HOTEL ASTOR NEW YORK, N.Y. °°. December 31, 1931, THE THIRD CURRENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE JOINT BASKETBALL COMMITTEE WAS HELD AT THE HOTEL ASTOR, NEW YORK CITY, DECEMBER 3lst, 1931. The meeting was called to order at 8:55 A.M. by Chairman §t. John. | Members present:-L. W. St. John John Brown, Jr. Wm, McK, Barber F. A. Rowe A. E. Metzdorf Geo. T. Hepbron Oswald Tower Members execused:-— Paul Menton J. H. Crocker Invited guests present:— James Naismith C. L. Brewer Gus. K. Tebell Invited guest execuseds~ Ralph Morgan. MOTION:- Minutes. of previous meetings were a>-roved with- out reading; copies having been previously mailed to committee members. Carried — — Unanimous. MOTION:— Barber~Metzdorf:-— That the meetings of the Joint Rules Committee be held in New York City in 1932 and that the advisability of holding the 1933 meeting in the Middle West be considered at the 1932 meeting. 7 Carried —- - Unanimous, MOTION:~ Brown - Row:-— fhat the 1932 meeting of the Joint Rules Committee be held on April 9th and that. the other meetings be adjusted accordingly. Carried — — Unanimous. MOTION:— Brown :~ That stenotype service be dis- pensed with at the business meeting of the Joint Rules Committee and that the Secretary secure the services of a stenographer for the Rules Revision Committee on April 8th, the Executive Committee evening of April 8th, and the business meeting of the Joint Rules . Committee on April 9th. The Services of a stenotype operator be secured for the session of the Joint Rules Committee during the discussion of changes in the rules, April 9th. Carried —- - Unanimous, Metzdorf reported for Committee on Income and Expense. 3