Minutes from the Nor Cal
Executive Board Meeting held March 20, 1999, at the Level 7 State meet in Rohnert Park.
Members in attendance were: Danielle Bunel, Ben Corr, Donna Craig, Fran Earles, Cindy
Ferranti, Sheldon Gibson, Mike Guzman, Bob Hartsgrove, Paul Hausladen Mary Miller, Penny
Moyce, Dominique Pajita, Robert Shawler, Patty Shipman, Perry Siu, Bill Strom, and Robert
Waroff.
Meeting was called to order by Robert Shawler at 10:15pm.
A motion was made to approve the minutes from the December
meeting. Seconded. Seconded. Passed. . Seconded. Seconded.
Passed.. Seconded. Seconded.
Passed....
Treasurer's report: Bill Strom reported that, overall, Nor Cal is doing well. (See
attached balance sheet.)
USAG State Director's report: Fran had nothing to report.
NAWGJ State Director's report: Patty Shipman, speaking for Toni Cupal, reported
that there were still ten meets left to assign, both IGC and compulsory.
Zone Rep reports: It was mentioned that there were problems for zone reps getting
the State meet information to their clubs because they didn't yet have any info. There was
a discussion as to how the Zone reps could work more effectively with Ben in order to have
up to date information about qualifiers. Ben was going to look into various
"glitches" in the entries and information process.
Old Business:
Handbook- Robert S. reported that we are working on making the Handbook easier to
read in a more
user-friendly format. That includes firming up dates ahead of the printing so that the
competition
calendar and qualification dates are included.
Meet assigning process- Perry presented to the Board a proposal for assigning meets for
the upcoming season. Seconded. There was some discussion as to particulars of
the process. Passed. Seconded. There was some discussion as to particulars of
the process. Seconded. There was some discussion as to particulars of
the process. Seconded. There was some discussion as to particulars of
the process. Seconded. There was some discussion as to particulars of
the process. Passed. . . .
The
packet for meet scheduling procedures will be included with these minutes.
New Business:
Splitz Scholarship- The Splitz Scholarship is going to be reinstated. The monies will
stay in the fund until someone is nominated. Mike Guzman asked if other gyms could add to
the fund, and the response was a definite yes. The guidelines for nominations will be
included in the new handbook.
Zone Rep job descriptions: Perry presented a proposal to change and update the Zone
reps job descriptions. With Ben tracking all the scores there needs to be a stronger
intermediary link between the Master Scorekeeper and member clubs. Seconded. Passed.
Score Concerns:
Zone Rep job descriptions: Perry presented a proposal to change and update the Zone
reps job descriptions. With Ben tracking all the scores there needs to be a stronger
intermediary link between the Master Scorekeeper and member clubs. Seconded.
Zone Rep job descriptions: Perry presented a proposal to change and update the Zone
reps job descriptions. With Ben tracking all the scores there needs to be a stronger
intermediary link between the Master Scorekeeper and member clubs. Seconded.
Passed.
Score Concerns: Perry submitted a proposal about the persistent concerns over the
scores in Nor Cal being low. A committee will be formed to address these concerns. It was
felt that a wide range of members and opinions should be represented on such a committee
in order to actually address these issues and corne to some kind of resolution. Perry
volunteered to chair that committee.
Qualification requirements: Perry presented another proposal to clarify the
qualification procedures for gymnasts to Zone or State Championships. Seconded.
Passed. (The clarification is attached.)
Calendar: A tentative calendar for the fall was discussed for presentation at the
June Meeting. Tentative dates were as follows:
Aug. 21-22 | Judges Cup at Technique |
Aug. 25-28 | USA Championships / National Congress in Sacramento |
Oct. 30-31 | Level 6 Zone Championships |
Nov. 6-7 | Level 5 Zone Championships |
Nov. 13-14 | Level 6 State Championships |
Nov. 20-21 | Level 5 State Championships |
June Meeting:
It was decided to hold the June Meetings on Saturday, June 5th,
at a site still TBD.
Christie Manning Fund: Mike Guzman gave us an update on Christie's condition.
She is currently at Children's Hospital in Oakland. After experiencing cardiac arrest
during a meet in Reno, she was initially pronounced brain dead. Since that original
pronouncement, she has made enough improveme to be no longer dependent on a ventilator,
and was opening her eyes. The prognosis for her long term recovery is unknown, however,
and there is still a long way to go.
If anyone would like to contribute to help support her and her family, donations can be
made out to Michael Anthony's (MASGS), and in the memo section write "Manning
Fund".
Mike expressed his gratitude at the outpouring of support from Nor Cal members after this
tragic event.
Nor Cal Awards: The recipients of this year's Nor Cal Athlete Awards were as
follows:
Motion was made and seconded to
adjourn the meeting. Passed. The meeting was adjourned at 11:20 pm.