Minutes From The MWS Commissioners Meeting
July 16, 2004 - 1:00 PM
Intercontinental Hotel - Board Room
Miami, FL


CALL TO ORDER

MWS President Swammi called the meeting to order at 1:15 PM ET.

Those present included:

Treasurer's Report - Balance Forward: $65.15

The Swammi reported that $65 dues have been collected from 15 leagues listed in the financial report for a total of $975. $200 in advertising revenue has been generated as well. There are 5 active free agent members in good standing on the roster. For a total of $1250 in revenues collected for the 2003-2004 Madden year.

Expenditures included:
Website maintenance for the PFL/MWS websites at $69.90 per month for a total of $838.80.
Web Site Cost Break Down: $29.95 deluxe account for PFL.com $10.00 per month for streaming capabilities, $20.00 per mo. for Media Storage (archived MWS broadcast) $9.95 for MWS.com basic account.
MWS Upgraded Chat Room $29.95 yearly
$300 paid to Jeremey Stewart (Big 9erfan) for message board/database web mastering & administration
$16.00 for payment for registration of maddenworldsyndicate.com name.Total Expenditures - $1184.85

MOTION: Dixon/Sanders - To Accept the Treasurers Report as presented - PASSED

NEW BUSINESS

MOTION: Dixon/Sanders - That a MWS commissioner's message board be established to help promote communication between league commissioners and to also keep leaders in the community apprised of developments in local leagues across the country -- PASSED

The Swammi noted that he would set up the board and forward passwords/logins to MWS commissioners in good standing early in the Madden season.

MOTION: Boza/Storm - That Commissioners use the Commissioners board to report league news. -- PASSED

MOTION:Dixon/Burton - That the commissioners board also be used as a way for commissioners to report league and tournament results as well in order to expedite the process of getting information submitted for the updating of the MWS Top 100 in a timely fashion. -- PASSED

OLD BUSINESS

MOTION: Storm/Burton - That the competition committee re-evaluate the game with 30 days of its release removing gameplay rules that do not apply to the 2005 edition, i.e. if the motion glitch is corrected on the 2005, the rule for the motion glitch should be stricken from the MWS rulebook -- PASSED

MOTION: Storm/Burton - That the competition committee reconvene after the first 30 days to issue updated MWS rules every 90 days. RATIONALE: In December and March, the committee should address any gameplay issues that are known rather than waiting until April to do once the tournament season has begun. -- PASSED

MOTION: Dixon/Boza - That commissioners of MWS Leagues in good standing shall administer the vote to their respective leagues and report the results to MWS Board -- Tabled for more study and review.

 

Suggestions To The MWS President
That a commissioners EMAIL list be generated to work in conjunction with the message board to send out email blast communications.
Commissioner meetings can be scheduled using the MWS Chat Room

Suggestion To The Competition Committee
To address players abusing the grace period to set audibles at the beginning of the game, that a timer be set and used to keep players from going over the 5 minute grace period.

Notes From The Prez - Good Of The Association
The Swammi noted that he is in the process of securing the organization a bank account in the MWS name. More details to come later after all corporation and business papers have been filed.

Arik Sanders will be researching ideas for potential fund raisers for the community.

 

The meeting adjourned at 3:35 PM ET