EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

Monday, January 10, 2005

 

Board Members Present: Gill James, Brent Kawaguchi, Jana Kohler, John Wiley, Mickey Fowler, Jim Judson, Bob Dowding, Craig Olson, Dan Jurdy, Mark Cullen for Bob Beeman, Tom & Marilyn Doyle – Secretary

 

Board Members Absent:  Robert Gary, Jan Woldseth, Dave Pond, Jack Reynolds, Doug Bruketta,

  1. Introduction of Guests:  Cindy Adsit, WIAA, Mike Ritch, Sea-King Eligibility, Josh Shupien, WIAA Intern

 

  1. Approval of Monday, November 29, 2004, Executive Board Minutes. M/S/P

 

  1. Financial Report:            Checking:            $ 27,364.15
                                           Savings:            $ 29,140.93

 

  1. Approval of Vouchers: Vouchers #12654 through #12703 for a total of $ 23,955.59.  M/S/P

  2. WIAA Executive Board Report:  Craig Olson
    a.      Discussion of “branding” with WIAA, logo, and other items.
    b.      Fall tourneys were down slightly in football.  Part of the reason was the cross mountain contests allowed this year.
    c.      Capped gymnastics participants at 12.
    d.      Dance/Drill additional trophies request defeated.  Also defeated a request to reduce their numbers for Scholastic award numbers to 4.
    e.      2nd team qualification for state will be discussed at Jan. 22 meeting with Secretaries
    f.      Shift in spring sports season…survey sent out to schools for feedback on the change in weeks.  School responses indicated support for moving back to the original scheduling.  The board will reconsider this on Jan. 22.
    g.      Jan. 24 – Winter coalition at Emerald Downs.
    h.  The board determined to leave the state football playoffs at the Tacoma Dome.
    i    .  2005 Amendment Summary.  16 Amendments total for this year. There are several classification amendments included.

  3. Sea-King District 2 Executive Board President Report:  Gill James

A.     Winter Eligibility Committee Report – Mike Ritch
1.  Winter Hearings – 29 cases that involved 17 hearings and one special hearing.
2.  Eight (of 11) denials were appealed to WIAA; 5 were granted by WIAA..  Mike Colbrese goes over the results with Mike Ritch when a case is overturned.  The primary reasons for overturning a case is additional information that families don’t share with the committee at the time of the hearing, but do present at the WIAA level.
3.  Hearings included 10 seasons limitations cases; 9 transfer or residence cases and six exchange students.
4.  Mike expressed appreciation for all those who willingly serve on the Eligibility Committees.  He is grateful for their service and proud of their expertise and caring nature on our committees.

B.     WIAA – Cindy Adsit
1.  Private school coaches’ regulations…Coaches may work with high school aged students who are not members of their team during the “out-of-season” time period.  Like all state coaches, they may not coach their own athletes.  Private school coaches may not work with 7-8th grade students out of season as those are “potential” squad members.
2.  Sportsmanship – Cindy talked about the importance of sportsmanship and the national problems at all levels.  WIAA during post season will provide a handout that keys in on sportsmanship expectations of behavior for all athletes and student from participating schools.
3.  Mark Cullen asked about the state A/B track site and construction that obstructs the view of one of the handoffs.  Mike will take a look when he goes over to Spokane.

C.     Violations  - League Sanctions Approved

D.     Proposed Amendment to Rules and Regulations – Tabled

E.      Committee Report – Metro/Kingco.  Gill reported that the Metro/Kingco AD’s met today to work on communication and relationships.  The group decided that the spring sport AD’s from each league will get together to work out some details for their sports.  The leagues will discuss proposals for playoffs between the leagues in all sports, but in particularly in football, soccer, and baseball.  The two leagues will meet again in May.  Art Kuehn is the new AD at Interlake.  Issaquah AD position is still open at this time.

F.      Tri-District B Meeting Report – Bob Dowding.  Bob reported that the tri-district basketball tournament will be at Chief Leschi this year.  They are excited about hosting the tournament. 

G.     Dance/Drill District Tournament.  We are looking for a volunteer to host the multi-classification tournament.  The tourney is set for Saturday, Feb. 26.  Craig Olson requested that Mercer Island be allowed to go to another district to qualify.  The date is during Winter break and they will not have students available.  The question that arises then is that other schools may make the same request.  We would have to respond to those requests as well.  The motion that Mercer Island be allowed to participate in another district tournament:   M/S/F.

H.     Fall District Tournament/Play-Off Financial Report.  Marilyn reported on fall district tournaments.  Most are complete; we are still waiting for results from several fall tourneys in other districts.  At the 3A level, Boys golf and cross country showed losses as they have no income.  Football is incomplete, but will show a profit in the $16K-$17K Range.  Girls soccer, girls swimming, and volleyball all showed small profits in the fall.  At the A/B level, soccer is in the black.  Volleyball is not reported yet because we have not yet received the official’s bills.  B football provided some income while B volleyball lost a small amount of money.

I.        Election of Sea-King Athletic Director of the Year
Kingco 4A – Frank Naish – Inglemoor HS
Kingco 3A – Gill James – Newport HS
Metro – Bill Marsh – Eastside Catholic HS
Emerald City – Sam Perlin – Seattle Academy
SeaTac B – Bob Dowding – Seattle Lutheran
Middle School – Sue Swanson – Pine Lake MS
Congratulations to Gill James on his election as Sea-King AD of the Year.

J.       Annual Calendar Order – the board M/S/P continuing the calendar order – 1500 copies.

K.    Spring District Tournaments Dates, Sites & Managers.  Marilyn reported on the spring tournaments as we see them now.  League reps are asked to go back to their leagues to secure names and sites for our spring tournaments.  List will be posted on the district web site.

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

A.     Correspondence

B.     Web Site: www.wiaa.com/dist2

8.      Other Business-Agenda Items for Monday, February 14, 2005-3:30PM Bellevue ESC

A.     Winter District Tournament Status

B.     January “Current Issues” Report

C.     Review Proposed Amendments to Spring Rep. Assembly

  1. The Executive Board meeting was adjourned at 5:35 PM.