1. Meeting was called to order by Governor Patrick M. Nesbitt at 8 AM

2. Roll Call and Introduction of Special Guests included:

1. Patrick Nesbitt, Bella Vista Polo Club Delegate pmnesbitt@aol.com
2. Sandy Herron, Bella Vista Polo Club Secy. sandyherron@aol.com
3. Denny Geiler, Playa Grande Polo Club Delegate denny@poloproperties.com
4. Andrew Bossom, Will Roger Polo Club Vice Pres. Andrew.bossom@guycarp.com
5. Barry Stout, Roaring Fork Polo Club (Guest)
6. Gary Pollack, Silicon Valley Polo Club Owner
7. Deborah Williamson, Pacific Coast Polo Club Representative dwilliamson@tradart.com
8. Jessica Bailey, California Polo Club Representative jessiebaileyus@yahoo.com
9. Domingo Questel, California Polo Club Delegate
10. Russ Sheldon, Poway Polo Club Delegate 1polonut@cox.net
11. David Cummings, USPA Executive Director cummings@uspa.org
12. Thomas Narozonick, Santa Barbara Polo Club Delegate tnarozonic@sbpolo.com
13. Susan Stovall, Eldorado Polo Club Representative
14. Alex Jacoy, Eldorado Polo Club Delegate
15. Bud Dardi, Santa Rosa Polo Club Delegate
16. Ernie Darquea, Centaur Polo Club Delegate centaurpolo@aol.com

3. Minutes of the last Delegate's meeting were approved

4. Current Status Report on PCC
-Report on state of the Circuit, 497 players, 28 clubs, of which 107 members are students and 8 clubs are intercollegiate. (Representing a full quarter of current membership is collegiate.)
-Get grooms signed up which will give them USPA benefits (insurance).
-Assist with high school/college programs to increase membership #s
-Interscholastic/Intercollegiate (I/I) Player of the Year Awards
Shane Rice was nominated and on his way to Fla. for award ceremony
-Report on I/I
A. Total #of clubs (8), new programs and potential new collegiate clubs
B. SDS-contacted, UCSD-Spring, UDS-Fall, UCLA-Spring
C. Support with money, tack, horses, and alumni assistance
D. Danika Rice has been accepted to UC Davis for Fall Term 2002

5. Club Reports by Delegates present at meeting

Eldorado ­ Susan Stoval
33 teams playing this weekend
19 Teams participated in Governor's Cup
Field repairs under way

Polo Weekend at Eldorado April 20 and 21. Best deal ever. For first time grass players. No stabling charge and no chukker fees. Complete mixer.

Santa Barbara ­ Tom Narozonick
$100,000 put into the club this past season, condition of field, best in quite a while. 160 stalls with blacktop aprons now being replaced with concrete. 8 teams for 4-6 goal 12 goal and high goal should have 8 teams each. Sept Oct will be 6-8 goal. Nick Jones to be polo manager again. Some improvements done to clubhouse.

Playa Grande ­ Dennis Geiler
Club operates 12 months a year. Sponsor arena league mixing with other clubs. 0 goal 0-3 and 4-7 goal polo. Zero goal is a good entry level for polo. 16 students, mostly evenings. Start with lessons and then sell them a horse as soon as possible. Encourage to come before and after game to see tacking up and generate more interest. Playing Thurs/Sat/Sun Heather Schubert polo manager.

Santa Rosa-Bud Dardi
30 players at 4-6 goal level. Fields coming along well. Season from June 1st until October. Picked up some players from Cerro Pampa.

California Polo Club ­ Jessica Bailey
USC and UCLA and interscholastic team. All students join USPA with package of lessons. Trips up to grass, Very active club with social bar b ques. Have about a tournament a month. Has 37 members. New renovations and facilities.

Will Rogers Polo Club ­ Andrew Bossom
No horses allowed to stay at club. Members now trailering in and out. Has to play polo there, or park doesn't meet guidelines of the park. Only equestrian sport there because no more horses allowed to stable on property. 25 members, with visiting clubs. Raised $1.8 million for charities for last 10 years. Also generate money for state with parking. Playing from Mid April through September. Only grass field left in Los Angeles County.

Barry Stout from Roaring Fork Polo Club in Aspen. Now has snow polo. Inviting everyone. Mount everyone. Played in December right before Christmas in town with great social events. Think about participating for next year.

Silicon Valley Polo club ­ Gary Pollack
Started an arena program. Arena covered. 28 members, finished clubhouse remodel. Travel schedule with Santa Rosa and Menlo. Going from 0-4 goal to 0-6 goal and in August and September will have 10 goal. Has 2 grass fields and negotiating to get another. 160 stalls, with 130 polo ponies and rest to other boarders. Also built a stick and ball field to take pressure off of the other fields. Increased rental string to 20 horses. Big push this year is corporate sponsorship. Put money raised back into the fields. Everyone invited. Rolando Obregon teaching and Mia di Giovanni and Cliff Ackerman helping with polo school.

Pacific Coast Polo Club-Debra Williamson
New club in Lockwood. Ron Singer and his son R.J. (organic farmer) 160 acres fully irrigated. Setting up non profit for young and old. Training horses. Hope to bring in local high schools and grooming program.

San Diego Polo Club ­ handout (see attached)

Poway Polo Club ­ Russ Sheldon Read handout (see attached)

6. USPA Report by David Cummings
-USPA Focus for 2002
1. Balance the budget
2. Grow membership, unite sport, broaden audience, and bring in more sponsorship
3. USPA Properties-deal with Jordache-generated $50 million worth of sales
4. Insurance package includes $100,000 accidental protection (secondary)
Will pay even the deductible if you have primary insurance, if not, this becomes "primary".
5. Umpire and training programs are a priority
6. We have 4 full time paid umpires and trying to develop new certified umpires. Steve Lane is head umpire instructor.
7. USF &R wants to produce 52 weeks of polo on TV cable and the internet
8. April 15 launching new web site. Will be able to log in on a secure site and obtain data base information. Sort and search by handicap, region, etc.
o Spring Arena Umpire Clinic & Summer Clinics ­ schedule
o Marketing of Polo with U.S. Farming and Ranch televising matches
o Membership Benefits: Insurance ­ Distributed- new accident benefits
-Next USPA Governors and Committee Meetings in Boca Raton, Florida April 9-14 at the Marriott Hotel coinciding with the U.S. Open finals
-Trophies that were stolen from the Polo Hall of Fame have been recovered

6. Ongoing Old and New Business
- AIPF Benefit from tonight's Governor's Ball at LaQuinta Hotel
-Web Site update
o E-mail subscriptions available via Polo Barn
o Send in Web page updates
o Profile of players/club material wanted for monthly Polo Gazette
-Polo Expo 2002
o USPA Meetings to coincide
o Arena Pro Polo exhibition moved to LA Equestrian Center (later)
-Pacific Coast Open Schedule Santa Barbara, CA.
o Next Delegates Meeting on Saturday, August 24 SBPC 9 AM
o Hospitality tent available for PCC members and guests, Sunday Finals 25th
o Governor's Ball on Friday, August 23rd
-USPA Sanctioned Tournament Schedule for Summer 2002
o Handouts to fill out to send USPA available online
- Articles to Sidelines and Polo Magazine
o Profile features of your club, players
o Send in scores and photos
o info@poloplayersedition.com and sideline@gate.net

7. Announcements
-Clinics at 10 AM (Reggie Ludwig) and 2 PM (Graham Bray-Umpire)
-Black Tie Ball information, and rest of Governor's Cup Schedule
-Glen Holden in Hall of Fame
-Zone playoffs for World Polo Championship in 2004
-PTF assistance available within the circuit
o Scholarships
o Clinics
o Recruitment
-Delegate Duties
o Governor's Election-no vote necessary if unopposed
o Requests for awards, tournaments, clinics, and umpire assistance
o Stay involved with the USPA process, clubs, and members
o Plan early for next year's events requiring travel, reservations, etc.
o Forward communication information, questions, comments
-www.pccpolo.com
-www.uspolo.org
-USPA 1-800-232-8772
-Pacific Coast Circuit Governor's Office 1-805-695-0141
- US Open Schedule and Plans
o Handouts ( http://www.boca-polo.com/schedule.html)
8. Meeting was adjourned at 9:45 AM
Club reports sent in and printed out:

Central Coast Polo Club ­ Megan Towle, Delegate

Leasing ground at Buckley Stables, new club in San Luis Obispo has made application with USPA. To get more people on the central coast exposed to polo and to assist the collegiate teams in the area. Cal Poly Polo team is on suspension for two years, but will continue to practice at the new club. I am also working on putting together a team from the City College, Cuesta. Currently we have six horses, a trailer, and an arena that is going to be completed by April 1, 2002. Our first event is going to be an Open House on Friday, April 5 at 5 PM. We will have an exhibition game and BBQ. We also will be traveling to Poway on April 6th with a team. The goal is to travel every other weekend with a team to clubs in the bay area and in Southern California. megan@centralcoastpolo.com

Poway Polo Club ­ Russ Sheldon, Delegate

-Poway Polo is going strong in San Diego/Southern California.
We presently have twenty-one (21) active members of which Ten (13) are USPA members and will be submitting four (4) student applications within the next two weeks.
-Poway Polo has a PTF sanctioned Youth Program, that is encouraging new young players to take up the sport of Polo, resulting in three new members in 2001 and two in 2002.
-We have held two clinics for new first time players, three more are scheduled for this summer & fall.
-Poway schedules new player teaching lessons on Thursday, 6:30 to 7:30 and club chukkas at 7:30 with guest players welcome.
-Polo weekends are spent either hosting Arena Tournaments or traveling and playing in other club tournaments.
-Poway is proud of our Interscholastic 2001 National and 2002 Western Regional Championship Team
-Poway is considering hosting a USPA Arena Tournament either National or Circuit but not decided yet what level to host.
-Poway Polo Players participate in both Grass and Arena Tournaments at Eldorado, San Diego, Santa Barbara, California, Playa Grande and Lakeside Polo Clubs
- Poway Players Grass ratings range from B to 2 goals and Arena ratings range from B to 6 goals
-Poway USPA members plan on attending the USPA Sponsored Umpire Clinic this spring and hope to have several Arena Certified Umpires by the end of the year.
-Poway Players have donated two horses to USPA California Poly Polo Club, San Luis Obispo
-Poway Polo invites each club to send an Arena Team to the Poway Tournaments on 4/6, 5/12, 6/16, 7/14, 10/13, 11/2-3, we look forward to seeing you in Poway.

San Diego Polo Club - Tom Goodspeed, Delegate

1. Polo School and Arena re-open April 20th. Thanks to Sandy, both USD and UCSD will be offering a recreational polo class at the San Diego arena. San Diego will again host their traditional open arena tournaments Memorial Day, July 4th, and Labor Day
2. Polo School 12 year reunion/Blanca retirement party in the planning stages for later this Spring.
3. June 9th is Open Day for summer polo. The Club is offering 0-4 goal and 6-8 goal for June-August
4. I have negotiated to have polo at the Del mar Fairgrounds on June 27th, a Thursday. I am again inviting all of Southern California's arena programs to come play and promote their schools. I have the arena for the entire day. I will follow my usual format. Juniors, Women, Club Matches, and a pro exhibition.
5. July will showcase the National USPA Rossmore Cup 6-8 goal.
6. August will again host "Thoroughbred Thursdays" Polo & Party following the races. This is a joint venture between the Del Mar Racetrack and the San Diego Polo Club. Last year saw famous racing announcer Trevor Denmen as the commentator for jockey polo. Good fun!
7. The Rancho Valencia Cup and Spreckels Cup has been moved to September. Both of these two-week tournaments will host 4-6 goal and 12-14 goal. This month of 14 goal follows the Pacific Coast Open in Santa Barbara, so we are anticipating a lot of great action in September.
All of this is complimented by our coaching chukkers, 0-2 goal training tournaments, spring clinic, and club chukkers. So a summer of Polo and Party. We invite you to come play for a tournament, a month, or the summer.

Eldorado Polo Club ­ Alex Jacoy, General Manager

Open House at the Eldorado Polo Club all-FREE. Stabling ­ Need to bring your hay, water buckets and hoses
Barbeque Saturday night ­No host bar

Jackson Hold Horse Emporium and Eldorado Polo Club always host the year-end tournament and we are inviting everyone to come and play polo April 20 and 21. Again, no charge. The games will be set up according to expertise. Bring your own team or we'll put you on a team. We want you to see our club and have fun.
If you're just one player and one horse ­ we'll make it work for you. The Polo Office 760-342-2223 will need to know if you are coming by Wednesday noon ­ April 17th and how many horses from your club or just you. If you want to come in on Friday night be sure to let us know. Should be a great weekend. Hope to see you!!!

Proposed Rule Change for Rule 8 ­ from Russ Sheldon to Tom Goodspeed, USPA Arena Committee Chairman
This is a proposed rule change for 2003, it has to be acted on by the USPA Arena Committee, USPA Rules Committee and then approved by the Board before it goes into the 2003 Rules. There will be a couple more pending after the USPA Arena Meeting Proposed Rule Change I wish to submit a proposed rule change to Rule 8, the proposed changes are inserted in CAPITAL LETTERS.

RULE 8--STARTING OF GAME AND PERIODS

a. The Umpire shall toss up a coin before the game, in the presence of the Captains of the opposing teams, first designating which Captain shall call. The winner of the toss shall have the choice of which goal to defend IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE GAME, THE LOSER OF THE TOSS SHALL HAVE THE CHOICE OF WHICH GOAL TO DEFEND IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE GAME. Goals shall be changed after each period of play. In the event of an extra period, THERE SHALL BE ANOTHER COIN TOSS WITH THE WINNER OF THE TOSS HAVING THE CHOICE OF WHICH GOAL TO DEFEND, the CHOICE OF goals TO DEFEND shall ALTERNATE BETWEEN TEAMS after each period. (See Rule 5.c)
b. The Umpire shall start play in any period by bowling the ball underhand, on the ground, between the teams which shall be lined up in parallel lines at the center of the arena, each team on the side of the center line nearer the goal it is defending, behind the cross of the "T" and at least 3 yards from the Umpire.
c. The timer shall start the clock at the moment the ball leaves the Umpire's hand
With the increased interest and arena play in outdoor arena's, there are conditions that sometime exist where the choice of direction may have a bearing on the outcome of a game. By allowing the Coin Toss Losing Team the choice of direction in the second half of the match, this allows each team to choose direction of play equally.
I am not in favor of switching directions after each goal as in Outdoor/Grass Rules of Play, in that for the referee/umpires/clubs utilizing the Revised Penalty #4 (hit from the spot) it is easier to determine if the penalty occurred in the defending half of the arena or not. Likewise it is easier for spectators to follow the game with the direction of play changing at the end of each chucker.
Russ Sheldon, USPA Delegate - Poway Valley Riders Association

Incomplete Club Applications (from USPA Membership Office)
(For information only/No action to be taken.)

Los Banditos Polo Club ­ Needs to submit a completed application and 3 current paid members.

Oakfield Farm Polo Club ­ Needs 1 more current paid player.

Pacific Coast Polo Club ­ Needs 1 more current paid player.

Greyhawk Polo Club ­ owes 2000 dues - $300

Silicon Valley Polo Club ­ owes $100 club dues from 2001.

Compiled and Submitted by Sandy Herron
USPA Pacific Coast Circuit Administrator

(Unapproved Version)

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