The USA Wrestling Board of Directors held its semi-annual meetings at the Glen Eyrie resort in Colorado Springs, Colo., Saturday August 9. USA Wrestling President Stan Dziedzic of Roswell, Ga. chaired the meeting.    Among the major actions taken by the Board of Directors was the passage of the 2003-2004 budget for the organization. The budget was presented to the Board by Treasurer Van Stokes, who represented the Finance Committee.    The budget, which was approved unanimously, reflects total budgeted revenues of $6,961,688 and total budgeted expenditures of $6,709,827 for Fiscal Year 2004.  Budgeted revenues are over budgeted expenditures by $251,861.    Stokes gave the Board his assessment of the financial situation of the organization, indicating the USA was in good financial condition, used its money wisely, had a positive cash flow and the statements of activity reflect a managed operation.    The Board of Directors also held elections for open positions on a number of USA Wrestling standing committees. The election results follow:    * Finance Committee - Art Martori (Phoenix, Ariz.), Frank Rader (Mooresville, N.C.), Bill Stecklein (Sea Isle City, N.J.)  * Sport Science Committee - Jackie Berube (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Dan Gable (Iowa City, Iowa), Bob Siar (Glenshaw, Pa.), Greg Strobel (Bethlehem, Pa.)  * USA Wrestling Marketing Committee - Kendall Cross (Brookline, Mass.), Archie Randall (Mustang, Okla.), Toby Steward (Spokane, Wash.)  * Legislative Committee - Chuck Elvin (Lenexa, Kan.), Shawn Sheldon (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Rance Stein (Oklahoma City, Okla.)  * International Exchange Committee -  Rusty Davidson (Grants, N.M.), Tony Jones (Coquille, Ore.), Fred Lehrke (Schofield, Wis), Greg Zavala (Stockton, Calif.)  * Chairperson of the Insurance Committee - Chuck Elvin (Lenexa, Kan.)    President Dziedzic announced at the end of the elections that he had appointed Toby Steward of Spokane, Wash. to another term as Chairperson of the USA Wrestling Marketing Committee.    The meeting opened with a short address from Dziedzic, who noted some of the major activities of the Executive Committee since the last Board of Directors meeting.     He congratulated the success of the Pan American Games team, which captured 17 medals including eight gold medals. He noted how the women's team swept all four gold medals in its first appearance at the Pan American Games.    Among the key issues handled by the Executive Committee were weigh-in procedures at the World Team Trials events, an organizational abuse policy, the decision to send a team to compete in the Tahkti Cup in Iran and a decision concerning the postponement of the World Team Trials finals series for national champion Daniel Cormier.    USA Wrestling Executive Director Rich Bender thanked the Board and the national staff for their hard work and achievements. He introduced new staff members, including two-time Olympic champion Sergei Beloglazov as the Freestyle Resident Coach and Travis Shives as National Events Assistant. He noted that three USA Wrestling staff members had reached 15 years of service to the organization: Mary Beth Powers, Gary Abbott and Shonna Vest.    "I would like to especially thank our athletes. You are the reason that we exist. We appreciate what you do for yourselves and for the sport," said Bender.    "We have had some great accomplishments," continued Bender. "We all look forward to the wonderful opportunity of hosting the World Championships in New York City, Sept. 12-14.    Director of State Services Mark Scott, who is directing the event for USA Wrestling, presented a report on the status of the World Championships. He noted that there will be five mats with 400 wrestlers over three days. "It will be the greatest ever held," said Scott.    He praised FILA, NYC2012 and the Metropolitan Wrestling Association for its tremendous efforts on behalf of the championships. He also noted a number of special activities that will be held alongside the event, including the FILA Hall of Fame inductions and a "Night of Legends."     Bender gave special thanks to Set Agonian of New York City for his outstanding efforts in securing the World Championships event for New York. Dziedzic and Bender also praised the service to wrestling by new Board member Dan Gable, who stepped in as an Interim Head Resident Freestyle Coach for a number of months during the past year.    Bender also announced that Jim Considine of Carol Stream, Ill. had been elected by his peers as the USA Wrestling State Chairperson of the Year, during the State Leaders Conference which was also held at the Glen Eyrie resort during the weekend.    The Board of Directors also had a prolonged discussion on Title IX, and the efforts for reform of the law's enforcement. The Board members received reports from Director of Communications and Special Projects Gary Abbott and NWCA Executive Director Mike Moyer concerning recent developments on the issue. Abbott and Moyer answered specific questions from the committee, and Board member Randy Buhr of the NCAA also provided information.    The Board also received reports from the constituent groups of the organization, as well as from its Standing Committees.    The Junior Olympic Wrestling Committee report was presented by Duane Morgan of California, and unanimously accepted by the Board.    Among the changes for next year as reflected in the report were:  * Dates were changed for the Junior and Cadet National Duals  * Earguards would be required for USA Wrestling regional and national competitions on the Schoolboy/girl age level and below.   * Bronze certification would be required for coaches at the Cadet and Junior National Duals as well as the Cadet and Junior Nationals.    Rusty Davidson, in his report for the Coaches Council, noted the state-level coaches who had been elected to serve on the Coaches Council for the next term: Ray Brinzer of Pennsylvania, Mark Reiland of Iowa, Rick Gumble of New York, and Davidson.    Executive Director Bender presented the Board with specific information from the U.S. Olympic Committee and NYC2012 about New York's bid for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. He explained that a consistent message should be expressed when discussing the features and strengths of the New York bid effort.    To close the meeting, Bender thanked the state leaders and all of the organization's volunteers for their outstanding efforts on behalf of USA Wrestling and the sport.