| Format
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Open to all
GCHA members |
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Time,
Place |
The December GCHA Board meeting
was held on Wednesday, December 1sst, at
approximately 7:30 pm |
Athletic Club @ Waycross |
| Agenda |
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| Attendance |
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Board |
| Board members George Lehocky, Jack Dean, David Kent, Jim
Krailler, Bob Burkitt, Greg Fite, Bob Hiance, Dave Laxton, Will Straw
and Mike Reilly were in attendance. Chris Lazarovski also attended part
of the meeting.
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Review of
Minutes
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Corrections and additions to November
minutes
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Jim
Krailler
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| The minutes of the previous meeting, as posted on the website,
were approved. |
Treasurer's
Report |
Income / Expenditures
/ Current balance
Membership Report |
David
Kent
Jim
Krailler |
| Income / Expenditures / Current balance - Treasureer David Kent
presented the financial report. Current balance of the GCHA checking
account is $ 10,122.18. Outstanding bills include balls
and gloves for the Queen City Shootout and annual renewal of the web-hosting
fee to Cincy Web Hosting.
Membership Report - Jim Krailler reports
that the 2005 roster currently lists 43 members. A mailing
will be sent to non-renewed members, including a self-addressed, stamped
envelope, after the Queen City Shootout. |
Old
Business |
Ohio
Hall of Fame
Hamilton Handball
Reunion
Tina's Day-After Thanksgiving Party
3-Wall Word Day
Texas Hold 'Em Night
Collegiate Handball Teams
Winter ShortLine |
Board
Board
Board
Bob Burkitt
Greg Fite
Board
Board |
Ohio Handball Hall of Fame - In response to proposed
guidelines from the Cincinnati-area committee, Will Straw suggested
that a statewide perspective is required. Will volunteered to find
the original set of pre-established criteria. This will be presented
to all Ohio area committees.
Hamilton Handball Re-union - Sam Minielli
hosted another re-union of Hamilton and Cincinnati handball players
at his Tori's Station banquet hall on Friday, November 12th.
Tina's
Day-After Thanksgiving Party - This annual event was
held November 26th at Tina's, corner of 4th Street and Central Avenue
in downtown Cincinnati.
3-Wall Maintenance - Mike Reilly
was unsuccessful in contacting Fred Schlimm to attempt to set up an
avenue of regular communication with the Green Township Park Maintenance
staff.
Texas Hold 'em Night - In light
of the current number of activities, the Board decided to put this
item on hold until a future date.
Winter
ShortLine - Articles for the Winter edition of the
ShortLine are due to Jim Krailler by December 15th.
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Tournament
Schedule
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2004
George Miller Sr. Memorial (Toledo); Bowling Green, OH
Queen City Shootout
BlueBall Tournament
State of Ohio Championships; Cleveland, OH
USHA National Masters Singles; Cincinnati, OH
11th Annual Cleveland Invitational;
Mentor, OH |
November 12th - 14th (Fri.-
Sun.)
December 3rd - 5th (Fri.- Sun.)
January 1, noon (Saturday)
February 18th-20th, 2005 (Fri.- Sun.)
April 7th - 10th, 2005 (Thr.- Sun.)
May 20-22, 2005 (Fri.-Sun.) |
Queen City Shootout
- The Queen City
Shootout is scheduled for December 3rd, 4th and 5th at Paul
Baker's Athletic Club @ Waycross. Greg Fite is tournament director,
with George Lehocky serving as primary support. George Lehocky reports
that sponsorship is provided by Power3 Fitness Coaching, Charles Brown
CLU and Company, Madeira Chiropractic and Rosselot Financial Group.
Contacts have been made with Toledo and Indianapolis to promote participation.
Seventy-five shirts have been ordered -- white t-shirts with logo
on the back, sponsors on the front. Trophies will be long-sleeved
turtle-neck shirts. Board members met on Tuesday, November 23rd at
Waycross to call players. The preliminary tournament draw was completed
on November 30th. It was noted that all of the area Collegiate teams
- UC, Miami and UK - will be represented in the tournament.
USHA National Masters Singles - The dates for this
tournament are Thursday, April 7th through Sunday, April 10th. The
banquet will be held Saturday evening at Sam Minielli's banquet hall,
Tori's Station in Fairfield. Committee work continues with particular
aspects related to the tournament, including finance, food, hospitality
and sponsorship. The plan is to have sponsorship finalized by December,
and feature a multi-tiered approach with appropriate perks. (Name
on courts, name on shirts, names in entry form, etc.) The entry form
has been forwarded to the USHA for publication in upcoming editions
of Handball magazine.
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New
Business |
Other? |
Board |
Other -
Board Member Gift - At the Annual Fall Meeting,
GCHA members approved a gift of $50 for each of the Board members
who have served the past three years. At the December meeting, Bob
Burkitt chose to donate his $50 to the Saint Vincent dePaul Society
in honor of Bruce Beimesch. All of the other Board members voted to
pool their funds to cover the cost of food and drinks at future Board
meetings.
Membership Card - At the suggestion of Greg Fite,
Bob Burkitt prepared samples of GCHA membership cards. After discussion
concerning the value of a membership card, Bob will prepare a similar
layout for GCHA luggage tags.
Web Space - Jim Krailler reports that the current
website in nearing its alloted storage capacity. Options are either
to purchase more space, for an additional annual fee, or to archive
information from past years. The Board chose to archive older information,
with a note in "Old News" to contact the webmaster for these
pages.
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Next
Meeting
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Scheduled date:
Wednesday, January 5th
7:00 pm
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Location:
Dubliner
6111 Montgomery Rd (Pleasant Ridge
Cincinnati, OH 45213
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