Retrosheet Board Meeting, Kansas City, MO
June 9, 1996; start time: 8:00 am CDT
Third Meeting of the Board
In Attendance: Absent:
David Smith, Chair Ron Rakowski
Sherri Nichols, VP
David Vincent, Secretary
Luke Kraemer
Non-voting attendees:
Charlie Vascellaro Jim Johnston David Nichols
Herm Krabbenhoft Neal Traven Susan Nichols
Pete Palmer John Pardon Doug Pappas
Rich Hansen Scott Fischthal Clem Comly
John Holway Dick Lutz Gary Skoog
Tom Tippett Tom Peters Mark Pankin
Colby Duerk
Motions:
Sponsor Purpose Result
Nichols To accept minutes from 4-0-0-1 (Rakowski absent)
previous meeting
Kraemer To remove section 5.8 from 4-0-0-1 (Rakowski absent)
the by-laws and to renumber
sections 5.9 through 5.14
accordingly
Vincent To change paragraph 2 of 4-0-0-1 (Rakowski absent)
section 7.2 of the by-laws to
read: "In the event of the death,
resignation, or removal of any
Officer or any other Director,
the President shall call a special
meeting to select a replacement."
Nichols To change section 6.4 of the 4-0-0-1 (Rakowski absent)
by-laws to read "shall have three
major areas of responsibility"
Kraemer To change section 6.4.B of the 4-0-0-1 (Rakowski absent)
by-laws to read: "In the absence
of this specific assignment of
authority by the Board, the
President is the only individual
who may represent the corporation
in legal or financial matters, subject
to the functions of the other officers,
listed below."
Nichols Elect new Board members 4-0-0-1 (Rakowski absent)
David Vincent and Luke Kraemer
Kraemer Select David Vincent as Secretary 4-0-0-1 (Rakowski absent)
Nichols To direct the President to file 4-0-0-1 (Rakowski absent)
the application for tax-exempt
status to the IRS by 7/15/96 and
report back to the board
Kraemer Motion to adjourn 4-0-0-1 (Rakowski absent)
Other discussion:
1. Secretary's Report - two votes taken by email/phone since last meeting to approve Expense
Reimbursement Form and Policy Manual; voting completed on 8/26/95 with votes of 5-0-0-0 each.
2. Treasurer's Report - Financial Report (attached)
3. Discussion of donations to the corporation
4. President's Report -
IRS situation concerning tax-exempt status
Summary of last newsletter
27,000+ games entered
12,000 since last year
Detroit Tiger acquisition (back to 1953)
Joe Dittmar's newspaper form
Possible acquisition of last Mariners game from Dave Niehaus
Acquisition of pitch-by-pitch accounts of World Series from 1908-30
Smith on KC radio today