The annual NCABA Council of Delegates Meeting will be held Sunday February 29th at Holiday Inn, Eisenhower Ave in Alexandria, VA.   This meeting affords every league the opportunity to voice their opinion on issues undertaken by the NCABA board.   The delegates will elect officers to the NCABA board including a new fifth vice-president.    Do you know who is representing your league at the NCABA annual meeting?  All sanctioned leagues have a delegate.  Ask the league secretary who that person is and let him or her know what you think?   Make sure your representative attends the meeting.  Every year 80-90 [I’ll verify with Ray]  percent of the league representatives fail to attend the meeting.  There are always lots of excuses given as why they did not make it but the bottom line is that your voice does not get heard when that person does not take their responsibility seriously enough to show up….besides lunch is provided. 
A summary of all amendments to be presented to ABC national delegates is presented on page 11, and the complete amendments appear on the NCABA web page, //http:www.ncaba.org.   In this issue you will find information on the single membership organization (USBC/SMO) proposed plan of merger.  Information may also on the ABC website found //http:www.bowl.com.   This meeting is your opportunity to provide guidance to NCABA board members on voting on legislative matters at the ABC convention held in Reno, NV in March. 2004.   

The 59th annual NCABA championship will be held starting April3-4 and runs for four weekends with the exception of Easter weekend, at AMF Dale City (team event) and AMF Alexandria (singles and doubles).  Entries close March 15th, so let’s support the event. 

From the WDCAWBA page:
Single Membership Organization – At the 2003 WIBC and ABC conventions this issue was voted down. Membership concerns and comments were monitored and taken into consideration. The new resolutions will be presented to the WIBC and ABC convention delegates again this year.
	The major points are:

Delegates will now have control over the maximum adult dues at the national, state, and local levels.
Delegates will vote on the bylaws of the United States Bowling Congress (USBC) – local, state, and national.
Merger at the local and state levels will be optional.
Both ABC and WIBC must approve the proposal for USBC to become reality.

I hope to have most of the Executive Summary -- including the list of major changes from last year – in the magazine. If you want to highlight and comment on the issues that you believe are most important, please don’t hesitate to do so.