MINUTES of Email Votes

February, 2003

MOTION I. Move that Board members shall rank the four [League] bids [from Killerspin, Newgy, Paddle Palace, and Pioneers] in descending order, 1 to 4 (#1 being the highest), with votes due by 5PM eastern time on Friday, February 14. The bid receiving the least number of #1 votes (or two, if there is a tie) shall then be eliminated, and those Board members who ranked an eliminated bid #1 shall have their votes changed so that their #2 ranked bid, if still in the running, shall become #1 in the next round of ranking the bids. This procedure shall be repeated until one bid has a clear majority of the votes sent in. The Executive Director shall then negotiate a contract with the winning bidder, which will be reviewed by a lawyer and then sent to the Board for final approval.

            Proposed by George Brathwaite; seconded by Hank McCoullum

            Passed: I’ve a record of 8 Board members acknowledging their votes—all 8 voted Paddle Palace their #1 choice. I don’t know what the others did (they weren’t obligated to make their votes public). Obviously Paddle Palace was the Board’s choice.

Respectfully submitted.

USATT Secretary,

Tim Boggan