Members in
attendance: Danielle Bunel, Fran Earles,
Rebecca Del Camp, Cindy Ferranti, Darcie Fellows-Hansen, Mary McKulle, Mary P. Miller,
Penny Moyce, Dave Peterson, Josie Rozzelle, Robert Shawler, Jennifer Shipman, and Bill
Strom.
Motion to approve the minutes from the
previous meeting. Seconded. PASSED.
Treasurers report: Bill Strom reported that Nor Cal still has
monies outstanding from awards for Zone meets.
USAG State Chairs report: Fran Earles has not received any financial
statements from the State championship meets. They
must be sent in immediately, as they need to be approved by the Regional Chair since the
entry fees were above $50.
Denise Porrazzo
is resigning as the Regional Chairperson next month.
NAWGJ State Directors report: Jennifer Shipman reported that the Nor Cal
scholarships for new judges were very well received.
8 people accepted scholarships, and 7 have just finished their testing.
Judges Cup will
be Aug. 26/27. May have to be held at
Technique, but will have to limit participants and judges allowed on the floor because of
space considerations. They are checking into
the possibility of holding it offsite.
The meet schedule
is finished, and in the optional season it worked out so that there is only one level 10
meet per day. This will allow all level 10
sessions to be judged by appropriate judges.
If you want to
have an intersquad meet, you may either contact the judges yourself, or have P.J. contract
it for you. If it is a sanctioned event, the
finders fee must be sent to P.J. in order for it to be insured.
Region 1 Congress:
Josie Rozzelle reported on behalf of Chere Tamura that the tentative schedule of
Congress is finished. Please register early!
Old Business: The
compulsory clinic was a big success. More
than 45 coaches attended, and gave very positive feedback on the day.
The new zones
will be evaluated once we get all the numbers from the Zone Reps.
New Business: Robert
S. read a letter from Tamara Ross requesting a proposal to do away with the team
designation rule at Nor Cal State Championships. Proposal to bring up the issue of State meet team
designation at the General Membership meeting. Seconded. Passed.
Bill S. mentioned
the changes in ProScore rental requirements. The
equipment is frequently returned with the cables completely tangled. From now on, you must pay $200 upon rental, and if
it is returned in good condition (clean, untangled) you will be refunded $50. The equipment is rented on a first come, first
served basis.
Danielle Bunel
reported that Alan Stein, Tri-Valley Gymnastics, has just been diagnosed with ALM
Leukemia. He is at UCSF Hospital - room 1125
- for the next few weeks for chemotherapy, and will have a long series of treatments to
fight this disease. Cards and letters are
appreciated. Please do not send flowers or
balloons, as they would be detrimental to the environment needed in his room. The board decided to circulate cards for the
membership to sign to wish him well.
Penny Moyce
reported that Stefi Daehler has chosen to attend Cornell University, and was surprised and
very grateful to receive the William Glover Scholarship.
Zone Meets: | Saturday, November 4th - zones 2, 4, 6, 8 | |
Sunday, November 5th - zones 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 | ||
State Meets: | Level 6 | Nov. 11/12 |
Level 5 | Nov. 18/19 | |
Level 7 | Mar. 24/25 | |
Level 8 | Mar. 31/ Apr. 1 | |
Level 9 & 10 | Apr. 7/8 |
|
Regionals: | Level 8 | Apr. 28/29 |
Level 9 & 10 | Apr. 21/22 | |
Western Nationals: | (Level 9) | May 11 - 13 |
(Level 10) | May 18 - 20 |
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Meeting was called to order by Robert
Shawler at 12:02pm.
Members in attendance:
Athletic Horizons, Above & Beyond, Airborne, American, Bay Island, Byers
Roseville, Byers Sacramento, Cal Sports Center, Cal West, Calaveras Gold,
Proposal to approve the minutes from the
previous meeting. Seconded. Approved.
Treasurers report: See Executive Board Minutes.
USAG State Chair report: Fran Earles reminded everyone to check with
Technique magazine for membership instructions. DO
NOT send faxes more than once, or you may be charged more than once.
When submitting
your club information to Nor Cal, be sure to include your fax and email to be included in
the roster.
After each
competition, make sure that meet results have been sent to both Ben Corr AND your Zone
rep.
There was a
question as to whether National TOPS team members were still allowed to enter the J.O.
program at any level. We believe they are
still able to enter at any level.
Please refer to
Executive Board minutes for the rest of Frans report.
NAWGJ State Directors report: Please see Executive Board minutes.
Also, Jennifer
reported that the qualifying meet for Nor Cal to send the top six level 7s to
National Judges Cup will be held on Dec. 9th and 10th. The top 6 qualifiers, along with one coach per
qualifying club will be sent to Roswell,GA for the Natl Judges Cup on Jan. 6th
and 7th. Depending on numbers,
other optional levels may be allowed in to the Dec. meet.
More information to follow.
Nor Cal Coaches Award:
The 1999 Compulsory Coach(es) of the Year was awarded to Darrell Boykins and Chizu
Holmes from Golden Bear. Congratulations to them both.
Region 1 Congress:
Be sure to get your registration in early! Congress
will be held on Labor Day weekend this year.
Old Business: See
Executive Board minutes for report on the Compulsory Coaches clinic.
Meet Calendar: The
calendar was checked for errors. Motion was made to approve the meet calendar as
presented. Seconded. Approved.
New Zones: A motion was made to approve the newly restructured
zones. Seconded. Passed.
New Business: Proposal
was made to do away with team designation at the Nor Cal State Championship meets. Seconded. After
a lengthy discussion, during which both sides presented valid and heartfelt opinions, a
roll call vote was taken. By a very narrow margin, the motion was defeated.
Diane Amos
kindly, and "unofficially" shared some updates on the upcoming Code of Points.
The Nor Cal Perpetual Team Trophy was awarded to Airborne once
again. Nor Cal congratulates them on a
wonderful season.
Robert Shawler
announced that he is the new owner of Cal West Gymnastics.
Election of Officers:
The current Executive Board was re-elected for another term.
Motion was made to adjourn to the zone meetings at 11:43am. Seconded. Passed.
The meeting of the Executive Board was
called to order by Robert Shawler at 12:00pm.
The following is
an incomplete list of numbers of gymnasts, new Zone reps, and Zone meet hosts for every
Zone in Nor Cal:
LEVEL | ||||||||
ZONE/REP | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ELITE | ZONE HOST |
1- Douglas Miller | 63 | 29 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | T.B.A. |
2- TBA | 108 | 46 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 0 | T.B.A. |
3- Robert Waroff |
Lescisin (Qualifying score to Zones - 30.00 AA) | |||||||
4- Darcy Hansen | 127 | 46 | 39 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 0 | Rohnert Park |
5- Josie Rozzelle | 86 | 51 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 1 | Head over Heels |
6- Mary McKulle | 83 | 39 | 22 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 0 | Tri
Valley |
7- Penny Moyce | 97 | 57 | 34 | 33 | 12 | 13 | 1 | San
Mateo |
8- Dave Peterson | 67 | 40 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 4 | TBA |
9- Rebecca Del Camp | 74 | 47 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | Central
Coast |
TOTALS: | 755 | 385 | 207 | 163 | 80 | 67 | 7 |
A proposal was made to send a letter to each club, to be
returned to the Zone reps, asking whether or
not they intend to participate in the State Championships.
If a club does not intend to participate, their gymnasts qualifying scores
will not be counted when figuring the percent of a percent for State qualification from
that zone. Seconded. Passed.
Bids for State
meets were discussed. The following bids were
accepted for Nor Cal State meet hosts:
Level 5 - Almaden
(Nov. 18/19)
Level 6 - Cypress
(Nov. 11/12)
Level 7 - Rohnert
Park (Mar. 24/25)
Level 8 -
Technique (Mar. 31/Apr. 1)
Level 9/10 - TBA
(Apr. 7/8)
There was more
discussion regarding team designation and the clarity of the issue at hand as it was
brought to a vote.
Zone reps were
reminded to be sure to have meet hosts contact Danielle Bunel, Awards Chair, for their
awards. A proposal was made to have the deposit for Nor Cal
awards be changed to $200. Seconded. This proposal was amended to read that the deposit
for awards for Zone Championships be changed to $200. Passed.
Proposal that the deposit for State
Championship awards be $1500 per meet. Seconded. Passed.
Perry Siu
reported to Zone reps that he had a very poor response to nominations for Optional Coach,
Choreographer, and Judge of the Year awards, as well as James Wallace and Don Nelson
Memorial awards. There was some discussion
about the most effective way to solicit more nominations.
It was noted that
the next meeting date is listed incorrectly in the calendar as being Fri. Sept. 1st. The correct date is Sat., Sept. 2nd as
listed on the Region 1 Congress schedule.
Perry reported on
the progress of the Scores and Ethics Committee. Some
of the recommendations were to develop a process to deal with infractions and arbitration. The committee will meet again to solidify
procedures and report back to the membership. Included
in that was a discussion about possible judges evaluations and how best we could
facilitate that.
A tentative date
was chosen for the next compulsory coaches clinic on Dec. 2nd and 3rd,
in conjunction with the judges clinic.
Bill Strom
mentioned that the judges had requested mountings for the Proscore keypads. A motion
was made that the USAG State Chair covers the expense for mountings for the Proscore
keypads. Seconded. Passed.
Bill will also be
purchasing Adobe Acrobat to enable him to post documents on the Nor Cal website more
easily.
Motion to adjourn at 1:30pm.
Seconded. Passed.
Next meeting will be held Sat., Sept. 2, at
the Santa Clara Marriott.
Respectfully
submitted,
Mary P. Miller,
Secretary