--- On Wed, 11/26/08, George K. wrote:

> From: George K.
> Subject: Re: USARS Bylaws - Traditional Hockey Committee - help
> To: hardballhock@yahoo.com
> Cc: "Bill Sisson"
> Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 2:56 PM
> The process for committee members and chair positions comes
> from the Chairman of the board and the committee on
> committees. The committees can submit recommendations to the
> committee through the chairman of the committee. I ask the
> existing chair for recommendations and they go to the
> committee for discussion and validating. The committee
> brings to the board a slate of committee recommendations to
> include chairman's. The board is allowed to offer
> additional nominations from the table. The Slate the
> committee puts together must go out to the board to revies
> 30 days prior to the board meeting. You can talk to Bill
> Sission if you have questions.
>
> George Kolibaba
> President
> USA Roller Sports
> Lincoln, Nebraska
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "hardball hock"
>
> To: GJKolibaba@comcast.net
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 6:49:29 PM GMT -08:00
> US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: Fw: RE: USARS Bylaws - Traditional Hockey
> Committee - help
>
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> --- On Mon, 11/24/08, hardball hock
> wrote:
>
>
> From: hardball hock
> Subject: Fw: RE: USARS Bylaws - Traditional Hockey
> Committee - help
> To: GJKolibaba@comcast.net
> Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 9:26 PM
>
> Hi George!
>
> Peggy shared you may be able to offer clarity regarding
> Barb Brooks transition
> within the Traditional Hockey Committee from a newly
> appointed non-voting member
> in 2004 to Co-Chairmen of the Traditional Hockey Committee
> in 2005.
>
> Peggy helpfully explained USARS asks Discipline Committees,
> such as the
> Traditional Hockey Committee, to make recommendations of
> this type to the
> President (who is Chairman of the Committee on Committees).
> The President
> provides the requests received to the Committee on
> Committees when they meet,
> to confirm their recommendations for Committees for the
> next period. The list is
> either passed as presented or amended.
>
> Did the Traditional Hockey Committee recommend to the
> President of USARS Barb
> Brooks transition from newly appointed non-voting member
> (2004) to Co-Chairmen
> of the Traditional Hockey Committee (2005)? And did the
> Committee on Committees
> pass (accept) her as a Co-Chairmen (2005)?
>
> Unfortunately due to the relocation of information from
> www.rollersports.org to www.rollersports.usoc.org many of
> the USARS supporting and required documents are unavailable
> or
> difficult to find.
>
> Will you please provide official supporting documentation
> indicating a
> comprehensive selection process was followed regarding
> Barbra Brooks
> appointments as Chairman (Co-Chairman)? Any supporting
> documents that indicate
> an official USARS sanction of Barb Brooks transition from
> non-voting member to
> Co-Chairmen will help validate her current position.
>
> USARS help so far has been invaluable. Your help in
> clearing this up is very
> much appreciated.
>
>
> --- On Mon, 11/24/08, Peggy Young
> wrote:
>
> > From: Peggy Young
> > Subject: RE: USARS Bylaws - Traditional Hockey
> Committee - help
> > To: hardballhock@yahoo.com
> > Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 1:46 PM
> > Discipline Committee Chairmen for Art-Speed-Rink
> > Hockey-Inline Hockey
> > are asked to make their recommendations to the USARS
> > President (who is
> > Chairman of the Committee on Committees). He provides
> the
> > requests he
> > receives to the Committee on Committee when then meet,
>
> > usually by
> > conference call, to confirm their recommendations for
> > Committees for the
> > next period (starting at the end of Semi-Annual Board
> > Meeting in
> > February to February of the next year). The list is
> either
> > passed as
> > presented or amended.
> >
> > If you need any specific information beyond what I
> have
> > given you as our
> > general procedure, you may want to contact George
> Kolibaba,
> > who has been
> > the Chairman/President of the Board since around 2001.
>
> >
> > Peggy
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: hardball hock [mailto:hardballhock@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 11:08 AM
> > To: Peggy Young
> > Subject: RE: USARS Bylaws - Traditional Hockey
> Committee -
> > help
> >
> > Thanks Peggy!
> >
> > Your recent efforts on behalf of USARS to provide
> documents
> > and comments
> > appears to show Barb Brooks was in some form nominated
> and
> > ratified as a
> > non-voting member in what appears to be 2004.
> >
> > Are there any USARS By-Law rules that govern her
> transition
> > from a
> > non-voting member to Co-Chairmen of the Traditional
> Hockey
> > Committee.
> >
> > Does the position of Chairman of a Standing Committee
> > require a Board of
> > Directors recommendation or a vote by the discipline
> > members, Board of
> > Directors, or Committee on Committees? How is this
> > transition officially
> > accomplished?
> >
> > Your help so far has been invaluable. Any supporting
> > documents that
> > indicate an official USARS sanction of Barb Brooks
> > transition from
> > non-voting member to Co-Chairmen will help validate
> her
> > current
> > position.
> >
> > Your continued support is very much appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Mon, 11/24/08, Peggy Young
> > wrote:
> >
> > > From: Peggy Young
>
> > > Subject: RE: USARS Bylaws - Traditional Hockey
> > Committee - help
> > > To: hardballhock@yahoo.com
> > > Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 6:28 AM
> > > This statement is routinely carried in our Board
> > Agenda
> > > Books under the
> > > Standing Committee Section:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES: (elected at Fall Annual
> Board
> > > Meeting): The
> > > Committee on Committees must include the USARS
> > > President/USARS Chairman,
> > > in addition to four current Board Members who are
>
> > elected
> > > at the Annual
> > > Board of Directors Meeting. The Committee on
> > Committees
> > > shall prepare
> > > committee membership recommendations and submit
> them
> > to the
> > > Board at
> > > least 30 days prior to the Semiannual Board
> Meeting
> > > (February), where
> > > the Board will discuss and vote on these
> > recommendations.
> > > The Committee
> > > on Committees will serve through the end of the
> Annual
> > > Board Meeting in
> > > September/October.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Our By-Laws show the following - see item C.:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > SECTION 3. COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
> > >
> > > A. The Board of Directors shall nominate and
> elect the
> > > members of the
> > > Committee on Committees, which shall be comprised
>
> > >
> > > of the President of USARS, an athlete and three
> other
> > > members of the
> > > USARS Board of Directors. The President will
> chair
> > >
> > > the committee.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > B. The function of the Committee on Committees is
> to
> > > recommend for
> > > approval of the Board of Directors all chairmen
> and
> > >
> > > members of USARS standing committees, except
> itself,
> > the
> > > Nominating
> > > Committee and the Athlete Nominating Committee,
> > >
> > > all of which have their own selection criteria.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > C. The Committee on Committees shall meet
> following
> > the
> > > Annual Board
> > > Meeting and prepare committee membership
> > >
> > > recommendations for submission to the Board at
> least
> > 30
> > > days prior to
> > > the February Semi-annual Board meeting, where the
>
> > >
> > > Board will discuss and vote on these
> recommendations.
> > The
> > > Committee on
> > > Committees will serve through the end of the
> > >
> > > Annual Board Meeting.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Board Minutes- Feb 2003 - The following was
> approved
> > (as
> > > part of the
> > > Committee on Committee Report) by the USARS
> Board:
> > > HARDBALL HOCKEY
> > > COMMITTEE: Bill Sisson-Non-Voting Chairman, Jeff
> > Rabold,
> > > Pat Ferguson,
> > > Don Allen, Jim Jost, John Maxon-Athlete
> > Representative,
> > > TBD-Staff
> > > Liaison-Non-Voting
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Board Minutes - Feb 2004 - The following was
> approved
> > (as
> > > part of the
> > > Committee on Committee Report) by the USARS
> Board:
> > > HARDBALL HOCKEY
> > > COMMITTEE: Bill Sisson-Non-Voting Chairman, Jeff
> > Rabold,
> > > Pat Ferguson,
> > > Don Allen, Jim Jost, Frankie Lee-Athlete
> > Representative,
> > > Barb Brooks,
> > > without vote.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm not sure that we have any e-mails left
> that
> > would
> > > confirm that the
> > > recommended list was sent out 30 days in advance
> in
> > 2004,
> > > but it
> > > certainly was voted on and approved by the Board
> on
> > > February 29, 2004.
> > > See Motion 50 of the attached Minutes and
> Addendum C
> > of
> > > the meeting
> > > addenda (two separate pdf's).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Peggy
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From: hardball hock
> [mailto:hardballhock@yahoo.com]
> > > Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 3:33 PM
> > > To: Peggy Young; Richard Hawkins
> > > Subject: RE: USARS Bylaws - Traditional Hockey
> > Committee -
> > > help
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Peggy and Richard,
> > >
> > > After reviewing all of the web versions of
> Magazine,
> > 2003
> > > thru 2006, and
> > > the minutes you have sent, there appears to be no
>
> > > documentation that
> > > outlines a comprehensive selection process was
> > followed
> > > regarding the
> > > nomination, voting, or appointing of Barbara
> Brooks,
> > for
> > > the position of
> > > Chairman of the Traditional Hockey Committee
> > (2006-07), or
> > > as a
> > > non-voting Member of the Traditional Hockey
> Committee
> > > (2005).
> > >
> > > Unfortunately due to the relocation of
> information
> > from
> > > www.rollersports.org to www.rollersports.usoc.org
> many
> > of
> > > the USARS
> > > supporting and required documents are unavailable
> or
> > > difficult to find.
> > >
> > > Barbara Brooks has shared she was nominated by
> the
> > > Committee on
> > > Committees of USARS which nominates all committee
>
> > members
> > > for USARS and
> > > that her nomination was then voted on by the
> USARS
> > Board of
> > > Directors.
> > > She wasn't able to remember if she was
> appointed
> > in
> > > 2004 or 2005.
> > >
> > > Will you please provide official supporting and
> > required
> > > documentation
> > > indicating a comprehensive selection process as
> > indicated
> > > by the USARS
> > > Bylaws was followed regarding Barbra Brooks
> > appointments as
> > > Chairman
> > > (Co-Chairman) and non-voting Member of the
> Traditional
> > > Hockey Committee;
> > > nomination by the Committee of Committees, a vote
> by
> > the
> > > Board of
> > > Directors, and acceptance of the positions.
> > >
> > > Your help in clearing this up is very much
> > appreciated. -
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On Fri, 11/21/08, Peggy Young
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Peggy Young
>
> > > Subject: RE: USARS Bylaws - Traditional Hockey
> > Committee -
> > > help
> > > To: hardballhock@yahoo.com
> > > Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 11:52 AM
> > >
> > > Correct
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Feb 2007 - Non Voting Co-Chair
> > >
> > > Feb 2006 - Non Voting Co-Chair
> > >
> > > Feb 2005 - Member only (without vote)- See
> Addendum K
> > of
> > > the attached.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > >
> > > From: hardball hock
> [mailto:hardballhock@yahoo.com]
> > >
> > > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 2:02 PM
> > >
> > > To: Peggy Young
> > >
> > > Subject: RE: USARS Bylaws - Traditional Hockey
> > Committee -
> > > help
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > (I am resending this after reading it so that it
> makes
> > > better sense than
> > >
> > > my earlier my mobile reply.)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks Peggy :o)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I reviewed the .pdf and it is a terrific help,
> > although the
> > > document
> > >
> > > notes Barb Brooks as the acting co-chairmen
> already.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I need to find documentation that resolves that
> she
> > was
> > > indeed
> > >
> > > nominated, appointed, and when.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Our Winter 2004-2005 Magazine confuses the
> effort:
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://usarollersports.org/pages/pdf/magazine/USARS_Winter2004-2005_Web.
>
> > >
> > > pdf , Page 41, does not recognize Barb Brooks as
> a
> > > Committee Co-Chairmen
> > >
> > > but as a member, a non-voting member. Is this
> > accurate? Was
> > > she a
> > >
> > > Co-Chairmen at this time?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Can you point me in the direction of some
> historic,
> > > official,
> > >
> > > documentation that will help resolve she was
> indeed
> > > nominated,
> > >
> > > appointed, and when -so our discipline can move
> on?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On Fri, 11/21/08, Peggy Young
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > From: Peggy Young
> >
> > >
> > > > Subject: RE: USARS Bylaws - Traditional
> Hockey
> > > Committee - help
> > >
> > > > To: hardballhock@yahoo.com,
> Bbbrooksao@aol.com
> > >
> > > > Cc: "Richard Hawkins"
> > >
> > >
> > > > Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 6:21 AM
> > >
> > > > Since I am very familiar with the answer to
> your
> > > question
> > >
> > > > (and it is an
> > >
> > > > easy response for me) please see page 27
> (Motion
> > 48)
> > > and
> > >
> > > > page 47
> > >
> > > > (Addendum J) of the attached from the 2008
> USARS
> > Board
> > > of
> > >
> > > > Directors
> > >
> > > > Meeting.
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > Peggy
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > From: hardball hock
> > [mailto:hardballhock@yahoo.com]
> > >
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:31 PM
> > >
> > > > To: Bbbrooksao@aol.com
> > >
> > > > Cc: Richard Hawkins; Peggy Young
> > >
> > > > Subject: Re: USARS Bylaws - Traditional
> Hockey
> > > Committee -
> > >
> > > > help
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > Hello Barb,
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > Can you please clarify the following:
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > When and who appointed you as a Co-Chairmen
> of
> > the
> > > Rink
> > >
> > > > Hockey
> > >
> > > > Committee?
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > Is there any requirement that the Minutes
> from
> > each
> > > Rink
> > >
> > > > Hockey
> > >
> > > > Committee meeting be published to the
> discipline
> > body
> > >
> > > > members?
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > v/r
> > >
> > > > Hardballhock
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > --- On Wed, 11/19/08, Bbbrooksao@aol.com
> > >
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > From: Bbbrooksao@aol.com
> > >
> > >
> > > > Subject: Re: USARS Bylaws - Traditional
> Hockey
> > > Committee -
> > >
> > > > help
> > >
> > > > To: rhawkins@usarollersports.org,
> > > hardballhock@yahoo.com,
> > >
> > > > pyoung@usarollersports.org
> > >
> > > > Cc: dandl@nts-online.net
> > >
> > > > Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 3:22 AM
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > Richard,
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > Thank you for responding to this inquiry so
> > > quickly.
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Barb
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
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