Central Zone in the number two seed. The final vote, by a 6-5 majority, was for the Indy Hawks to be seeded number one, and for the rest of the teams to gain seeding position by drawing names.
President Doug Mader:
-Explanation of why CBAD was founded.
-PAH Relay will sponsor $150 each for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place finishers (men), and the 2nd place finisher (women) to go towards USADB tournament fees.
-Review of USADB’s proposed changes.
READING of the MINUTES: Renato Hernandez moves to accept April 2009’s minutes as read. Seconded by Dale Moore.
APPROVAL OF THE BYLAWS: Arturo Iniguez moves to accept the changes to the bylaws. Seconded by Renato Hernandez.
COMMITTEE’S REPORT: NONE
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: NONE
APPEALS and PROTESTS: NONE
NEW BUSINESS:
Motion HOD-2010-01:
Jay Krieger moves that CBAD suspend Cy Saunders and Jeff Stotts from participating in CBAD plus one for failure to compensate Indy Hawks for unreturned uniforms. Seconded by Arturo Iniguez.
Motion passed.
Motion HOD-2010-02:
Sarah Faber moves to remove the phrase “Women must have at least 5 teams.” from the CBAD Constitution, Appendix A, Sections A20, A21, and A22.
Seconded by Kevin Smith.
Jay Krieger moves to refer this matter to the Law Committee.
Seconded by Gustavo Diaz.
Motion passed unanimously.
Motion HOD-2010-03:
Brian Bippus moves that CBAD add rules about the forfeit fee.
Seconded by Leonardo Gutierrez.
Jay Krieger moves to refer this matter to the Law Committee.
Seconded by Dwight Casler.
Motion passed.
Motion HOD-2010-04:
Renato Hernandez moves that SRV 19 in the CBAD Constitution be removed.
Seconded by Gustavo Diaz.
Motion passed.
Motion HOD-2010-05:
Arturo Iniguez moves to suspend SRV 19 of the CBAD Constitution for this year.
Seconded by Renato Hernandez.
Motion passed.
Jay Krieger moves to close discussion of new business.
Seconded by Gustavo Diaz.
ADJOURNED at 10:22 a.m.
Central Basketball Association of the Deaf
BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Days Inn @ Indianapolis, Indiana
BUSINESS MEETING MINUTES
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Days Inn @ Indianapolis, Indiana