Here is the December Newsletter

I accept all blame for the tardiness of this issue. I’ve had it ready to go, but was too busy to post it.  – Patrick

Happy Holidays from the Association and I hope you are having a wonderful time.

Please remember to submit articles, and all Secretaries to submit honor scores.

 

December 2016 Newsletter

October Board Meeting Minutes

Napa Sonoma USBC Association

 MINUTES

October 30, 2016

Call to Order:  President Tracy Wyckoff called the meeting to order at 9:35 am.

Pledge of Allegiance:  The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Steve Lederer

Roll Call:  Assoc. Mgr. Dianne Bartke called roll.

Present:  Tracy Wyckoff, Dianne Bartke, Steve Lederer, Douglas Campbell, Rhoda Campbell, Joshua Fjellman, Paul Fjellman, Patrick Havens,  Becci Huffman and Renee Robles.

Jr. Board Members:  Joseph Havens and Melody Neal

Excused:    Jose Mendoza, and Bill Pressey

Unexcused:  Shirl Briscoe Mendoza and Ariana Nijem.

Reading/Approval of previous minutes:  Motion made to accept the minutes with noted corrections by Patrick Havens and seconded by Steve Lederer.

Association Manager’s Report:   Dianne reported that there were three bills to be paid. The up-coming BVL Tournament was discussed.  Dianne passed out the preliminary City Tournament Rules and asked for discussion.  Many errors were pointed out and accepted them with the needed corrections.  The corrected copies will be presented at the general meeting on November 5^th.

President’s Report:    Tracy announced we would follow Roberts Rules of Order.  She passed out the revised Committee Assignments.  They were discussed and Paul asked to be removed from the audit committee and placed on the Fundraising Committee along with Joshua.

Committee Reports:

Audit/Finance/Fundraising:  Dianne announced that there would be Shoe bags, bowling bags, pins, and wine glasses for sale at the BVL Tournament. The BVL pin sales would be donated to BVL and the rest of the sales would go to the association.

Lane Inspections:  None

City Tournament: Rules for the Tournament were discussed and will be voted on at the general meeting on November 5^th.

Legislative/Policy and Procedures:  None

Nor. Cal and Travel:  Nor Cal will be at Travis AFB for November.

Publicity/Promotions/Historical/Hall of Fame/Yearbook:  The  newsletter is going to be published in a short while.  It will be put on the web site as well as the minutes after the board meetings approval.

BVL:  Dianne said that any board members that were not bowling would be welcome to help with the tournament.

Membership:  None

Scholarship:   None

Youth Program:  Patrick that 4 Jr. Bowlers has come to join our Jr. Program.  He also reported that Dan Roberts would be willing to accept the position of Adult member on the Youth Committee. A motion was made and Seconded by Paul and Becci to accept Dan for the Youth Committee.  The motion passed.

Board Social:

Nominating:  None

Old Business:  Becci brought up the subject of Association shirts and after some discussion a motion was made to pay for Becci’s Association shirt.  Motion made by Paul and seconded by Steve.  Motion passed.  Renee reported on the Women’s Travel league to be held in Tracy and in November will be in Stockton.  TheWomen’s 500 club held their 48^th tournament on October 2, with 12 bowlers and made $240.00.

New Business:  None.

Next Board Meeting will be:  November 20, 2016 at 9:30 am.

Adjourned:  Meeting adjourned at:  10:49 am.

November Newsletter

Apologies for the tardiness, it will get better. Here is the first of this seasons newsletter. Please remember to submit articles, and Secretaries to submit honor scores.

November 2016 Newsletter

September Board Minutes

Napa Sonoma USBC Association

MINUTES

September 25, 2016

Call to Order:  President Tracy Wyckoff called the meeting to order at 9:38 am.

Pledge of Allegiance:  The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Rhoda Campbell

Roll Call:  Assoc. Mgr. Dianne Bartke called roll.

Present:  Tracy Wyckoff, Dianne Bartke, Andrea Nijem, Rhoda Campbell, Joshua Fjellman, Paul Fjellman, Patrick Havens,  Renee Robles.

Jr. Board Members:  Joseph Havens, Ariana Nijem

Excused:   Steve Lederer, Jose Mendoza, Bill Pressey Doug Campbel, Becci Huffman, Melody Neal.

Reading/Approval of previous minutes:  Motion made to accept the minutes by Patrick Havens and seconded by Rhoda Campbell..

Association Manager’s Report:   Dianne reported that there was only one bill to pay for third quarter manager’s salary.  Motion made by Patrick, seconded by Paul motion passed to pay the bill.  Dianne also reported that as of the end of September we had 279 bowlers certified and 43 junior bowlers.

President’s Report:    Tracy announced we would follow Roberts Rules of Order according to the new updated version that anyone could find on Bowl.com.

Committee Reports:

Audit/Finance/Fundraising:  Under Fundraising Dianne reported that a group of ladies were making shoe bags for bowling shoes to be sold at the BVL Finals Tournament.

Lane Inspections:  Completed and the house has received the new Certificate.

City Tournament: Rules will be out in November for the Fall General Meeting for members to vote on.

Legislative/Policy and Procedures:  None

Nor. Cal and Travel:  Patrick reported for Steve that Steve had bowled a 300 game at the last Nor Cal meeting. And the Napa Team had won 3 of 4 games.  The next Nor Cal will be at Petaluma.

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Publicity/Promotions/Historical/Hall of Fame/Yearbook:  None

BVL:  Dianne reported that sign-ups will begin on Oct. 16 thru the 22^nd.  Qualifying will be Oct. 23 thru Nov. 3, and Finals will be on November 13.

Membership:  Rhoda reported that she was in talks with Vallejo to join our leagues.

Scholarship:   None

Youth Program:  Patrick reported that it was going well.

Board Social:   Dianne said she would be the chairman for the Board Social at the end of the season.

Nominating:  None

Old Business:  None

New Business:  It was decided to have a general meeting to vote on city Tournament Rules on November 5 at 12 noon in meeting room 3.

Next Board Meeting will be:  October 30, 2016 at 9:30 am.

Adjourned:  Meeting adjourned at:  10:35 am.

BVL Returns to Napa Bowl!

BVL is coming to Napa Bowl.

Sign-ups begin during your league starting October 16th. You may enter the tournament for each league you will bowl in and the best series for the two week qualifying period will get you a spot in the finals to be held on Sunday, November 13th.

The winner of each division will be eligible to go to the state level to bowl in the Finals in Manteca on March 25, 2017. Prize money will be awarded and all other monies will go to BVL. Please join us in supporting our Veterans!

*** This post will be updated as more info becomes available. ***

August Board Minutes

Napa Sonoma USBC Association

MINUTES

August 28, 2016

Call to Order:  New President Tracy Wyckoff called the meeting to order at 9:34 am.

Pledge of Allegiance:  The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Vice President Steve Lederer

Roll Call:  Assoc. Mgr. Dianne Bartke called roll.

Present:  Tracy Wyckoff, Steve Lederer, Dianne Bartke, Shirl Briscoe Mendoza, Douglas Campbell, Rhoda Campbell, Joshua Fjellman, Paul Fjellman, Patrick Havens, Becci Huffman, Renee Robles.

Jr. Board Members:  Joseph Havens, Melody Neal

Excused:   Andrea Nijem, Jose Mendoza, Bill Pressey and Ariana Nijem.

Reading/Approval of previous minutes:  Motion made and seconded to accept the minutes as read.

Association Manager’s Report:   Dianne reported that two bills need to be paid:  Minuteman Press          for patches to the City Tournament Banner and one for Association Manager’s salary.  Financial statement was no activity for the month of August and the balance in the checkbook was $3,655.38 and the scholarship account had $44,225.44.  Sign-ups for Committees and League Reps were passed to have board member sign up.

President’s Report:    President Tracy thanked the board for their up-coming help and appreciated their support.

Committee Reports:

Audit/Finance/Fundraising:  Dianne reported that all but the current taxes have been completed and mailed to the IRS, all forms to the State Attorney General were up-to-date and mailed.  The budget for 2016-17 had an error in the figuring and Dianne said she would check on the error and report on it at the next meeting.

Lane Inspections:  Lane inspection was completed on August 21, and a big thank you to the lane inspection committee for all of their help.

City Tournament: Rules will be out in November for the Fall General Meeting for members to vote on.

Legislative/Policy and Procedures:  Steve announced that he will be getting his committee together as soon as he has a chance to look over the old policy and procedures as well as the ones recommended by USBC.

Nor. Cal and Travel:  Steve asked that anyone wanting to be substitutes on the travel team could sign up with him.

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Publicity/Promotions/Historical/Hall of Fame/Yearbook:  Patrick announced that we had received 128 hits on our Facebook page and 78 for June, 61 in July and August had 36.  The biggest month so far has been April with 134.

BVL:  Rules will be ready for the September meeting.  Qualifying will start October 16^th and sign-ups begin on October 9^th.  Final qualifiers for State will be held on November 13^th.

Membership:  None

Scholarship:   None

Youth Program:  The fall Jr. Bowler program will start on Sept. 10^th.  Sign-ups on Sept. 3^rd.

Board Social:   None

Nominating:  None

Old Business:  None

New Business:  None

Next Board Meeting will be:  September 25, 2016 at 9:30 am.

Adjourned:  Meeting adjourned at:  10:35 am.

The 2016-17 Winter Leagues Are Upon Us!

The Winter Adult Leagues have started meeting (and started up) but its not to late to join now! With 4 new leagues this Winter and bowling happening every day, I’m sure there is a fit for you. All Leagues have room, and whether alone or with a full team, feel free to call a Secretary or check in at Napa Bowl for a fun way to spend some time.

And for Parents wanting a fun activity for their kids, consider enrolling them in a Youth league! For only $12 a week they get 3 games of bowling and get to have fun with other kids. ($10 for Bantams ages 4-7 and 2 games)

Youth Leagues start sign ups Labor Day Weekend and start September 10th at 9am.

Plus your child gets 1 free game if they sign up that weekend.

There is no sitting on the bench being unable to play, as everyone plays. These are a Team Handicap Leagues. Which means everyone has the same challenges, themselves.

What does Handicap mean? Each kid bowls and sets their own average. That average is given a 90% HDCP to add up to 210. For example if a child who bowls 120 is bowling against someone who is bowling 180, and the 120 Average child bowls a 150, and the 180 Average Child bowls a 200 then the lower average child would end up with a higher score as they did 30 pins more then they normally do.

And as its a team sport each child on the team helps each other, and the score are averages, both low games and high games balance out. No matter if they’ve never bowled before they to can improve, and help their team win.

Plus, we’ve free coaching that happens every week. Including one on one time after League Bowling with multiple Certified Coaches available.

July 31st Association Meeting Minutes

Napa Sonoma USBC Association

MINUTES

July 31, 2016

Call to Order:  Meeting called to order by Dan Roberts at 9:34

Pledge of Allegiance:  Led by Tracy Wyckoff

Roll Call:  Roll was called by Dianne

Present:  Dan Roberts, Tracy Wyckoff, Dianne Bartke, Doug Campbell, Rhoda Campbell, Becci Huffman, Sandi Davis, Patrick Havens, Steve Lederer,  Pierre Plumel and Renee Robles.

Excused:  Jose Mendoza, Bill Presey, Joshua Fjellman and Paul Fjellman.

Jr. Board Members:  Joseph Havens, Andrea Nijem, Ariana Nijem and Melody Neal

Reading/Approval of previous minutes:  Motion made by Becci Huffman seconded by Patrick to accept the minutes with corrections.  Motion passed.

Association Manager’s Report:  Dianne reported that there was a balance in the checking account of $3,643.23 and the Scholarship had $44,223.68.

President’s Report:  Dan thanked everyone for a great 12 years.

Committee Reports

Audit/Finance/Fundraising:   Dianne presented three budget proposals for the upcoming year.  There was some discussion on the three proposals.  Ballots were passed out and the Association members voted to accept the second proposal which had a $1.00 increase in local dues.

Lane Inspections:  Will be done on August 7^th at 9:00 am.

City Tournament: Dianne announced that City Tournament will be held on March 4th and 5^th.  Jr. City Tournament will be held on February 11^th and 12^th.  More information to follow.

Legislative/Policy and Procedures: The new by-laws were presented, discussion followed and ballots were passed out to Association members and the vote to accept the new by laws passed.

Nor. Cal and Travel:   Steve Lederer reported that the Napa Team placed 2^nd.  A new team for next season needs to be formed and anyone wishing to bowl in Nor Cal should contact Steve.  For the 2016-17 season Napa will be hosting the Nor Cal League in May 2017.

Publicity/Promotions/Historical/Hall of Fame/Yearbook.  Patrick reported that Tracy had the information from Pat John and as soon as she could get it to him he would be able to finish everything.

BVL:  Will be held in November 12^th.  More information to come as the time gets closer.

Membership:  None

Scholarship:    None

Youth Program:  Patrick reported that the Youth season will consist of 27 weeks instead of 25.

Board Social:  The social was cancelled.

Nominating:  None

Old Business:  Certificates of appreciation was given to Dan Roberts, Sandi Davis and Pierre Plumel for the many years of service to the Association.  We wish them well in their next ventures.

New Business:  None

Next Board Meeting will be August 28, 2016

Adjourned:  Meeting adjourned at 10:58 am.

Website updates and FYI

We’ve added the 2015-16 Average Book to the list of Average Books.

We’ve added a copy of our By-Laws as the membership recently approved, to the a new section of the site where we’ll be posting the different By-Laws and Policies and Procedures as they get updated.

Secretaries Meeting is Thursday, August 9th at 7pm in Meeting Room 3.

League Meetings have started. Please confirm when your league starts, or if you are interested in a League feel free to call bowl to find when the meeting is.

We’ll be starting a Newsletter back up again. Please contact us (or track down Patrick Havens) if you want something to be included in it.

June 2016 Board Meeting Minutes

Napa Sonoma USBC Association

 MINUTES

June 26, 2016

Call to Order:  Meeting called to order by Dan Roberts at 9:34

Pledge of Allegiance:  Led by Tracy Wyckoff

Roll Call:  Roll called by Dianne

Present:  Dan Roberts, Tracy Wyckoff, Dianne Bartke, Shirl Briscoe Mendoza, Becci Huffman, Joshua Fjellman, Paul Fjellman, Patrick Havens, Steve Lederer,  Pierre Plumel.

Excused:  Douglas Campbell, Rhoda Campbell, Sandra Davis, Becci Huffman, Jose Mendoza, Bill Presey, Renee Robles.

Jr. Board Members:  Joseph Havens, Excused:  Andrea Nijem, Ariana Nijem and Melody Neal

Reading/Approval of previous minutes:  Motion made by Patrick, seconded by Steve Lederer to accept the minutes with corrections.  Motion passed.

Association Manager’s Report:  Dianne reported that there was a balance in the checking account of $4,007.12 and the Scholarship had $44,221.86.  Dianne also talked about needing to form a committee for fund raising events. The subject was discussed and then voted on and the fundraising committee was added as part of the Audit and Finance.  Dianne also suggested a raise in our local association dues in order to cover expenses next year.  This is due to declining leagues and bowlers.

President’s Report:  Dan gave a short report since we were short of time.  Will have more for the next meeting in July.

Committee Reports:

Audit/Finance/Fundraising:   No Report

Lane Inspections:  Will be done in August.

Legislative/Policy and Procedures: Tracy reported that the by-laws were completed and that a general meeting needed to be held in July to vote on the changes.  Bowlers will be notified of the meeting.

Nor. Cal and Travel:   Steve Lederer reported that the Sweeper for Nor Cal will be held at the Fireside Lanes in Sacramento on July 10.

Publicity/Promotions/Historical/Hall of Fame/Yearbook.  Patrick reported that Tracy had the information from Pat John and as soon as she could get it to him he would be able to finish everything.

BVL:  Will be held in November.

Membership:  None

Scholarship:    None

Youth Program:  None

Board Social:  Dianne gave out invitations for the “Hail and Farewell” Pot Luck dinner to be held on July 31, at the Napa Valley Mobile Home Park at 4 pm.

Nominating:  None

Old Business:  None

New Business:  Jose presented information for anyone who would like to join the Match Club.  See him for details.

Next Board Meeting will be July 31, 2016

Adjourned:  Meeting adjourned at 10:45 am.