Florida League of Martial Artists
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Meeting Minutes

FLMA Election Meeting  
Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009
Start Time: 11:29 am - Meeting called to order
Shihan J. Garcia – 2009 FLMA Secretary
Location: Buena Vista Palace, Orlando, Florida

1)  Attendees: John Garcia, Hylda Fenton, Fred LaSala, Hylda Fenton, Jawara Nantambu,
Muriel Patton, Steve Ellis, Charlie Lane, Matthew Fillion, Walter Lewis

2)  Muriel Patton (Treasurer): Hands out the 2009 Financial Statement

3)  Charlie Lane paid his FLMA tourney sanction to Muriel Patton.

4)  2010 Board Nominees
(*Absentee Ballots: Charles Woods, David Miller, Gary Hernandez, & Javier Caban)
a)      President
         (1)    John Garcia

b)      Vice President
         (1)    Jawara Nantambu

c)       Directors
          (1)    Fred LaSala – Director of Breaking & Self Defense/ISKA
          (2)    Javier “JC” Caban – Director of Marketing
          (3)    Charlie Lane – Director of Cross-Sanctioning
          (4)    Carl Stone – Director (*as of 12/15/2009 - Master Carl Stone declined his position as Director)

d)      Treasurer
         (1)    Muriel Patton

e)      Nominations of Tournament Directors
         (1)    John Garcia – Tournament Coordinator
         (2)    Jawara Nantambu – Rules Arbitrator

f)       Appointment of Secretary- Web Administrator
         (1)    Hylda Fenton

5)  Motion by Charlie Lane to accept Directors/Appointments as presented.
2nd by Fred LaSala.  Motion passed.  Unanimous decision
Directors and appointments stand as presented above.

6)  Proposal of New Rules and Guidelines
a)      Proposal by Charlie Lane for increasing FLMA Membership
         (1)    Increase tournament fees for non-members at the first FLMA tournament
                 he/she attends and allow them to become an automatic FLMA member.
         (2)    Motion by Walter Lewis to accept, 2nd by Muriel Patton –
                 Unanimous decision

7)  Discussion of Points when students advance to a different division.
a)      Points do not “go with” the competitor when he/she advances
         to a different division.

8)  Review of Rules for Judging
a)      All judges need to be in uniform or in proper FLMA attire.

9)  Review of new ring set-up for forms.

10) Quick run-down of competition rules
       a)   Discussion of scoring range for weapons and forms

11) Banquet Date –Saturday, January 23, 2010
       a)     All day event, including certification courses, CPR Course and Banquet.
       b)    Committee: John Garcia, Jawara Nantambu, Muriel Patton

12) Officials Certification/CPR Course
       a)    Black Belts, 18 +, can take the Certification/Course
       b)    Location: All agree to find a location in the Tampa area.

13) Scheduling for 2010 Tournament Season
       a)      February 13th FLMA Kick-off
       b)      March
       c)      April 10th SMAC
       d)      May 14th – 15th Gator Nationals
       e)      June 5th Fred LaSala
       f)       July 2nd – 3rd U.S. Open
       g)      August *No Events (Start of School Season)
       h)      September
       i)       October  Steve Ellis
       j)       November 13th J.A.W.S.

14) John Garcia motions to adjourn meeting.  Jawara Nantambu seconds motion.

Meeting adjourned 1:30pm

In Attendance:

FLMA General Meeting
Date: May 9, 2009
Start Time: 11:17 am
Shihan J. Garcia – Secretary
Location: Tim McCahan’s Studio

1)      Minutes were read by Tim McCahan from previous meeting

2)      Treasury Report from Muriel Patton – Treasurer
          a)      Account balance: $2382.47 (copies of report were handed out)
          b)      Idea to sell t-shirts at $12 each & FLMA patches at $5 each
          c)      Membership count at 62
          d)      Motion to accept the report by David Miller; 2nd by Charles Woods

3)      Gary Hernandez: Hosting a knife seminar where he is promoting the FLMA

4)      Carl Stone: Seeking Private money for advertising the FLMA through
          “Fight Zone”

5)      Tim McCahan: FLMA needs to promote “CHANGE”. 
           Suggests sending out letters.

6)      Old Business: We need a digital recorder for our meetings.
           Not to exceed $200 cost.  Motion to accept by David Miller, 2nd by John Garcia

7)      Tournament “Scheduling”: Should Adult Black Belts go first at tournaments? 
           Promoters will meet and see what will work at FLMA events.
           Bill Ferkile: Amend the decision from last meeting to allow promoters to work
           on it. Motion to accept by Muriel Patton, 2nd by Gary Hernandez.

8)      Bill Ferkile discussed his electronic computer scoring system.
           (“Ultimate Promoter Services”)

9)      Officiating:

          a)      Arbitrator should wear a different color shirt.
          b)      Update Director emails
          c)      Seek sponsors

 Meeting adjourned at 1:38pm

In Attendance:

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