This is a reminder that there will be a very important conference call on Sunday, April 22 at 9PM.Please come on and invite at least one other person. Please pass on the numbers for others to log in. We will be having a very important guest, Hon. Marbue Richards (Deputy Minister of Sports, R.L.). Kindly log on to the organization web site for past minutes. Mr. W Porte is presently in charge of the web site. He can be reached at 919-201-5226. Lastly, I am appealing  to everyone to please make their payments so that we can purchase those needed items that was agreed upon.  Kindly review this agenda and reply with views of corrections or acceptance.

Fannoh

AGENDA

1.    Meeting call to order.

2.    Opening Prayer

3.    Dues Payment(Roll Call)

4.    Web site highlights and control

5.    Hon. Marbue Richards (General Overview-Sports/basketball and LBF)

6.    Fund Raising Project

7.    Other Business

8.    Closing Prayer

The meeting started at PM with 13 members present. The agenda was adjusted in to allow the body to focus on the invitation extended us by the ULAA for our participation in the July 26, 2007 celebration to be held in the nation's capitol.

Mr. B. Satu, President of the DC-Maryland Chapter of the Liberian Association, give a brief description of "26" event. He also used the time to extend a formal invitation to the Friends and Supporters of Liberian Basketball, Inc, (formally Friends and Supporters of LBF-USA). Mr. Satu explained that this was a ULAA sponsored event with the intention of bringing more Liberians together, celebrating our independence day and also generating revenues for ULAA. He also added that this occasion would serve as a perfect time for the FASLBF-USA to officially gather, create a  more structure leadership, gain public recognition and also generate funds for the organization. Also present at the conference call was the secretary of ULAA, Mr. Isaac Zawolo. Mr. Zawolo assured the body that his presence at the meeting was to officially confirm the invitation and that ULAA is willing to cooperate with FASLBF-USA in our quest to generate revenues that will help us achieve our goals in Liberia. After several minutes of fruitful discussions, the two men asked to be excused because of another meeting that needed their participation.

During our discussion, Mr. Eric Daniels moved that we set up a committee that will work with ULAA in preparing a memorandum that will enable both parties to successfully work together. It was seconded and the committee was immediately set up. The members that volunteered for that committee were Mrs. Dawn Tolbert, Mr. Ori Wright, Mr. B. Satu, and Mr. A. Fannoh.

Hon. Marbue Richards took the floor to give us a brief description of issues and problems facing the LBF and hindering the development of basketball in Monrovia, Liberia. He also stress the need for us to help prepare the national team their international competitions in July and August. He asked that the FASLBF-USA should increase training materials that will seriously help the youth in learning basic fundamentals of the game.  Mr. Richards explained that his ministry and the LBF are trying hard to improve the existing courts and playgrounds around the city so that more youth can have other area for practices. He said that the are looking in the possibilities of acquiring other land for b/ball courts .Coincidentally, some of the problems that he talk about are on our list for LBF and the Immediate, medium range, long range plans.

We collectively asked Mr. Richards to put together a budgetary description of several of the projects that need to be tackle so that we can know how to address them in terms of preference.