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description of the meeting, who was there, action items and
the next meeting date.
Note: all minutes are marked “Draft” until official
approved by the next committee meeting.
VPA ACTIVITY
STANDARDS COMMITTEE
August
10/11, 2004
Cortina Inn, Mendon, VT
Members
Present: D.G. Weaver, Kathi Bierwirth, Paul Moccia, Shaun
Pickett, Bob Gray, Bill Lawson, Patrick Burke, Cynthia Hinrichsen,
Frank Pecora, Ray Pellegrini, Bob Johnson
- selection
on new ASC Chair (Peter Coffey resigned). Moved by D.G. Weaver
to nominate Frank Pecora as new ASC Chair. Second by Shaun
Pickett. Approved unanimously.
- moved
by D.G. Weaver to accept minutes of 5/4/04. Second by Kathi
Bierwirth. Approved unanimously.
- discussion
on correspondence.
a) Richford HS self report (explained by C. Hinrichsen) -
no action taken.
b) update on Harwood track issue - no action taken.
c) request from Rochester HS
- refer
to Soccer Committee for consideration.
- divisional
alignment requests.
a) Mt. Mansfield Girls Lacrosse from D II to D I - approved
providing Lacrosse Committee has no problems with scheduling.
b) Shaun Pickett moved to approve following requests, second
by Bill Lawson.
- Vergennes
x-country into D II (new team)
- Burlington Boys Lacrosse into D II (new team)
- Long Trail Boys soccer into D IV (new team)
All requests approved unanimously
- student
eligibility appeals
a) request from Burr & Burton for a foreign student to
be eligible to participate in sports - tabled pending further
information from Kathi Bierwirth.
b) Sharon Academy -
appeal to allow R. Spittle two additional semesters of athletic
eligibility (Ryan Spittle, Eric & Sherri Spittle, Michael
Livinston and Kevin Ellis present for appeal). Discussion.
Moved by Bob Gray to grant Ryan Spittle two additional semesters
of eligibility. Second by Paul Moccia. Approved unanimously.
- Ray
P. discusses the possibility of creating a Chess activity
that would be sponsored by the VPA. Ray will check with other
states concerning guidelines for activity. ASC supports pursuing
this activity.
- discussion
of Dance as a VPA activity to be discussed tomorrow with Ex.
Council.
- Tony
Trono from the Vermont Math Coalition presented a concern
with various VPA activities and graduation dates conflicting
with the National Math Exam at the University of Penn. (June
each year). Vermont has done well, but does not send its best
team because of conflicts. Tony requested that consideration
be given to moving several championships to Sunday. Discussion.
No formal action taken, however if Tony gets in touch with
the schools that the students are coming from, the schools
will work with the students to see if arrangements can be
made.
- Bob
and Ray presented information on outsourcing of activities
in the 2003-2004 school year. No action taken.
- Ray
presented a financial update for the 2003-2004 year. Discussion
on the various factors that affect developing an accurate
report and determining what, if any trends are presenting
themselves. No further action.
- discussion
on establishing the VPA Hll of Fame Committee as a permanent
committee. Moved by Patrick Burke to establish the Hall of
Fame as a permanent committee. Second by Cynthis Hinrichsen.
Approved unanimously.
- update
on final championship sites for the 2004-2005 school year.
Discussion. No action taken.
- Ray/Bob
present committee assignments for the 2004-2005 school year.
Moved by Bob Gray to approve committee assignments and send
on to Ex. Council for final approval. Second by D.G. Weaver.
Ray explained that due to increased interest, the VPA membership
limit on each committee for voting members has been increased
to 10 (from 8). Approved unanimously. Forward to Ex. Council.
- discussion
on lightening policy. Current policy is recommended, not required.
Bob J. recommends that we forward it on to the Ex. Council
with support to make it a requirement (30 minutes after lightening/thunder).
ASC agrees to forward to Ex. Council with support for making
it a requirement.
- discussion
on sports ejections from 2003-2004. Request that officials
be tracked to see if there are any trends (this will be done
in soccer). Further discussion at next meeting concerning
2 game suspension being automatic in all sports.
- discussion
on individual participation limits. Do we mean number of games
or number of innings/halves/periods, etc.. A student could
play in more than the mentioned games, but still be within
the total limits due to the increasing use of splitting students
between JV and Varsity teams. ASC supports keeping interpretation
as limit of ininnings, halves/periods, etc., not games.
- discussion
on Long Distance Learning/Virtual High Schools. Do they qualify
as VPA member schools or are they in a different catagorey.
Further information will be gathered from the State to determine
the criteria these schools have to meet. No further action
taken.
- discussion
on Springfield HS/Green Mountain HS to have Weston Neff "grandfathered"
under the schools former public to public program so that
Weston could complete his final year playing football for
Springfield (the schools did not renew their agreement as
they were ineligible for this type of program). Discussion.
Moved by Bob Gray to allow Weston Neff to be "grandfathered"
under the previous public to public school agreement so that
he could compete on the Springfield football team this year.
Second by Patrick Burke. Approved unanimously.
- discussion
on Vermont teams potentially playing in national team competitions.
Request from ASC to have Ray/Bob bring forward a recommendation
in November after consulting with NFHS about this issue. No
further action taken.
- meeting
adjourned in order to meet jointly with Ex. Council.
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