September 23rd meeting minutes

Minutes from The University of Iowa Powerlifting Team meeting held in room 259 of the IMU on September 23rd, 2012

1. Roll call taken for the October 27th meet.

2. Sunday training session times considered. Kyle Keough asked if the times of 10-12 AM and 4-6 PM were satisfactory for members, and a vote was held regarding the timing of the morning session. The morning session was moved one hour later and is now officially 11 AM - 1 PM.

3. Kyle stated that we need to begin organization of transportation for the October meet. The number of team members planning on attending the October meet suggests that we will need to get a university vehicle to help transport team members in addition to the vehicles some team members have available to transport those going to the meet. Kyle asked that a team member consider getting certified to drive one of the university vehicles and noted that we need to have a driver and all accompanying considerations decided upon by the next club meeting (October 7th).

4. Elections for club officers held. Kyle Keough voted as club president, Chris Anderson voted club vice president, Janis Finkelman voted club secretary, and Frank Montalto voted club treasurer. Note that Nate Poage will replace Chris Anderson as vice president at the start of spring semester.

5. Sponsorship: Frank posed the possibility of Nutrisport's sponsorship of the club. Frank stated that his friend's father, owner of a Nutrisport, could potentially get club members deals on goods that have light damage (scratches/marks on labels, dents, etc). Kyle asked Frank to inquire further regarding this opportunity.

6. Kyle noted that there are supplemental positions team members may hold within the club beyond those of president, vice president, treasurer and secretary. Kevin's position as club website manager affirmed.

6a) Kyle asked if any club members would be interested in helping with the intramural bench press competition to be held in the spring, should intramural sports organizers accept an offer of help. Interested team members would potentially educate/monitor intramural organizers in matters regarding spotting, plate loading/unloading, judging, and other considerations. Seth Thompson and Nate stated that they would like to spearhead this project.

6b) Kyle "nominated" Frank to the position of manager of club sponsorship.

6c) Chris volunteered to take the office of managing advertising and marketing.

6d) Brian Albert offered to help with the editing of Youtube videos. Austin offered to do some filming for club videos, most likely during afternoon Sunday sessions.

7. Jason stated that the medical school runs a bench press competition and that our club could potentially help out with this competition in a similar manner as to the approach to the intramural bench competition (see 6a).

8. Kyle brought up the issue of club equipment purchases, noted that the item we have decided to purchase is a Texas Power Bar. Upon price comparison research, we will be generating a list of people interested in putting money towards the purchase of this bar.

9. Kyle noted that the team has a locker in the CRWC men's locker room.

Minutes submitted by: Janis Finkelman