EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

Monday, November 10, 2008

 

Board Members Present:  Annette Duvall, Luke Syverson, Craig Olson, Gill James,
Pat McCarthy, Kim Eng, Bob Dowding, Bill Bettinger for John Wiley, Dan Jurdy, Jan Woldseth

Board Members Absent:  Brent Kawaguchi, Mike Bailey, Mickey Fowler, Ryan Burke,
Chris Bigelow, Peter Bentley (IAC)

 

Tom & Marilyn Doyle – District Directors

  1. Introduction of Guests:  Craig Bakken, Sea-King Eligibility

  1. Approval of Monday, October 13, 2008 Executive Board Minutes.  M/S/P

  2. Financial Report:            Checking:            $   7,371.80

Savings:            $ 25,939.24

           

  1. Approval of Vouchers: Vouchers # 14824 through # 14839 for a total of $ 8,682.97. 

  2. WIAA Executive Board Report:  Craig Olson

A.     Oct. 30 – Conference call regarding the regional soccer sites.  The district directors recommended changing the soccer format back to the former procedures – The Exec. Board voted to make the change.

B.     Mike Colbrese is going to be meeting with the Seamount league to discuss sportsmanship issues based on ejections from the previous year.

C.     Track & Field Official’s proposal.  The idea is to make sure that we have certified officials at the state level, then eventually moving that down to the district level.  Athletes are disqualified at the state track meet often for issues that should have been caught at district events.  The board discussion was favorable towards the idea of using certified officials with some questions about liability and regular season issues.

D.     Craig is meeting with the official fee review committee and asked for input on the topic.  Fees, travel costs, assigning fees are all to be considered.

6.      Sea-King District 2 Executive Board:  Luke Syverson

A.     Violations. Approved league sanctions.  M/S/P. 

B.     Fall Eligibility ReportCraig Bakken

a.       We had 48 eligibility hearings this fall – up from 40 last fall.  7 cases were appealed to the WIAA and 3 of those decisions were overturned on appeal.

b.       Winter will be interesting with the new rule on transfers within a school district.

c.       Things seem to be going well with the process.  A fax is sent to the AD prior to each hearing.  Craig is asking the AD’s to give the family the letter, the instructions, and the map to the hearing site.  This helps to assure that the family is properly notified in a timely fashion. Craig has asked for an email or phone call in response to make sure that the family has the information. 

C.     Review Fall Tournament/Play-Off Status.  Tom reviewed the playoffs for the fall teams and the site selection criteria.  Skyline has brought in more seating so that their stadium seats 3900 – site approved.  Issaquah and Bellevue requested permission to play at home in the football first round – approved conditionally on raising their visitor seating to a minimum of 800.  Both schools are complying with that criteria.  Eastside Catholic will host at Memorial Stadium as they don’t have enough seating available yet at their home site.

D.     3A Basketball Sites.  Should we be playing the 3A first and second round sites at home sites this year or continue the tourney at two sites, or play only the first round at home sites?  Board M/S/P to allow home sites at first round only for one year with the rest of the tourney at our selected sites. Quality of experience – workers, experience of playing in front of a crowd, total attendance, & revenue to be reviewed after the tournament to make recommendations for next fall.

E.     3A Volleyball Bracket and Line Fees.  The board recommended no increase in fees for volleyball at this time.  These increases are not figured in our budget and the fee review committee is meeting tomorrow.  So we should wait until after we see what direction this committee provides.  M/S/P to leave the bracket as approved.

F.      Winter District Tournament Dates, Sites & Managers.  It is the time of year that we need to go to our leagues and determine who the managers will be and what the sites will be for our winter tournaments.

G.     Proposed Amendments for Rep. Assembly - Submit Amendments for Spring Rep. Assembly by December 1.  Please let us know if you are considering submitting any amendments for the Rep Assembly.

H.    Leagues Report A.D. of Year Nominees.  Bring nominations, packet, and letters of recommendation to our next district meeting.

I.       League Reports –

a.       Kingco –

b.      Metro - Some Metro league athletic directors said they have not received the supervisor’s passes.  Please contact Marilyn.

c.       Emerald City – Several schools are considering moving boys' soccer out of the fall and into the spring.  Schools will declared by December 1.

d.      SeaTac - There is some concern over girls' basketball programs in the league and whether all schools will be able to support teams.  Club volleyball is having a dramatic effect on programs.  Many others concurred.

 

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

A.     Correspondence.  Email form Your Sports Network about podcasting football contests.  Do we want to reduce our price to allow?  Leave policy as is until we learn more information.

B.     M/S/P to provide a ‘gifts’ for our VIPs for the holidays.  Jan recommended just putting that into the budget for the future.

C.     Web Site: www.wiaa.com/dist2

  1. Other Business-Agenda Items for Monday, January 12, 2009-3:30PM Bellevue ESC

A.     Fall District Tournament/Play-Off Financial Report

B.     Winter Eligibility Committee Report

C.     Annual Calendar Order

D.     Spring District Tournaments Dates, Sites & Managers

E.      Election of Sea-King Athletic Director of the Year

 

9.      The Executive Board meeting was adjourned at 5:37 PM.