EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING

MINUTES OF January 14, 2002

Board Members Present: Bruce Dubois, Chris Hoffman, Jana Porter, Bob Dowding, Jock McLaughlin, Jan Woldseth, Craig Olson, Joel Watters, Jack Reynolds, Dan Jurdy, Sam Perlin

Marilyn & Tom Doyle – Secretary

Board Members Absent:  John Wiley, Jefri Donovan, Dick Nelson, Garron Smith.

1.      Introduction of Guests: Mike Ritch, Sea-King Eligibility Chair

2.      November 5, 2001 Executive Board Minutes. Minutes were approved as written with the correction to the spelling of Sione’s first name in (6-G).

3.      Financial Report:           Checking    $ 15,148.17
                                         Savings      $ 30,489.55

4.      Approval of Vouchers: Vouchers # 11234 through #11248 for a total of $ 9,151.89.  M/S/P to approve vouchers as written.

5.      WIAA Executive Board Report: Craig Olson.  The WIAA Board:
- Approved the reimbursement proposal for District Secretaries to attend WIAA meetings.
- Tabled the basketball participant increase from 12-15.
- Tabled the establishment of a competitive season for dance, drill, cheer because of issues such as out of season considerations and multi sport participation.
- Approved Lyle, WA to start football practice one week earlier because they participate only against Oregon schools which start a week earlier
- Reviewed a proposal to move the football start a week earlier in those years where the start of fall sports is late August.
- Approved Shelton’s move from Dist. 4 to 3.
- Denied LaSalle’s request to move up in Golf only.
- Listened to Wapato HS proposal to remove the alternative kids from their count by demonstrating they are running a separate program in the alternative school.  A committee will be convened to review the alternative school rules. 
- Denied Grandview’s proposal to move from 3A to 2A.
- Approved all classifications for this cycle for all schools.
- 4A had the largest growth, moving to 92 schools.  There will be 76 3A, 50 2A, 60 1A, 106 B schools.
-  Approved Winter sport allocations
- Selected a committee to review the recommendations from the soccer summit.
- Affirmed that football will again be held in the Tacoma Dome next year.
- Will look at our Athletic Codes to come in line with state graduation requirements.

6.      Sea-King District 2 Executive Board President Report:  Bruce Dubois

  1. Winter Eligibility Committee Report – Mike Ritch
    - The eligibility committee heard 34 cases this winter.  23 were granted.  10 of 11 were appealed to WIAA, four were overturned.  We have held about 160 cases so far this year, fewer than last year with the Seamount League now in District 3.
    - Mike again thanked all those who gave their time so generously to make up the committees.
  2. Violations.  The board voted to penalize wrestlers suspended for biting with a minimum penalty of two matches, effective 1/14/02.  The second bite would result in the state mandated “out for season” penalty.  Tom will send out an email to Athletic Directors to notify them of the change.
    - Jack Reynolds told a story about an athlete from Sammamish who wrestled an athlete from Bellevue with a great amount of sportsmanship and congratulated both schools on their efforts to make a great experience for an athlete who had not experienced a great deal of success.  Congratulations on wonderful sportsmanship to both athletes, their coaches, and their schools.
  3. Winter District Tournament Dates, Sites & Managers.  Marilyn reviewed the information and will be post it on the website immediately.  Marilyn reviewed Gymnastics and the need to combine into regions throughout the state.  Both 4A and 3A will be combined with District 1 for a gymnastics “bi-district”.
  4. AD Reps to meet with Volleyball Officials.   Tom will schedule a meeting with the volleyball official’s association and the VB reps from each league to plan out the volleyball scheduling for next year.
  5. 4A Gymnastics – Meet with 2 teams from Wesco – Who pays?  Because the event becomes a bi-district event, Marilyn recommended that the district pick up the costs of the meet rather than requiring the Kingco 4A to pay the costs of the event.  The board approved this.
  6. Amendments for Spring Rep. Assembly.  Bruce quickly reviewed the discussion from the Winter Coalition meeting today so board members could take it back to their leagues.

G.     Election of Sea-King Athletic Director of the Year.  A vote will be taken at the February meeting to select the AD of the Year.  Each League should submit a resume and letters of recommendation to Marilyn by Feb. 1. Candidates:
           Kingco 4A            Jef Donovan
           Kingco 3A            Greg Hart
           Metro                     Tom Doyle
           Emerald City         Mark Cullen
           Sea-Tac                 TBD
           Middle Level          Jack Reynolds
The board strongly recommends to WSSAAA that they consider awarding a MS/JH AD of the year each year as well as a HS AD of the year.

  1. Spring District Tournaments Dates, Sites & Managers.  Marilyn asked for help determining who the managers will be for the spring events.  At the 3A level, the Metro and Kingco reps need to talk to each other to make a recommendation to the board for district play in tennis (Bellevue/Ingraham), track (Interlake/Metro office), and softball (Skyline/Cleveland).
  2. Annual Calendar Order.  The board authorized Marilyn to purchase calendars for next year.
  3. Tri-District Soccer.  Districts 1 and 3 asked District 2 to require Emerald City and Sea-Tac to determine entries to the tri-district soccer tournament through competition rather than a draw.  The board asked the two leagues to go back, discuss this, and return with a recommendation.

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

  1. Correspondence.
    Pole Vault recommendations.
    Snohomish County Christian request to move to District 1.  m/s/p
    Emerald City letter on admission of new league members.
    Kittitas SD letter to superintendents in support of public/private amendment.
    Women in Sports - WIAA conference scheduled for Feb. 5.
    Northwest Yeshiva letter requesting a meeting re: district competition/Sabbath
    Thank you note from Sione.
  2. Web Site – www.wiaa.com/dist2/.

8.       Agenda Items for February 11, 2002 Exec. Board Meeting, ESC Boardroom, 3:30PM.

  1. Winter Tournament Status
  2. District 2 AD of the Year
  3. Review Proposed Amendments to Spring Rep Assembly

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