AASF Meeting of 15-April-2006 Minutes

Present D. Rudman, J. Kogan, Y. Birbraier, J. White, E. Khaikin, V. Zaslavsky

Agenda 1. Preparation to USA Open – Status Review 2. Preparation to Bambi Sambo Championship 3. Attestation for Referees and Coaches 4. Our expansion to Portland, Oregon (Dr. Khaikin) 5. Our expansion to Florida (letter from R. Lauducina) 6. D. DeRose – Request to become a member of AASF 7. Request from S.Koepfer 8. Insurance 9. Any other business

Discussions 1. USA Open (June 17, 2006) – Status Update Had discussion on the location of the future Championship. Current options: a. Lincoln High school – rejected by Borough of Education b. Northtrand Ave. JCC ($1000) – was decided to keep this place as a spare one c. Staten Island ($1000) – available d. Brooklyn College ($2800) – available e. Kingsborough College ($????) – availability unknown Action: D. Rudman and F. Sverdlin to investigate Also was decided that we won’t be providing any Visa support for foreign teams.

2. Bambi Sambo Championship (May 13, 2006) – Status Update Location options: same as above Funds: Vlad Gorny promised us $2,500 for this event

3. Attestation for Referees and Coaches: James White created and presented documents specifying rules and requirements for Referees and Coaches attestation and their association with ASSF. Was decided to review this document by all members of the executive committee. Then those documents to be accepted as a set of rules fro attestation.

4. Sambo in Florida: Was decided to grant R. Lauducina status of AASF representative in Florida. J. Kogan will send him a letter with Executive Committee decision and requirements for state federation.

5. Sambo representation in regions and presidency: Was decided to set a “Rule of 5”: a. AASF representative in regions is elected by the Executive Committee b. State president gets elected by the state’s members of AASF 1. For the state federation to be recognized by AASF it has to have 5 clubs at the minimum 2. For the club to be recognized by federation it has to have 5 members at the minimum

6. D. DeRose – Request to become a member of AASF: Was decided to send him a letter with Executive Committee decision to accept him as a member of AASF and to notify him that he can conduct Sambo business under control and supervision of New Jersey president James White.

7. Request from S. Koepfer regarding “freestyle” trademark Action: Vitaly Zaslavsky to contact Stephen to find out status of the case

8. Insurance Was decided to invite several Insurance representative to present AASF executive committee with a proposal to provide AASF and it’s members with appropriate insurance coverage. Action: Invite Jason Mirovich as insurance representative; Dr. Haikin promised to find and invite another representative

9. Other Business a. Expansion to Portland, Oregon: Dr. Haikin is in contact with a person in Portland who wants to promote sport of Sambo there and asking for our assistance. Action: J. Kogan will send representation certificate to Roman Goldber.

b. AASF financial situations: our accountant completed processing AASF taxes for ’05 and all AASF obligations for the previous years. The outcome is that AASF have to pay $2,500 to accountant and ??? in penalties for not paying taxes in time. Action: Was decided to forward all expanses and penalties received by AASF from IRS for past due tax payments to Dr. Polyakov as the president of AASF during those years when income taxes were not properly processed and paid.

c. Next meeting is scheduled for 6pm on May 11th, 2006 in South New Jersey. The decision on the location will be made closer to that time.

d. Inventory report from Jason Mirovich on the following items: 1. Sport suits – ordered 50 pcs. – returned to F. Sverdlin – 8. 2. T-shirts – ordered 67 – returned –NONE. 3. AASF logos patches – ordered 106 – returned – NONE Report should be ready no later than May 11, 2006