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1. Mr. Hickox stated that according to our constitution, membership
for all classes shall be two dollars. Anyone belonging to the organization,
excent the honorary members, like the newspaper men and some others, is charged
two dollars. In case of attendance at the convention, those neople who, by the
constitution, are elegible for active membership, are charged an additional three
dollars. That is for convention fee. If you had stayed at home, your pill would
have been two dollars for membership. When you come here, rou paid three dollars
for the opportunity to talk and vote.

2. Mr. RF, Williams, University of Iowa gave a short report as chairman
of the Press committee. He said "Upon my appointment a year ago I contacted the
various press associations, the International News Service, Associated Press and
tho United Press and they were very glad to coonerate with the Press Committee
throughout the year. Immediately following that I wrote a number of letters to
coaches throughout the country asking them to submit material to be oublished,
and the resnonse was not very good. I received very few articles from the coaches,
ut those I did receive I submitted to these different press associations, and
Some of these were printed. You fellows have read the newspaoers and know what
was nrinted about basketball this year.

%, Mr. George Edwards, University of Missouri had printed the new constitut-
ion which is included with this bulletin, George always does a swell job and all
of us appreciate his efforts for the benefit of basketoall.

4, Mr, Edvards explained that in this new printed constitution , Article 3,
dealing with membership, Section 2 reads as follows " Coaches from isntitvtions
whict: offer a four year Baecalaureate degree and who are actively cxerged in the
profesional basketball coaching, shall be elegible for active memb-: ship’ iz
you analyze that you will see that "ec changed only the first part of the senteuce,
making it read so that coaches in schools not allied with the Natioral co] legiate
may become active members in our association. There is no difference in fces, as
explained to you by Mr, Hickox, This recommendat’.on wae passed, Mr, Edwarcs hat
the help of Ed Hickox, Nat Holman in offering this substituto.

5, Discussions on the Tournament Committee reporv:

a, Mr. Bruce Dake, University of Uklahoma, brovght ux the time missed in
college by the players. He suggested that the regional tournament be brought
closer to the finals, so as to eliminate a lot of travel for poth teams.

b. Mr. Bunn stated the final game vould be held March 30, 1940 with the
final game in Chicago or Kansas City. Tho place of the western and eastern tourn-
amenvts had not been set.

c, Mr, Allen mentioned that in the tournaments if the N.C.A.A. got twenty
per ent, the Olympic fund got twenty ver cent, the coaches got five por cent,
that would be forty-five per cent; then the fifty-five per cent would be split
equally _etween the two winning teams. If in a regional play-off, after those
percentages were deducted, the net would be divided, and the same in the play-off
in the district. If four teams sere in the district the Nationai Collegiate
would get twenty per cent, and each of those cometing teams would receivo twenty
percent.

d. Mr. Edwards asked why not have four teams in the final to create
interest.