PA Board Meeting Minutes
January 16, 2002
1. MEMBERS PRESENT: Bob Bowman, President Joanne Slaton-Camargo, Secretary George Kleeman, Past President Bob Podkaminer, Treasurer John Mansoor, Executive Director Fred Baer, Media Lori Maynard, Disabled Athlete Sonny Maynard, At Large Tyler Abbott, Mens LDR Shirley Connors, Officials Lloyd Stephenson, MaMLDR Dan Davidson, Equipment Cynci Calvin, Com Com Chair Tony Fong, MLDR Irene Herman, Membership Nancy Hobbs, WLDR Charles Desjardins, MLDR Ruth Anderson, WLDR Dick Connors, Officials Chair Mark Winitz, MLDR Todd Kelly, MLDR XC Gail Wetzork, At Large Charlie Sheppard, Disabled Athlete Bob Rauch, At Large Phil Watkins, Officials Dave Shrock, Coaches Hollis Lenderking, MLDR Bob Rush, At Large Dave Ahn, MLDR Dan Preston, Youth Deborah Sample, Youth Track Chr Mike Hammerquist, Youth Field Chr Bob Shor, Youth XC Chair Willie Young, Youth Vice Chr 2. MINUTES: Correction to minutes: Dan Davidson, Gail Wetzork, Dick Iwamiya and Bob Rauch were present at the November 14, 2001 meeting in Walnut Creek. They were inadvertently left off the attendance roster. Item 7 line 1 refers to XC Championships. Item 8 � youth grievance is not yet in appeal process. Motion to approve minutes of 11-14-01 with amendments. Seconded and passed. 3. TREASURERS� REPORT: An expense report is now necessary if you want reimbursement for any expenses; check with office headquarters to obtain form. Motion to accept Treasurers report of November 14, 2001; seconded and passed. 4. LAW AND LEGISLATION CHANGES: The delegate number increases for each association by two. Regarding grievances, the time period to appeal the decision of a hearing panel is amended from fifteen to thirty days upon receipt of a written grievance. Voting within associations can now be conducted through mail or electronic ballot. 5. CHAMPIONSHIP MEETS: The Outdoor Junior and Senior Championship is being held June 21-23. Racewalk 30K Championship to be held in Sacramento. Ultra Trail 50K to be held in Marin County August 24th. The Fall Cross Country Championships will be Sierra College December 14th. Masters Track and Field Committee has asked Sacramento to bid for the 2005 Outdoor Track and Field Championships as a prelude to bidding for the World Masters Championships in 2007 (formerly WAVA). 6. GRIEVANCES: The Houlihan�s race grievance has been turned over to a panel which was appointed during the last BOA meeting. It has to be taken of within the next month since the person who filed the grievance is leaving the country for six months. The youth grievances are at the hearing stage; currently set for February 23rd. The hearing will be conducted and a decision will be made at that time. 7. REPORTS: Equipment � Requested and received permission to revise the budget to purchase six palm pilots for use at meets and clinics. Membership � 1,330 plus members currently; 32% have joined online. This does not include the multiple year memberships. If you have not yet received your membership cards contact the National headquarters. Mens LDR � Reebok Aggies and Impalas were the Mens and Womens National Masters XC Champions. Sending six athletes to Winter Nationals in Vancouver next month. Sending a male to Senior Bowl 10K Nationals in November and woman to Top 10K Nationals in October. A motion is made to send a male and female to these non marathon events; merely a substitution since there are no marathon events this year. The money has already been budgeted for the LDR Committee. Seconded and passed. Another motion is made to award a stipend up to $500 depending on where the event is taking place. Currently it is set at $250. No double dipping will be allowed. Seconded and passed. Officials � Thirty-one people from our association have been selected to work the Nationals at Stanford. Clinics are being conducted every weekend for official certification. Coaches Education � Association Level 1 at Modesto upcoming weekend. Level II is in Boise, Idaho between July 6-16. Racewalk � Robyn Stevens wins �Henry Laskau Outstanding Junior Race Walker� award for 2001. 30K National Championship is awarded to Pacific Association by USATF RW site selection committee. The race is scheduled for May 5, 2002. Masters � After 30 years Los Gatos Athletic Association will not host the Los Gatos Classic T & F meet. Participation has dropped from 400 to less that 100 in five years. It hopefully will be incorporated into the Open Grand Prix in the future. Nor Cal Seniors Track Club will host the Mark Grubi Classic at U.C. Berkeley. Communications � When there is questionable data on the website the most easily updated and accessible to get information out is on the website. We now have three people working on it. There are two new buttons, the Official and the Coaches button. LDR has online scoring. Club reps can put their team members names in and it is automatically updated daily. The Applications button is going to be more organized. From the National office of USATF we will have a calendar online with a searchable database. Annual Convention � The delegation from the Pacific Association to the convention was one of, if not the largest. We not only had fourteen delegates, but there were ten other members of our Association at the convention as representatives to Sport Committees. This allowed for superb representation. Individual reports from some members of the delegation were received and are part of the overall submission of the delegation report made to the Board of Athletics. The full report, including those from individuals, is available from either the Association office or the Delegation Chair. It is recommended that reporting to the constituency be part of the requirements of delegation membership. 8. 2002 BOARD MEETING DATES: * March - Walnut Creek * May - Sacramento * September - Foster City * November - Walnut Creek Motion to adjourn. Seconded. Meeting adjourned Our next meeting will be March 27, 2002 � Walnut Creek BOARD OF ATHLETICS MEETING Foster City January 16, 2002
