Members in attendance were: Cindy Ferranti, Mike Guzman, Cindy Marchetti, Mary Miller, Penny Moyce, Dave Peterson, Robert Shawler, Perry Siu, and Robert Waroff.

Meeting was called to order at 10:40am.

Corrections to the previous meeting minutes were as follows: Spelling of award recipients’ names should be Susie Goodmanson – Choreographer of the Year, Joanne Byers – Don Nelson Award. Nor Cal will also include Karl Byers on the Don Nelson award. Also, Clarification that Cal West, along with Airborne, is submitting a bid for the 2001 J.O. Nationals.
A motion was made to approve the minutes as corrected. Seconded. Approved.

Treasurer’s report: No report was submitted.

USAG State Chair’s report: No report was submitted.

NAWGJ State Director’s report: No report was submitted.

Old Business: The handbook was reviewed for accuracy. There were numerous corrections made. These corrections will be made and included in the next printing, and are listed below:

Pg. 9, under Competition / Preliminary meets, after the sentence ending "…anyone, anywhere, within the deadline specified," ADD " Level 5 and 6 gymnasts must qualify from a Nor Cal sanctioned event."

Pg. 10, under Level 5 / State Championship, the qualification method (in parentheses) should read "(Top 5 from each age group Zone + percent of a percent from each Zone by age group (min. 240) + all 34.00+).

Pg. 10, under Level 6 / NOR-CAL State Championships, the qualification method (in parentheses) should read "(Top 2 from each age group Zone + percent of a percent from each Zone by age group (min. 120) + all 34.00 +).

Pg. 12, replace "ADMISSION FEES: Admission fees (for spectators) shall not exceed $2.00 per person per day for Zone, Sectional, and State competitions unless stated on meet bid form," with "GATE FEES: See Gate fees section on competitive chart."

Pg. 14, under PROTESTS, add "for levels 8 through 10," after "However," and before "a team’s coach…"

Level 5 Competitive Chart:

Under Entry Fees / Zone Championship Meet, replace $25.00 with $40.00.

Under Awards / NOR CAL AWARDS, should read "SEE PAGE 15."

Under JUDGES / Qualifying meets, should read "one judge panels."

Under TEAM COMPETITION, delete the second paragraph and replace with "For Zone Championships, a team consists of any number of qualified gymnasts, five scores count per event. If eight teams cannot be formed, four scores are counted on each event. If eight teams still cannot be formed, three scores are counted on each event. Do not count less than three scores per event. Team awards (first through third for Zones and first through sixth for States) are pbtained from the NOR-CAL Awards Chairman. State Team Championships will be determined by designating teams and then adding the top scores in the traditional format. When filling out the State entry form, each team will designate six gymnasts with top 5 scores counting on each event, to compete for the State Team Championship. If eight teams cannot be formed, four scores are counted on each event. If eight teams still cannot be formed, three scores are counted on each event. Do not count less than three scores per event, with one more gymnast designated than the number of scores counted."

Under QUALIFYING PROCEDURE / State Championship, line 10, delete the second "athlete," which appears before "…Zone Champhionship and…"

Level 6 Competitive Chart:

Under ENTRY FEES / Zone Championship Meet, change "$35.00" to "$40.00."

Under TEAM COMPETITION, replace paragraph beginning with "Zone and State Championships…" with the re-written paragraph listed under the Level 5 Team Competition (above).

Level 7 Competitive Chart:

Under TEAM COMPETITION / State Championships: replace entire paragraph with "Team awards (first through sixth for State) are obtained from the NOR-CAL Awards Chairman. State Team Championships will be determined by designationg teams and then adding the top scores in the traditional format. When filling out the State entry form, each team will designate six gymnasts with the top 5 scores counting on each event, to compete for the State Team Championship. If eight teams cannot be formed, four scores are counted on each event. If eight teams still cannot be formed, three scores are counted on each event. Do not count less than three scores per event, with one more gymnast designated than the number of scores counted."

Under QUALIFYING PROCEDURE, in the sentence beginning "The first day to…" the next word should be "qualify."

Level 8 Competitive Chart:

Under ENTRY FEES / Regional Meet: add "Determined by regional board."

Under TEAM COMPETITION / State Championships: replace paragraph with the re-written paragraph listed under the Level 7 TEAM COMPETITION (above).

Under QUALIFYING PROCEDURE / To Enter Regional, change "34.50" to "34.00." Also, in the sentence beginning "The first day to…" the next word should be "qualify."

Level 9 and 10 Competitive Charts:

Under ENTRY FEES / Regional Meet: add "Determined by regional board."

Under TEAM COMPETITION / State Championships: replace paragraph with the re-written paragraph listed under the Level 7 TEAM COMPETITION (above).

Under QUALIFYING PROCEDURE, in the sentence beginning "The first day to…" the next word should be "qualify."

1999-2000 ENTRY DEADLINE CHART:

For the Level 5 and 6 States columns, the following dates were corrected: Deadline (Rcvd. By) should be Nov. 6 & 7; No entries accepted should be Nov. 9, 1999; and Send schedule (Postmark) should be Nov. 11.

The word "Remender" should read "Reminder," and the last sentence of that paragraph should read "The meet director SHALL NOT accept entries over two days past the deadline…"

APPENDIX:

In the index, change "Meet Bid Form" (A4) to "Request for Judges."

The missing pages, A12 and A16, will also be included with the reprinted handbook.

Also, the Competitive Checklist, pages A1a and A1b, as well as the Membership Application, p. A2, will be updated.

Roster Corrections: The following corrections should be made to the 1999-2000 Membership Roster:

Calaveras Gold Gymnastics Center has changed to Calaveras Gold Gymnastics Academy. Also note that the home phone number listed is for Sue Allen.

The next printing of the Roster will include any gyms erroneously left out as non-current members.

Old Business cont’d…

Zone Reps should note, and inform your clubs that next season ALL membership fees for clubs and gymnasts go to the Zone Reps, NOT the Treasurer. Zone reps will then forward the membership forms to the Secretary, and fees to the Treasurer.

Awards – The Board will try to get the Compulsory Coach of the Year nomination forms out at all the Zone meets. Zone reps should try to collect them at the conclusion of those meets. They will be available and collected at State Championships as well.

There was a discussion about the problems with larger Zones qualifying gymnasts to Zone Championships. Dave Peterson officially noted that it will not truly be a State Championship because many of the "qualified" gymnasts won’t be able to compete at State. Mike Guzman made a motion that the Nor Cal Zones be reapportioned to more evenly distribute numbers by the June 2000 meeting. Seconded. Approved.

Motion to adjourn. Seconded. Approved. Meeting was adjourned at 1:10pm.

Next meeting will be Saturday, November 13, immediately following the Level 6 State meet.

Respectfully submitted,