Rochester Squash Racquets Association Board Meeting 14 June ’06

June 15th, 2006 Morgan Smith Posted in Board of Directors, General

Present: Tim Broshears, Andy Butler, Thomson Chew, Bob Good, Allen Handelman, Hugh Higgins, Mithun Mukherjee, Chip Nimick, Mark Raeside, Morgan Smith

May Minutes: Reviewed and approved as submitted.

Treasurer’s Report: Andy presented cash flow and investment information. He will investigate USSRA billing procedure for ’06. Chip suggested laddered CDs as a more productive repository than savings for cash. Andy will look into options available from our Banker, JPMorgan Chase. He will also initiate the investment change from Edward Jones. The report was approved.

New YMCA squash court(s): Tim reports that Bob Gerace is encouraging both the Penfield YMCA and MCC to include squash courts in their new facilities. Mithun suggests presenting information to principals on the urban squash program, David Kay is a potential resource.

Tournament planning: Mithun has agree to take over Tournament Director duties from Eric. Thomson suggests critiquing last year’s tournaments in order to improve next year’s program; Email comments to Mithun. Tim asks to have a tentative tournament schedule for the July meeting.

City League on Rail Station: Mithun presented an overview of the USSRA Rail Station database. The cost is less than $100 for our city leagues and USSRA members will be rated through this system. This represents an additonal value for national membership. Our current system will continue, as Rail Station will not support box league and city ladder functions. Mithun will investigate the process of porting our data to Rail Station.

Other Business: Thomson suggests a link on our website to the PSA streaming feeds of all pro matches.

Topics for next meeting: Rail station update, Tournament calandar with a window for pro event, Midtown exhibition (or other similar ideas).