WIN MEETING MINUTES
MAY 6, 2004

· Updated By-Laws were distributed and voted on. Linda Dollar made a motion to accept the new By-Laws; Kim Reser seconded it. Motion carried. There was one thing left out of the revised by-laws. The Family Membership was going to be added for $50 membership fee.

· All dues will come due on January 1st. If someone becomes a member now, your dues won’t be due again until January 06. We hope to do a better job about getting dues paid.

· A Corresponding Secretary and Historian have been added to the by-laws. Suzette Crutcher CPS will be the Corresponding Secretary and Judy Duerkop will be the Historian.

· Slate of officers has been approved.

· Recent Events

Drury recognition – top 100 area athletes

Newsletter – Sylvia Lee and Laura Scott
We are hoping to get more information out about WIN. There will be four newsletters a year distributed to our members and potential members. If you have information you would like to have put in the newsletter, get items to Reba Sims.

Discussed the ’74 SMS Softball Champion 30-year celebration. WIN is submitting the team for a spot in the Missouri Hall of Fame. Jodie Adams will need some help with this project.

· We had a booth set up at the Sports Fest held in Jordan Valley Park in conjunction with the grand opening of the new Ball Field.

· Coming Events

USA Softball Team – May 22. All players will be here for the event. Still selling bleacher seats in the outfield. Running out of infield seats. Let Reba Sims know if you would like to volunteer for this event. The USA Olympic Team will be the home team.

WSGT – August 2 at Millwood Golf Course. We are looking at the same players as last year with a few new players. All players from last year want to return but we are looking for a few changes. We will need volunteers to help with this event. There were 30 volunteers last year. We will need volunteers for the auction, which will take place at the Clarion Hotel, as well as registration. There has been $20,000 raised so far. Entry fee is $250. We need to start getting donations. Would like everyone to get 2 items donated. Also need items to put in the players packets, i.e. pens, note pads, key chains, etc. We will not be selling tickets or merchandise this year.

It was suggested we have a phone-a-thon to get donations. Brad Eldridge suggested SMS, Drury player nights as possible donations.

Becky Morgan will be in charge of the volunteers again this year.

· Tom Adams has the web page up and running. Thank you to Tom for all his time and energy in getting a great site working for us again. Our new email address is Springfieldwin.org. The City of Springfield has graciously let us use their server. The reason we are able to use the City’s server is that WIN volunteers their time for City events.

· The City of Springfield is a USOC training site for Weightlifting and Tennis.
Springfield is the only Olympic training site for tennis and there are only three in weightlifting.

· Women’s Sports Foundation – Discussed with Billie Jean King on other events we might initiate in Springfield. One possibility might be our involvement with a WIN Walk for Athletics. Donate money earned back to Athletics Programs in the area.

· Price Cutter Championship – WIN will be helping with Women’s Golf Clinic, which is 10 days right after the WSGT. The Missouri Hall of Fame sponsors this event. WIN needs volunteers for this event. Jodie will meet with Jerald with the Missouri Hall of Fame next week. Mary Jo Wynn moved that WIN would help with this event. Cindy Deskin seconded it. Jodie will get back with us on information about the Price Cutters Golf Tournament.

· Need to get out and see some of the games in the area, whether it is high school, jr. high, or college. It was suggested that we have a scholarship fund to help girls in High School and Jr. High sports activities.

· It was suggested that WIN offer a speaker’s bureau to provide women in sports to help with athletic banquets and other events where speakers are needed. We will try to publicize a list of available speakers.

· Cindy Deskin suggested that the high school sports needed certificates for the girls that make all conference recognition, which is something, WIN might be able to provide. She also said there was interest in providing a luncheon get together for volleyball and basketball coaches in the area during their seasons sort of like Tip-off club events. We will find out more about what Jenny Hopkins from Hillcrest did on this last year and try to get involved with volleyball and basketball. Marla Douglas suggested we pursue getting the high school coaches involved with WIN by making a call or taking them out to lunch and talk about WIN to them and other ways we might help them with their programs.

· Sports Commission’s Executive Director, Brad Eldridge, has a show on JOCK 98.7 on Tuesdays at 4 p.m. He discusses upcoming sports events in the area and has been very supportive of WIN and our activities. As soon as we get a list of his scheduled events, we will put it on the WIN website.