EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

Monday, February 13, 2006

 

Board Members Present: Gill James, Annette Duvall, Craig Olson, Doug Bruketta, Bill Marsh, Jan Woldseth, Sam Perlin, Jim Judson, Ken Jaffe, Dan Jurdy, Bob Dowding, Mickey Fowler, Luke Syverson
Tom and Marilyn Doyle – Secretary

 

Board Members Absent:  Jack Reynolds, John Wiley

  1. Introduction of Guests:  None

  2. Approval of Monday, January 9, 2006 Executive Board Minutes. M/S/P.

 

  1. Financial Report:            Checking:            $ 29,643.19
                                           Savings:            $ 29,864.13

 

  1. Approval of Vouchers: Vouchers #13260 through #13272 for a total of $10,500.79. M/S/P.

  2. WIAA Executive Board Report:  Craig Olson.
    1. Jan. 21, 22 meeting…approved state track meet modification language to adjust schedule for religious purposes if possible
    2. 1A Boys soccer championships will move to the spring beginning next year.  The 1A’s will bring further information to the next meeting and attempt to get the board to reconsider.
    3. Approved requests for a number of schools to switch districts – including Quilcene coming into District 2; Tacoma Baptist going to District 4
    4. Middle school soccer will go to 12 weeks
    5. The WIAA overturned a ruling that required Napavine to forfeit a contest.
    6. Approved State sites for the next cycle.  This includes moving all the volleyball classifications to the Tacoma Dome for a two-year trial period.
    7. Approved on first reading the use of three-person mechanics for basketball for 2007.
    8. The board voted to apply some of the financial reserves to retire the mortgage on the WIAA building.  The hope is that this will help the WIAA to move toward reinstating the points system that sends money back to the schools.

  1. Sea-King District 2 Executive Board President Report:  Doug Bruketta
A.     Violations.  League actions were approved.

B.     Replacement for Retiring Eligibility Chair Mike Ritch.  Mike has announced his retirement from his position as Eligibility Chair.  The District needs to begin the process to select a replacement.  The board will form a committee to develop a process and recruit candidates.  Dan Jurdy, Jim Judson, and Doug Bruketta will serve.  The committee will meet with Mike Ritch and the Secretaries to develop a process.  Board members should actively recruit possible candidates.

C.     Winter District Tournament Status.  Marilyn reported that the gymnastics and swimming meets went well.  Basketball gets started this week and appears to be ready to go.

D.     Diving.  O’Dea filed an appeal to allow their diver to qualify for the State Dive meet and submitted a letter regarding the issue.  The board discussed the appeal and voted to deny the request.  M/S/P

E.      District Dance/Drill.  Skyline has volunteered to run the Dance/Drill competition.  M/S/P to authorize the secretaries to work with Skyline and Sammamish to determined the most appropriate site.

F.      January “Current Issues” Report.  The Rep Assembly determined that they wanted to meet again in the spring rather than vote by mail on the smaller number of amendments.  A few of the amendments may be amended on the floor and meeting together is required by that process

G.     Review Proposed Amendments to Spring Rep. Assembly.  Craig reviewed some of the significant concerns or issues with the amendments.  Cindy Hettinger will attend the March meeting to go over the amendments with us.  District 2 Rep Assembly members who would like to hear this discussion should attend.

H.     WSSAAA Report - Bob Dowding.  Go to www.wssaaa.com for copies of the Scholarship, Commendation, Honor, and Service Award forms.  March 1st is the deadline for the for the WSSAAA awards.  Please make an effort to nominate Athletic Directors, School Personnel or people who work at your schools and contests.  Any WSSAAA member with a son/daughter who graduates this year is eligible to apply for our WSSAAA scholarship.  March 1 is the deadline.

I.        Kingco presented a Revenue Sharing Proposal for football travel expenses.  The board discussed the related issues concerning the costs and considerations involved.  Board members will go back to their leagues and discuss the different possible solutions and bring them back.

                       

7.      Sea-King District 2 Executive Secretary Report: Tom & Marilyn Doyle

A.     Correspondence.  Marilyn reviewed the correspondence from the WIAA and went over it with the board.

B.     Web Site: www.wiaa.com/dist2

C.     Meeting with WOA – Baseball officials are looking at requiring two officials for JV contests beginning this year.  Apparently, they notified schools that they were working toward this last year.

  1. Other Business-Agenda Items for Monday, March 13, 2006-3:30PM Bellevue ESC
A.     2006-2007 Executive Board Meeting Schedule

B.     District Tournament Financial Reports for Swimming/Gymnastics

  1. The Executive Board meeting was adjourned at 5:40 PM.