USPSA
Board of Directors Meeting
31 OCT - 2 NOV 2003
Orlando, Florida
Comments in Blue have been added by USPSA Area 7 Director Rob Boudrie, and are not part of the official minutes.
President: Michael Voigt
Vice President: John Amidon
Executive Director: Dave Thomas
Area 1 Director Bruce Gary
Area 2 Director Jake Kempton
Area 3 Director Arnie Christianson
Area 4 Director Ken Hicks
Area 5 Director Gary Stevens
Area 6 Director Charles Bond
Area 7 Director Rob Boudrie I arrived at about 3:30 Friday
Area 8 Director George Jones
Attendees: Denise Minor
Joel Dix (Saturday only)
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Michael Voigt called meeting to order at 9:15am, 31
October 2003
1. Agenda
Added new business items to agenda
A3 Moves to approve addenda
A1 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
2. Approval
of Prior USPSA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
a) 1 April 2003 Minutes
A1 Moves to approve Junior Team Minutes as posted
A3 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
b) 30 September 2003 Minutes
A1 Moves to approve Minutes opening BOD meetings to all members
A8 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
c) 8 October 2003 Minutes
A2 Moves to approve 8 October (Colorado move) Minutes
A1 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
3.
Committee Reports
a) Area Boundaries Committee
No action taken – Discussion only
b) Point Series Championship Committee
No action taken – Discussion only
c) Bylaw Committee
Discussion
A1 Moves to Table Bylaw Committee Discussion
A6 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
d) Marketing Committee
A1 Moves to Absorb Club Incentives Committee into Marketing Committee
A6 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
e) Classification Policy Committee
A1 Moves to Table Classification Committee Report (A7 absent)
A7
(myself) arrived at about 3:30 PM on Friday.
A3 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
f) Audit Committee
A1 Moves to Table Audit Committee Report (A7 absent)
A8 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
g) IPSC General Assembly Report
A1 Moves to Table IPSC General Assembly Report (JA absent)
JA= John
Amidon. John arrived Friday evening.
A3 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
h) NROI Report
A1 Moves to Table NROI Report (JA absent)
A3 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
4. Membership
Survey
A1 Moves to assume responsibility for survey into Marketing Committee
A8 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
I did a
survey using web technology (results on www.boudrie.com). Based on conversations with the marketing
committee, I expect a similar approach on the national survey, with
announcements and information published in Front Sight. This should assure that everyone gets a
chance to participate, while still getting the survey done for “next to
nothing.” A manually tabulated survey
would, at minimum, cost several thousand dollars to publish, distribute, and
process.
5. Competition
Rules
Consensus will discuss, but reserve action until arrival of A7 and JA
Discussion regarding Limited 10 language to deal with rounds in magazine
It appears to be the unanimous sentiment of the board that a shooter who prepares for a Limited 10 or production stage by placing 11 rounds in a magazine and stripping one into the chamber should not be penalized for this.
Discussion regarding Production grips
A1 Moves to Adjourn Meeting
A7 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
3. Committee
Reports (continued)
A1 Moves to remove Un-Dispensed-With Committee Reports from Table
A8 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
f) Audit Committee
Audit Report presented by Rob Boudrie, A7
The audit report was prepared by an outside CPA firm. The only request I made as a member of the audit committee, and to which Dave Thomas has responsed favorably, was for a document showing the expenses and income from the various 2003 USPSA Nationals. That document is posted with the minutes on the USPSA members web site.
A7 Moves that Audit Report be accepted
A1 Seconds
Passes
Unanimously
e) Classification Policy Committee
Discussion regarding:
No recommendations or action – Discussion only
g) IPSC General Assembly Report
Report presented by John Amidon regarding General Assembly in Italy
The full document is posted with the minutes on the USPSA members site.
h) NROI Report
Report presented by John Amidon
Discussion regarding RO disciplinary guidelines
John Amidon will go forward with preparing an RO Discipline/Evaluation Form
“Quality
Control” would be a more descriptive term than the rather harsh sounding term
“discipline”. The emphasis of this
program will be on encouraging Range Officers to exhibit positive attitudes and
keep up to date; offering re-training when needed; with decertification as a
last resort. John also confirmed that
writing an arbitration decision which is clearly against the rules (without
second guessing WHAT happened – I’m referring to an arbitration making a
decision that a rule should not be followed) would be an actionable item.
5. Competition
Rules (continued)
b) Limited 10 and Production Magazine
capacity rule language
A2 Moves “10 rounds maximum loaded in any magazine at start signal”
A5 Seconds
A1 Moves to amend “after the start signal”
A5 seconds
Passes Unanimously
Too bad we
didn’t think of this long ago J
c) Production Division
i) Grips
Discussion regarding grip modification, reduction, re-shaping, checkering, etc.
Consensus is to leave rules as they currently exist
ii) Holster
Position
A4 Moves that USPSA adopt IPSC Appendix F3 for Production Equipment Position
A7 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
In general, I favor unity between USPSA and IPSC rules when it will not cause harm to USPSA members (equipment obsolence), or undermine the spirit of what IPSC is all about (target shape).
iii) Double Action/Single Action First Shot
A8 Moves to strike “first shot must be fired double action” in Production Appendix D
(but leave “single action pistols not allowed”)
A2 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
This allows two things:
·
A shooter in Production may
thumb-cock for the first shot
·
A production shooter does not
need to manually load the hammer when starting the occasional stage which
begins with an empty gun.
This rule does NOT permit starting with a cocked and locked selective action production gun such as a CZ or Taurus 92.
iv) Allowable Production Guns
Discussion regarding the Springfield Armory XD in Production
Discussion of definitions covering Glocks, HK, etc.
Consensus is “Do a List” “Keep the Box” “Exempt Revolvers from Box”
We tried to come up with a rule that would cover every contingency, but could not think of something which might not cause unintended consequences. The USPSA board seems to feel that the XD is a “production” gun, despite an interpretation that there is insufficient striker retraction on the trigger pull to call it “double action.” Note, however, that the final status of the XD will be determined by a formal NROI ruling and not by these minutes. The central question here is what “niche” does production occupy?
1. Non-single action guns
2. Guns which are not competitive with “traditional hammer and sear single actions”
It is my opinion that the board is leaning towards view “2”.
A6 Moves to add “ Except for revolvers” to Production Appendix E (Box)
No Seconds, Motion Dies
A4 Moves to revise Appendix E, Production Equipment Rules, under “Box” item to read “No”, and remove item “C” from the notes.
A3 Seconds
A1-Y, A2-Y, A3-Y, A4-Y, A5-Y, A6-N, A7-Y, A8-Y, President-Y
5. Competition
Rules (con’t)
c) Production Division
iv) Allowable Production Guns
A1 Moves to revise USPSA Appendix E under Production Division rules so that only guns on USPSA approved list are legal.
A3 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
A1 Moves to authorize Director of NROI to establish a policy to determine if a gun is eligible for the USPSA approved Production Division list. Such policy may include use of production quantities, dimensional box, or other factors.
A7 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
Decisions made by NROI regarding inclusion on, or exclusion from, the production list may be appealed to the USPSA Board.
v) Production Division Barrel Length
A4 Moves to revise USPSA Appendix E, Production division Equipment rules, item “i” to read “Replacement barrels allowed provided barrel length is same as original factory standard. Heavy barrels and/or barrel sleeves not allowed.
A1 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
A3 Moves that Production Division Barrel length be 5.5” for autos, 8.5” for revolvers
A6 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
e) 3
Gun Division Criteria
A2 Moves that USPSA rifle divisions expand rules to include a new “Tactical rifle”
division, defined as a standard rifle with no more than one optical/electronic sight
A8 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
Wow – this one sure caught me by surprise at the meeting. While I don’t like the idea of making major changes without notice, we were faced with a publication deadline, and this does not take anything away from anyone, so I voted for it. First off, it reflects real world gun use – tactical operatives don’t use optically scoped handguns, but they most certainly do use red dotted and scoped rifles. Secondly, it will make our matches appealing to the existing “tactical threegunners” who currently attend numerous non-USPSA three gun matches.
A6 Moves that the USPSA Rifle Division be expanded to include a new “Tactical
Aggregate”, defined as any non-open Pistol, any non-open Rifle and any non-open Shotgun
A5 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
f) Multiple division re-entries in
approved (Level 1) Matches
A3 Moves that approved matches (Level 1 in the proposed 2004 rules) not be required to strictly comply with the terms of 6.2.3 (6.2.4 in the proposed 2004 rules)
A4 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
This is limited to level I to preserve the competitive equity of major matches, while allowing “local level” matches to permit re-entries if their schedule permits.
A5 Moves to remove major power factor caliber restrictions in revolver standard division.
A4 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
A7 Moves to adopt “1 procedural for extra shots fired” for revolver division
Motion withdrawn
This is in the world rules for revolver. I thought it would be a good idea, but John Amidon pointed out there would be circumstances where gamesmen would deliberately take a procedural rather than reload to increase their score. I still feel a bit uncomfortable that a “single mistake” can take a shooter out of their division, but don’t have a magic solution.
g) US Residence Policy
No action taken – Discussion only
Bruce Gary presented a review of rule related items to discuss
and ponder before we reconvene on 2 November 2003
6. 2004 USPSA Budget
c) 2004 National Championships
Report presented by Michael Voigt
Discussed budgeting issues, schedules for attendees, weather, etc.
Although
Michael is solely responsible for the decision, he briefed the board on the
various options. Based on the
constraints he had to work with, I fully support his subsequent decision to
host the Three Gun Rifle Nationals at Reno and a single pistol nationals at
PASA. In short, the primary constraints
were:
·
USPSA is under a contractual
obligation to hold a Nationals at PASA for each of the next three years.
·
The other option (a Florida
Range) requires a commitment of 4 years from USPSA to host a nationals.
A6 Moves to Adjourn Meeting
A3 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
5. Competition Rules
a) USPSA updates to 2004 IPSC rules adopted at the 2003 General Assembly
Discussion regarding rules that could be potential problems
Rules were dealt with line by line and some will be discussed on line
A1 Moves that all rule-related changes discussed at this meeting go into effect when 2004 USPSA rulebook goes into effect.
A6 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
* This meeting will be continued online for Competition Rules discussion and voting
7. Election Policy and Procedures
Will be addressed on line
9. Tournament Director’s Workshop
John Amidon removed this from Agenda
8. National Championship Sponsor Policy
This will be presented for approval online after the Nationals format is solidified.
3. c) Bylaws
Discussion included
§ Bylaw proposals given to the BOD
§ A8 had additional proposals he will bring to the bylaw committee via email
* This meeting will be continued online for Bylaws discussion and voting
6. 2004 USPSA Budget
Discussion included
a)
A copy machine that will need to be replaced at HQ
Dave Thomas presented us with lease and purchase
options. He will probably be going for
the lease for cash flow reasons.
b) Officer salaries will be discussed
online
I regret that the USPSA financial situation is such
that I will not be able to advocate bonuses for 2003 (paid in 2004). I believe any such bonus checks must be
written only in black ink, not red.
A6 Moves that action taken by the BOD at January 2000 meeting preventing
use of interest and dividend income from USPSA investments in the
budget be rescinded.
A1 Seconds
This does no include capital appreciation for investments – only “interest” and “dividends”
A1 Moves to disband Area Boundaries Committee
A3 Seconds
A4 Moves to disband Team Selection Policy Committee
A1 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
Classification Committee President, A1 (Chair), A4, A6, A7
Marketing committee President (Chair), Executive Director, A1, A8
Audit Committee A3, A5, A7 (Chair)
Finance Committee President, Executive Director, A1 (Chair)
Bylaws Committee President, Executive Director, A2 (Chair), A5, A8
Point Series Committee President, A2, A3, A6 (Chair)
A4 Moves to Adjourn Meeting
A3 Seconds
Passes Unanimously
* This meeting will be continued
online for Competition Rules discussion and voting
* This meeting will be continued online for Bylaws discussion and voting
The “continuing” of the meeting allows or on-line motions without “calling a meeting” and giving all directors and officers 30 days notice. Any such motions and votes will be reported in official USPSA Minutes.