Attendance: 15 schools were represented at the meeting: AACS,
Severn, Gunston, McQuaid, Patuxent, Richard Montgomery, Georgetown
Day, Pt Pleasant, Southern Regional, Severna Park, Annapolis,
Broadneck, St Mary's, Southern, and Key.  9 others had responded
by eMail.


Director's Report:


Membership is down from 43 at this time last year to 32.  The
largest losses are in the Long Island area (14 to 7) and New
Jersey (8 to 6).  We anticipate two schools joining in the near
future but there are perhaps 6 schools that are still trying to
get organized or having trouble with the school administrators.


Treasury: The MASSA bank account has increased to 1498.93 from
1141.01 last year.  Income so far this year was $480 and expenses
(USPS 67.20, Copying 73.65, and Plaques 59.45) were $200.30 - the
major expense to come this year will be the spring plaques.  We
opened a new checking account in Annapolis and both Bill Schneider
and Andrew Cole have access to it.


New Rules: the membership was informed that ISSA is continuing
to operate under the old rules through the spring semester.  Some
discussion resulted concerning the new rules.


Awards: Pt Pleasant Boro High School, New Jersey,  was awarded
the plaque for last year's overall MASSA championship and St.
Mary's High, Annapolis, was awarded the plaque for the fall season
championship.


Agenda items:


The Navy Mallory qualifiers should be 2 days rather than 1 day.   
motion passed


MASSA should award 2nd and 3rd place
trophies for the season championships.  motion passed


There was much discussion on the subject of awarding Massa
championship points to local regattas.  Motion: Local regattas may
be awarded championship points if they are "open regattas" for all
district schools, not just the local schools.     motion passed


MASSA should designate a weekend each season devoted to "local
regattas".    motion passed

(Bill Schneider noted that Easter weekend was available for
this concept this spring)


The selections for the Mallory qualifiers and the Spring MASSA
championship regatta, based on current championship point
standings, will be the Monday before each event.   motion passed


The selection for the Baker qualifiers will also be based on
the current championship point standings.       motion passed

Andrew Cole was appointed as MASSA Assistant Director.


Bill Schneider was nominated as MASSA representative to the
ISSA Board of Directors.


The championship points system was extensively discussed,
particularly with regard to awarding double points at the fall and
spring championships.  No motion was made.


MASSA should recommend to the ISSA board that, if the host
organization for the Baker National Team Racing Championships can
accommodate more teams than 12, then ISSA should allow more teams
to attend.          motion passed


The teams selected regattas they wished to attend.


Meeting adjourned.