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NEWS, NOTES AND HAPPENINGS FROM THE WORLD OF BOWLING
Moving Forward Together
Program changes and charity highlight 2010 USBC Annual Convention.
USBC’S 2010 Annual
Convention earlier this year featured the theme “Moving Forward Together,” and that couldn’t have been more appro- priate as hundreds of USBC league members, national execu- tives, board of director members and delegates from state and local associations nationwide gathered at the Silver Legacy Hotel and Casino in Reno, Nev., April 28-May 1. Headlining announcements
made during the meeting was news of the creation of a new independent corporation to oversee and manage SMART (Scholarship Management and Accounting Reports for Tenpins) funds. The corpora- tion will have its own board of directors comprised of bowling industry leaders with financial backgrounds. “This corporation was cre-
ated to have a total focus on the care of SMART funds and promote youth bowling scholar- ships,” USBC President Jeff Boje said. “This board will remain consistent with people emi- nently qualified to manage those funds.” USBC Executive Director Stu
Upson detailed several program changes designed to improve the overall financial strength of the organization. “USBC must build reserves
in order to strengthen our posi- tion to invest in the sport in the future,” Upson said. “We need the membership to support our program changes this year, while USBC develops vastly new prod- ucts and benefits for bowlers.” Upson also announced a new credit card partnership with
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CHANGING GUARD: Darlene Baker officially took over as USBC board president from Jeff Boje (right), and Bowl for the Cure donated more than $1 million to Susan G. Komen For the Cure.
Nationwide that gives card users free USBC national member- ship and other bowling-related benefits. Other changes announced
at the Convention include put- ting the U.S. Women’s Open on hiatus for 2011, broadcasting the 2011 USBC Intercollegiate Team Championships exclusively on
BOWL.com, and changing US Bowler from a printed magazine to an innovative, multimedia online publication. Darlene Baker of Mahomet,
Ill., was named USBC president at the Annual Meeting. She is the first female president in the history of the organization. Baker will begin her term Aug. 1. The remaining board officers will be announced following the
June board meeting. Current USBC
directors Carolyn Dorin-Ballard of Keller, Texas, and Michael Italia of Warrington, Pa., joined newcomers Mark Martin of Waterford, Mich., and Deanna Rose of Fairport, N.Y., in being elected to the USBC Board of Directors by the delegates attending the Annual Meeting. All were elected on the first bal- lot with 956 ballots cast. Clearly one of the most
positive pieces of news was the announcement that USBC generated significant financial support for charity. USBC Bowl For The Cure led to a more than $1.1 million donation to Susan
G. Komen For The Cure at the 2010 meeting. Contributions to Bowlers to Veterans Link from USBC were nearly $826,000, an increase of more than $100,000 from the previous year. Of the 24 proposals on the
table at the meeting, delegates approved eight and rejected 16. Go to
BOWL.com for more detailed information on each of the proposals. The 2011 Annual Convention
will be held at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas, June 29-July 2, 2011.
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