Minutes from
the Nor Cal Executive Board Meeting held Saturday, March 18, 2000.
Sanction
procedures are on hold right now, and changes in foreign athlete status are pending, so
keep your eyes out for any upcoming changes.
Regarding Safety Certification for those coaches who are 16
and 17 year old assistant team coaches: they do
have to take and pass the test
no more auditing.
At
National Congress in Boston, ALL the add-on courses will be held on Thursday, so make your
plans accordingly.
Fran
brought up a point about the current Nor Cal rule that athletes who change gyms within Nor
Cal need to be financially cleared by their former club in order to compete. She stressed that this is a Nor Cal rule,
unenforceable by USAG, and there was a discussion about reconsidering the wording. The board agreed that this was meant to encourage
good faith efforts by a gymnasts parents to pay any debts owed at their former club.
There
was extensive discussion regarding perceived inconsistencies in judging, and possible
avenues for an evaluation process. Perry will
try to convene the committee formed to address just such concerns, possibly as early as
level 7 State.
Fran
reported that Denise Porazzo has sent her a more complete Regional financial statement, as
requested by the Board.
Treasurers
report: Bill
gave Board members a review of all deposits made this fiscal year, and reported that Nor
Cal is very financially sound at this time.
NAWGJ
State Directors report: Jennifer
Shipman reported that for the National Judges Cup in Atlanta, Jan. 2001, NAWGJ will send a
team of Level 7s to represent Nor Cal. Proposal that
Nor Cal pay for 1 coach per represented team to accompany their gymnasts. Seconded. PASSED.
It
was decided that there will be an intrasquad-type qualifying meet held on the weekend of
Dec. 9-10 to determine the top 6 qualifying gymnasts.
There will be very minimal awards so that any additional profits from the
meet will be used to help with travel costs.
Jennifer
explained that we didnt have enough level 10 rated judges to cover all the meets,
some of which had levels 5-10 competing. There
was discussion that meet directors need to work with judges to make the best use of the
number of level 10 judges available each weekend, especially with so few level 10s
actually competing. This issue needs to be
addressed in June, and even before that, the competition calendar needs to be adjusted to
accommodate these problems. Proposal that
Nor Cal limit the number of level 10 meets per weekend to one, on a first come, first
served basis when meet requests are submitted. Seconded. PASSED.
Nor Cal
Awards: The
applications for Nor Cal awards were reviewed and voted upon, with results as follows:
Holly
Balber-Kemp award - Cynthia Thung
William Glover
award - Stefi Daehler
Splitz
Scholarship Flora Karoki
New
Business: It was proposed that the
awards chairperson should receive $20 per meet for all the work involved in processing the
Zone and State meet awards. Seconded. Passed. The
amount was amended to $300 total for each competitive season. Seconded. PASSED.
Proposed
was an increase in the Vice Chairmans honorarium to match that of the Treasurer and
Secretary, at $35 per month. This increase
will reflect the increased duties of the position. Seconded. PASSED.
Proposal
that Nor Cal again provide loans for the training of new judges, to cover Safety
Certification, clinics, test fees, book, USAG and NAWGJ membership, for up to 10 new
judges. If those judges then work a minimum
of 4 meets per season for 2 full competitive seasons, those loans will be forgiven. Seconded. PASSED.
Zone
Rep Reports: Sheldon
reported some concerns about the rezoning in his zone.
Those concerns will be addressed at the June meeting.
Bill
reported that the Pro Score system is in need of a new junction box and some new keypads
for the system. Proposal that
Nor Cal buys a new junction box for the Pro Score system.
Seconded. PASSED.
Proposal
to buy a second Pro Score system, increase the rental charge to $200, and add a $50 charge
if returned messy. Seconded. DEFEATED.
Proposal
that Nor Cal buys 2 additional keypads for the Pro Score system. Seconded. PASSED. Amended to purchase 8 additional new keypads. Seconded. PASSED.
The
compulsory coaches clinic scheduled for May 13th will be held at Gymstars in
Stockton. More information to follow.
Motion to
adjourn. Seconded. PASSED. Meeting
adjourned at 8:05 pm.
Next
meeting will be held June 3rd, at a site TBA.
Respectfully
submitted,
Mary
P. Miller, Secretary