MINUTES OF MEETING OF NATIONAL BASKETBALL COMMITTEE
OF UNITED STATES AND CANADA HELD ON MARCH 30 and 31,
1940, AT HOTEL CONTINENTAL, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

The 1940 annual meeting of the National Basketball Committee was hold at tho Hotel
Continental, Kansas City, Missouri, on Maréh 30th and 3lst, 1940.

Gererel Plan of °essions

 

The sub-committees met in informal session at 9:00 A.M. Saturday, March 30th. Tho
formal session opened at 10;00 4.M. Sessions were held on Saturday morning, Satur-
day afternoon and Sunday morning. The Committee members were guests of the Natimal
Collegiate Athletic Association at the final National Collegiate tournament game on
Saturday night. The Sunday session was concluded ot 1;00 P.M.

Saturday Morning Session

 

Since the National Collegiate Athletic “ssociation hod chosen to appoint other re-
prosentatives to replace past Chairman H. H, Salmon and past Vice-Chairman John
Bunn, the session was opened by the treasurer, Floyd A. Rowe.

THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE authorized the seating of members as listed.

It was unanimously voted that the Secretary enter in the minutes of the meeting an
expression of appreciation for the fine services rendered by past Chairman H. H.
Salmon, past Vice-Chairman John Bunn and member M. C. Cunningham.

The acting Chairman then asked the wishes of the group relative to the election of
officers. It was regularly moved, seconded and carried that in view of the unusual
circumstances, a slate of officers be elected at the beginning of the meeting to
serve through the current meeting and the 1941 meeting. Tho Chairman appointed a
Nominating Committee, made up of J. W. St. Clair, H. G. Olsen and A. H. Jofforess.
After due deliberation, the Nominating Committce submitted a slate of officers as
follows;

Chairman: Floyd A. Rowe
Vice-Chairman: F. C. Allen
Secretary: H. V. Porter
Treasurer: H, Jamison Swarts
Editor: Oswald Tower

The Chairman of tho Nominating Committee called the attention of the group to the
fact that members were urged to make additional nominations from the floor in case
they had other preferences. It was regularly moved, seconded and carried that the
nominations be closed and that the Secreta y be instructed to east o unanimous
ballot for the proposed slate of officers. This was done.

F.C. Allen issued a formal invitation in behalf of the Netional Collegiate Athletic
Association for the members to attend the final game of the National Collegiate
tournament cn Saturday night and distri tuted ems to the members with the com-
pliments of the tournament mam gement.

REPORT OF SECRETARY: The minutes of the last meeting were approved as meailed.
Since the meeting was running behind schedule the Secretary confined his report to
brief comments on preparations which had been made for the meeting and the general
plan which the officers hoped to follow during the meeting. The fact was brought
out that the Editor and Secretary had spent several days prior to the meeting in
going over all correspondence releting to rules matters and in out lining possible