Bowlers Journal International - April 2008 - (Page 58)

USBC CONVENTION PREVIEW IT'S GRILLING SEASON IN KANSAS CITY Officers figure to face some tough questions about where the power lies in the organization. versus-woman type of thing. I hope we're beyond that. It's just that I don't think the delegates are best equipped to make that decision because they don't have the close working relationships that the Board members have." Whether or not that proposal passes, delegates will retain the power of electing the Board members, and in Kansas City, they will choose from a slate of nine candidates vying for four open seats. Four of the candidates are incumbents. Another hot topic of conversation figures to be the USBC awards program, which was significantly downsized recently. Officers may also face scrutiny over the decision to relocate Bowling Headquarters from its long-time home in Greendale, Wis., to a shared "campus" with the Bowling Proprietors' Association of America in Arlington, Texas. "I think the main concern over the move would be fiscal," Bojé said. "In other words: Does it make good economic sense? I'm a CPA, so I'm reasonably confident I can make that case." Kansas City is one of the barbecue capitals of the United States. But during USBC Convention Week in May, not all The K.C. Convention, schedof the grilling will take place in the city's fabled "Q" restaurants. Some will be reserved for USBC officers. uled for May 7-10, also will include numerous educational year, change can be difficult. seminars, the 2008 USBC Hall of Fame leadership for over 2 million members. That assertion is illustrated by the 25 induction ceremony (which is expectThe officers of USBC are not only proposed amendments that delegates ed to attract dozens of the sport's responsible to the Board, but to the to next month's USBC Convention in stars of yesteryear), and the taping membership; therefore, officers should of USBC's new made-for-TV event, Kansas City, Mo., will be facing. Ten be elected by the delegates at the "Bowling's Clash of Champions," feaof the proposals deal with the national annual meeting." turing 14 winners of various USBCbylaws, and one in particular seeks The Board has recommended conducted tournaments — including to strip the national USBC Board of rejection of the proposal, and USBC Masters champion Sean Rash and some of its power and return it to the President Jeff Bojé agrees with the Queens winner Kelly Kulick — as well delegates. recommendation. "I'm not thinking it's as U.S. Open winners Pete Weber and Amendment B-6, submitted by Illinois aimed at me, specifically," Bojé said, Liz Johnson. State USBC WBA Legislative Chair "and I would hope that it's not a manCOURTESY KANSAS CITY CONVENTION & VISITORS ASSOCIATION THE MERGER OF THE ABC, WIBC AND YABA has been going swimmingly at the national level. At the local and state levels, however, there remain numerous association officers who feel disenfranchised by the dawning of the United States Bowling Congress. As has been pointed out often by the Democratic Party candidates for President of the United States this Betty McCann, would allow the delegates to elect USBC's national officers, rather than that being a function of the USBC Board of Directors. "During the transition to USBC, the members were allowed to vote for the leadership," McCann points out. "It is an injustice to the membership to allow a group of 25 Board members to have the sole authority to select the 58 bowlers journal international APRIL 2008

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Bowlers Journal International - April 2008

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