EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 8, 2004
Board
Members Present: Gill James, Craig
Olson, Brent Kawaguchi, Dan Jurdy, Jan Woldseth, Jana Kohler, Doug Bruketta,
John Wiley, Mickey Fowler, Jim Judson, Dave Pond
Tom & Marilyn Doyle – Secretary
Board
Members Absent: Bob Dowding, Robert Gary, Bob Beeman, Jack Reynolds
1. Introduction
of Guests: Mike
Ritch,
Sea-King Eligibility, Matt Mason, WOA, Mike Lloyd, SWOBA
2.
Oct.11, 2004
Executive Board Minutes. Minutes were
approved as written. M/S/P
4.
Approval of Vouchers: Vouchers:
#12518 through #12543 for a total of $ 7,806.38
5.
WIAA Executive
Board Report: Craig Olson.
A. WIAA Board listened to a hearing with Kamiak for a
player who was ineligible for the first 5 weeks, but started the 5 week count
with the start of football season, not the start of the school year. WIAA Board upheld the original ruling and
the forfeits.
B. The Board meets this coming weekend and will look at a
new communications model to improve communication with principals and
superintendents.
C. The superintendents from Tri-Cities would like the
board to review the new spring schedule (one week later than usual) and the
board will take a look only after this year’s tournaments to see how the
tourneys go.
6.
Sea-King District
2 Executive Board President Report: Gill James
A.
Fall Eligibility Report – Mike Ritch, Sea-King Eligibility
a.
Mike
handed out the report he files with WIAA to indicate the schools appealing, the
eligibility decisions, and the WIAA appeal result.
b.
There
appears to be a lot of movement within the district between schools.
c.
There
appears to be an increase in the number of requests for a fifth year of
eligibility.
d.
Gill
clarified the definition of “legally separated” as that, which requires
court/legal paperwork.
e.
Mike
reviewed several cases for the board and suggested that leagues go over the
handbook put out by the WIAA on eligibility
f.
District
2 is being overturned on cases by WIAA on a more frequent basis this year. In each case, the athlete and parent came to
the WIAA with additional information.
g.
Mike
reminded the board how grateful he is for those who volunteer to be on our
eligibility boards. We are fortunate to
have such dedicated, willing people to participate on our boards.
B.
3 Person Mechanics - Matt Mason, WOA. Matt wanted the board to know how 3 person mechanics was going to
operate this year. SPSL and Kingco 3A
have committed to 3-person. The
association will attempt to fill any other leagues who wish 3-person as those
requests come in. The officials will
continue to make every effort to assign the best officials to the best
contests. John Wiley emphasized that he
hopes that the A’s and B’s will also get some of the better officials rather
than always being the last assigned.
a.
It
was moved to use 3-person mechanics for the SeaKing District 3A tournament for
a one year experiment. M/S/P. Craig Olson will work out details with the
associations and with Metro and Kingco.
C.
Violations
E.
Proposed Amendment to Rules and Regs
a.
A committee of Metro and Kingco 3A athletic directors will begin
meeting to discuss relevant issues to both leagues.
b.
Move to table the handbook change until after this committee
meets. M/S/P to table. It will be brought back on or before the
February Board Meeting.
F.
2004-2005 Sea-King Dist. 2 Committees
G. 2004-2005 Sea-King Dist. 2
Annual Goals
a. WIAA Hall of Fame. Sea-King should have a discussion in late spring or early fall to discuss possible candidates for the Hall of Fame. Then we could assign a member to follow up with paperwork. This will be placed on the MAY board agenda.
b. Improve relationships between Metro and Kingco 3A through better communication.
H.
Review Fall Tournament/Play-Off Status
I.
Winter District Tournament Dates, Sites & Managers
a.
Marilyn asked the reps to report to us who will be running the winter
tournaments
b.
Board members went over the managers from their leagues
c.
Marilyn went over the wrestling regional sites with the board. WIAA is looking for district 2 schools to
host. Craig will check on Liberty for
3A. Brent will check with Frank Naish
at Inglemoor.
J.
Proposed Amendments for Rep. Assembly
a.
Mark
Cullen may present an amendment about the 50 mile radius for private schools
and the coaching of high school and middle school athletes.
b.
Possible
amendment to mandate 2-person mechanics for basketball.
c.
Possible
amendment to come up with a percentage requirement (rather than a number of
schools) to determine the size of a classification’s state tournament.
d.
Several
classification amendments will be coming from various parts of the state.
e.
There
may be an amendment to extend the volleyball season to 20 contests.
f.
There
may be an amendment to require middle school coaches to fulfill the same
coaching standards requirements as high school coaches.
K. Submit Amendments for Spring
Rep. Assembly – Reminder – December!
7.
Sea-King District
2 Executive Secretary Report:
A.
Correspondence.
B.
Web Site – www.wiaa.com/dist2/.
8.
Other Business-Agenda Items for Monday, November
29, 2004-3:30PM Bellevue ESC
A.
Fall District Tournament/Play-Off Financial Report
9.
The Executive
Board meeting was adjourned at 5:31 PM.