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competitors register in that category. Competitorsmust be on active duty or reserve in thearmed service of the United States in order tocompete in the "Military" category. They mayuse any safe firearm meeting the appropriatecriteria. The top Military award at LimitedNationals shall continue to be named the MattRierson Award. Seconded by Keith Milberger.Approved unanimously.Mike Martin moved that the Top Law Enforcementcompetitor will be recognized at theOpen and Limited U.S. Nationals when threeor more competitors register in that category.Competitors must be full-time law enforcementofficers authorized to make arrests. Secondedby Keith Milberger. Approvedunanimously.REVISION OF THE BYLAWS OFUNITED STATES PRACTICALSHOOTING ASSOCIATION/IPSC.A section from the current bylaws regardingbylaw revision was presented:"These bylaws may be amended at any regularmeeting of the board of directors by a voteof two-thirds (2/3) of the members present,provided i) that notice of the nature of theproposed amendment shall have been given atthe last previous meeting of the board of directors,or ii) that a written copy of the proposedamendment shall have been mailed with noticeof the meeting."The board reviewed the revisions as proposedby the bylaw committee. Discussionwas held conc-eming additional changes thatneeded to be made. It was noted that since noexact written copy of the proposed amendmentscould have been sent out with the noticeP.O. BOX :152454 TOLEDO, OH 43635-2454(.119) 841-4770 OR 8011-378-76751P1N#0175)FOR ALL YOUR TARGET AND BULLET SUPPL1F:SBullet Co. 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Board membersare to review and suggest any additionalchanges by June at the latest so they could bepublished and included in the next boardagenda.Some bylaw changes that the board wantedto see in the revision were specified.Keith Milberger moved to remove the lastsentence of the bylaw 5.8. "A board membermay only issue a proxy once per term." So therevision of 5.8 would read as follows: "A directorunable to attend a board of director's meetingmay authorize one board member to act inhis stead by issuance of a proxy. The proxyshall be in writing and set forth for specificissues only. Proxies must be delivered to thepresident or chairman at the beginning of themeeting. Seconded by Dave Carruthers. Approvedunanimously.Mike Martin moved to add "by first classmail," to the following sentence. "The certifiedpublic accounting f-irrn shall mail ballots to allindividual members on the list by October 1 byfirst class mail and shall receive the ballots backSPEEDWEII[ONO" bowel UrpriliMUPS CODby retum mail, tabulate, certify and report theresults to the president and board of directorsby November 15 of each election year." Secondedby ? Approved unanimously.Keith Milberger moved to delete 6.7. Secondedby Steve Kalamen. Approved unanimously.After further discussion, the committee onthe revision of the bylaws will rewrite the procedureto be used in reference to the removalof an officer or director from office. Keith Milbergermoved the requirement to remove adirector or officer should change from a unanimousvote to a 3/4 majority. Mike Martinseconded. Passed unanimously.EXECUTIVE MANAGER PERFORM-ANCE EVALUATION AND SALARYLarry Bullock moved that the board go intoexecutive session to discuss the executivemanager performance evaluation and salary.Seconded by Keith Milberger. Approved u-nanimously.Dave Thomas was asked to leave the room.After some discussion regarding the salaryrange, the board returned to the regular session.Keith Milberger moved that the board comeout of executive session and return to the regularsession. Seconded by Steve Kalamen. Approvedunanitnously.Dave Thomas was invited back to the boardmeeting.John Hurst moved that the salary range forthe executive manager be $37,500 to $48,200and that Mr. Thomas' salary be set at $44,000,and proposed a $2,000 bonus for Dave Thomasfor a job very well done this year. Seconded byMike Martin. Passed unanimously.PRESIDENT SA LA R YAfter a length) discussion, Keith Milbergerrecommended the salary range for the presidentbe set at $37,500 to $46,000, and to beevaluated annually, for both merit and cost ofliving.Keith Milberger moved that the board gointo executive session, and President AndyHollar and Vice President John Amidon wereasked to leave the room. Steve Kalamen secondedthe motion. Passed unanimously.Randy Cestaro moved that the board comeout of executive session and return to the regularsession. Seconded by Mike Martin. Passedunanimously.Steve Kalamen moved that the president'ssalary be set at $38,000 and the salary range beset at $34,500 to $46,000. Seconded by MikeMartin. Roll call vote requested. Voting in favor:Randy Cestaro, Mike Martin, Dave Carruthers,Keith Milberger, Steve Kalamen, JeffNelson (by proxy), John Hurst. Voting opposed:Larry Bullock. Motion carried.President Andy Hollar and Vice PresidentJohn Amidon returned to the meeting andwere informed of the action taken by theboard.BOARD RECESS'The board recessed at 6:00 p.m. January 31,1998, and reconvened at 8:00 a.m. February 1,1998.POLICY FOR LADIES SLOTS ANDPRIZESKeith Milberger move that the current languagebe added to the policy manual. "Slotsare to be given to the top eight ladies in theshoot-off, less any slots given to gold teammembers who finish in the top eight. 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