FSLB Conference Call

8/21/07

Participants

Fannoh/Dawn/Melvin/Alston/Orea/Lynnette

Melvin Hall opened with a prayer at 8:56P.M and the meeting was called to order to discuss the following agenda items:

Meeting call to order

Opening Prayer

Reading Minutes from last meeting

Selecting heads and members of the various ad-hoc committees with    outlined responsibilities

Confirmation of the official logo and name of organization/selecting

an official convention date

Coordinating working relationships/immediate items for LBF-Liberia

Steering Committee operational budget 2007/2008

Launching of our next awareness program/fundraiser

Other Matters (Largo compensation)

Closing prayer

List of committees

By—Laws Committee

501 C Committee

Ways & Means Committee

Website & Communication Committee

Membership Committee

Finance & Audit Committee

Regional committee

• Dawn suggested that we consolidate some of the committees and also post the various committees on the website and ask members to volunteer to participate. 
• Fannoh suggested that because of our one-year mandate, we needed to have committee members in place that share our passion and can deliver when we need them the most. Experience tells us that most people will volunteer, but not work.
• Once we get the invitation on the on the website, we can keep it open for two weeks and see how many people volunteer or show interest in becoming a member.

By-Laws Committee

Orea & Dawn suggested and it was agreed by all participants that we consolidate the By-laws and 501 C committees. It was also recommended that T. Momolue Massaquoi serve as chair/head of the committee. Members recommended:

• T. Momolue Massaquoi – Chair
• Cornelius Pratt
• Orea Wright
• Mrs. Verlyn Chesson Porte
• Gabriel Itoka

Ways & Means Committee will be responsible for planning events, sponsorship and fundraising.  It was decided that Membership, Regional and    Ways & Means committees be consolidated so that we can tap into each other resources and work together for one goal.  Members recommended:

• Anthony Fannoh – Chair
• Dawn Tolbert
• Tarloh Gasque
• I. Vah Tukpah
• Toyuwa Harris
• Sima Wotorson
• Mambue Freeman
• Gabriel Itoka
• Lynnette Roberts

There was a discussion on the limit of people we could have in each committee. We decided that they shouldn’t be a limit because the more people we had, the more we would have to work.  If it got to a point where we had too many members, we would then break up the committee like we originally suggested. All participants on the various committees must pay their membership fee of $100.00 by 12/31/07. Alston noted for the record that we needed to limit the amount of people in each committee.

Website & Communications Committee – The primary objective of this committee will consist of, but not limited to the following:

Working on short and long term fund raising strategies for the organization

Recruit members for FASLBF-USA all across the globe

Identify potential sponsors and opportunities that can/will help to improve the fame of basketball in Liberia

Prepare to make a report to the Steering committee by the end of October

Members recommended:

• Abu Williams
• Wulwyn Porte
• Charles Wordsworth
• Lynnette Roberts

Finance Committee

Members recommended:

• Alston Wollo
• Fatu Gbedema
• David Brown
• David Chea

Regional Committee

This committee needs to be a part of the Ways & Means committee. Under the FOLBF umbrella blue print that will be passed on so that the message is consistent through out. We agreed that the regional committee would fall under the Ways & Means committee. We need to tap all organizations in each state to be a part of the FOLBF.

 Confirmation of the Official Logo

• The official name of the organization is the Friends and Supporters of the Liberian Basketball Federation – USA. Wulwyn needs to incorporate this name on the website.

 Launching the next awareness program/Fundraiser

• The second week of July was suggested as the tentative date of our Annual Basketball fundraiser – July 11-13, 2008.

Other Matters

• Twenty basketballs were donated by John T. Gabiddon. Fannoh will get him contact info.
• A donation of $150.00 is to be sent to Mr. Robert Pettis for assisting us during the 7/28/07 event. I. Vah will get us Mr. Petitis contact information and Alston will send Lynnette the check. 
• Contact Boniface Satu regarding trophy from the 7/28/07 event. The trophy will be sent to Liberia.
• We accepted the recommendation of the names submitted by the Chairman of the board of directors under the following conditions:
  1. Board members should not consist of people who are members of the Steering Committee
  2. Board members cannot have leadership role in Steering Committee or any other committee

Action Items;

• Convert the FSLB Publisher document to a Word document – Wulwyn  /10/31/07

• Notify the people recommended for the various committees – Fannoh / 9-30-07

• Draft description of the various committees – Fannoh / 9-15-07

• Contact John T. Gabbington – Fannoh / 9-30-07

• Contact Boniface Satu regarding Trophy from 7/28/07 games – Fannoh / 9-30/07

• Send Check to Robert Pettis – Lynnette / 8-30-07