USATT Board of Director’s Motions
Colorado Springs, Nov. 12, 2005

Board Members Present: Sheri Pittman (SP), Tong Lee (TL), Tim Boggan (TB), Robert Blackwell (RB), Barney D. Reed (BR), Dell Sweeris (DS), Willy Leparulo (WL), and Khoa Nguyen (KN).
Board Members Absent: Jiing Wang, George Brathwaite, Lily Yip, Ashu Jain, and Whitney Ping.

MOTION 1: Move that the Board express a Vote of Confidence in Doru Gheorghe as USATT Executive Director.
Proposed by: TL; seconded by TB.
Passed: 5-2-1.
Opposed: BR, WL.
Abstained: RB. (Note: Robert wants it made clear that, though he doesn’t think Doru’s right for the position of E.D., he does have confidence in his ability to successfully develop elite athletes.)

MOTION 2: Move that the Board approve the 2006 Budget.
Proposed by: TL; seconded by TB.
Passed: 7-0-1.
Abstained: RB.

MOTION 3: Move that the Board accept the New Referee Requirements: “Effective January 2007 all referees for USATT tournaments must be qualified as a Certified Referee, National Referee or International Referee. Specific level requirements will be covered in the Tournament Guide.”
Proposed by: TB; seconded by KN.
Passed: 6-1 (RB out of the room).

MOTION 4: Move that the New York International Table Tennis Training Center be designated the first USATT Regional Training Center.
Proposed by: TB; seconded by: TL
Passed: 6-1 (RB out of the room).

MOTION 5: Move that in the Retirement section of the Human Resources Policy Manual the Benefits be changed

from:
“All full-time employees shall be eligible to participate in USA Table Tennis’ Tax Sheltered Annuity (TSA) program. After one year of employment, USA Table Tennis will contribute a 50% match equal to the employee’s Monthly TSA contribution. Employer match contribution amounts are subject to annual review during the budgeting process.

to:
“All full-time employees shall be eligible to participate in USA Table Tennis’ SIMPLE IRA program. After one year of employment, USA Table Tennis will contribute a dollar-for-dollar match equal to the employee’s monthly SIMPLE IRA contribution, subject to an annual maximum of 2% of the employee’s earned compensation. Employer match contribution amounts are subject to annual review during the budgeting process.”
Proposed by: TL; seconded by RB.
Passed: 7-0-1.
Abstained: WL.