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Region V Committee
Meeting
September 28, 2008;
1:06 – 4:09 p.m.
Indianapolis, IN
I. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was
called to order by Chairman Bobbi Montanari, RACC at 1:06 P.M.
II. ROLL CALL
Present
Bobbi Montanari,
Regional Administrative Committee Chairman (RACC)
Char Christensen,
Regional Technical Committee Chairman (RTCC)
John Geddert,
Regional Junior Olympic Committee Chairman (RJOCC)
Enrique Trabanino,
Regional Elite Committee Chairman (RECC)
Norbert Bendixen,
Illinois Administrative Committee Chairman (SACC:
IL)
Ed Gibson, Indiana
Administrative Committee Chairman (SACC: IN)
Cap Caudill, Kentucky
Administrative Committee Chairman (SACC: KY)
Douglas Rowe,
Michigan Administrative Committee Chairman (SACC-MI)
Nina Dent, Ohio
Administrative Committee Chairman (SACC: OH)
Hilary Carlson,
Region V-NAWGJ Judging Director
Kittia Carpenter,
Assistant Regional JO Committee Chairman
Augusta Lipsey,
Regional Secretary
Bret Norman, Regional
Webmaster
Kristin Moore,
Regional Apparel Coordinator
III. OVERVIEW OF
REGION 5 CONGRESS
Bobbi Montanari,
RACC, thanked the committee for all their hard work in making this years
Regional Congress successful. Comments and suggestions for the 2009
Regional Congress are presented below.
A.
This years Congress was
excellent. The quality and variety of speakers was awesome.
B.
A number of people expressed
the comment that the banquet was the best they had ever attended.
C.
Exhibitors were very
appreciative of having their meals provided.
D.
Kristin Moore will need to
know if spouses of the honorees or presenters will be attending.
E.
The Regional Administrative
Committee should sit at a table on the front side of the Banquet room so
they can help with the presentation of the awards.
F.
Athletes and honored guests
should be seated at the center front tables.
G.
Guests should be informed
that they have reserved seating.
H.
The RSVP’s will be more
specific so Kristin Moore will know who will be in attendance.
I.
A table should be provided
for speakers and vendors.
J.
Gary Warren was mistakenly
not acknowledged at this years banquet.
K.
All legal papers that are to
be signed by Bobbi Montanari should be available for review prior to the
start of the Regional Congress.
L.
Since the Regional Congress
is a joint effort between the USAG and the Regional Administrative
Committee, a contact person form the USAG office should be in attendance
throughout the entire Congress.
M.
Communication between the
USAG and the Regional Administrative Committee needs to be improved.
N.
The Regional Administrative
Committee was not informed of the banquet room set up (i.e.- number of
tables, extra ticket holders). Nina Dent did not know if some of the
tickets had been paid for or not. There may have been duplicate
tickets.
O.
A check-in table should be
provided at the entrance to the Banquet where tickets would be exchanged
for a wrist band.
P.
Additional suggestions
should be E-mailed to Bobbi Montanari.
Q.
Awards should be engraved
with the name of the award.
R.
USA Gymnastics should always
be on the awards since we are a portion of USAG.
S.
The suggestion was made to
have one trophy for the All Star Team. This trophy would be presented
each year with only the year changed. Some of the committee felt the
gymnasts would rather have different awards each year. The suggestion
was not acted upon.
T.
The cost of the awards was
discussed. The question was raised if the Committee could purchase
awards from a company other than A-1 Awards. Bobbi Montanari will check
with Kathy Ostberg. If a different awards company can be used, three
bids will be solicited.
U.
Region 5 paraphernalia will
be available for purchase at the 2009 Regional Congress.
IV. HALL OF FAME
Augusta Lipsey felt
the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony went better than anticipated. The
2009 Hall of Fame nominations will be solicited immediately. Nominators
will be recruited. Cap Caudill will help. The Hall of Fame Selection
Committee must also be established by the Regional Administrative
Committee. The Regional Administrative Committee will be informed of
the deadline dates for the Regional Hall of Fame. The dates may be
revised. The Hall of Fame page on the regional website will be updated
with pictures and biographies.
V. REGIONAL MEET
BIDS
The Regional
Administrative Committee received two bids for the Level 9/10 Regional
Championships. The bids were from DeVeau’s Gymnastics of Indiana and
Geddert’s Twistars of Michigan. DeVeau’s Gymnastics was awarded the
meet when John Geddert took his bid off the table. He felt that it
would not be fair to be awarded the meet two years in a row. The bid
was submitted because the apparel distribution is easier if done at
Twistars. The Level 9/10 Regional Championships will be held in
Muncie, Indiana hosted by Deveau’s Gymnastics.
There were four bids
submitted for the Level 8 Regional Championships. Two bids would
conduct the meet in a modified capitol cup format, and two bids would
conduct the meet in a traditional format. A closed vote was taken. The
results of the vote are as follows.
Halkers Gold Gymnastics:
7 votes
Gedert’s Twistars Gymnastics:
1 votes
Branch Gymnastics:
0 votes
Peoria Area Convention
Bureau 0 votes
The Level 8
Regional Championships will be held in Findlay, Ohio hosted by Halkers
Gold Gymnastics.
VI. JUDGING
RECOMMENDATIONS
Char Christensen
presented a list of all the judges that have participated or will be
participating in the 2008 regional camps. After Kittia Carpenter, Nina
Dent, and Augusta Lipsey were excused from the meeting the remaining
Committee Members discussed and voted on the judges to represent Region
5 at the National Championships. The following judges were chosen.
Level 10 Junior
Olympic Championships (listed alphabetically)
Hilary
Carlson
Char
Christensen
Nancy
Gibson
Donna
Trevethan
Level 9 East
Championships (listed alphabetically)
Debbie
Campbell
Jeanne
Johnson
Carole
Liedtke
Alternates (listed
alphabetically)
Kittia
Carpenter
Judy
Dobransky
Augusta
Lipsey
Sandy
Oldham
VII. REGION 5
TRAINING CAMPS
John Geddert reported
that all the Training Camps are full. A few extra gymnasts were
accepted into the High Tech Camp. Terry Russell’s organization has
helped immensely. David Rawles has done an excellent job staffing the
camps. Terry Russell will no longer be the Director of the Regional
Camps. He may be used in a different roll. Glenn Wilmeng is being
considered for the Camp Director position.
Hilary Carlson
apologized for Illinois scheduling the Illinois Judges Cup the same
weekend as the Forward Progress Camps. It was not intentionally done.
The facility had already been contracted when the Illinois NAWGJ
realized that the Forward Progress Camps would not be on October
31-November 2 but on November 7-9.
There has been more
involvement by judges year after year. It is up to the head clinicians
on each event to use the judges as they choose.
VIII. ALL STAR
TEAM
A. Update on
International Trip
John Geddert reported that the All Star
Team will be traveling to Cost Rica October
29th through November 4th.
The gymnasts will be involved in a training camp and
possibly an intra-squad. Airline tickets
were purchased for approximately $380.00
per ticket. Because the tickets were so
inexpensive, John asked to increase the number
of gymnasts to represent Region 5 on the
All Star trip. The original All Star Team
consisted of 15 gymnasts with 5
alternates. All of the alternates have been absorbed
onto the team. The addition of three
gymnasts would be affordable and would make
the rooming assignments effortless.
Motion was made to add three gymnasts
to the Region 5 All Star Team providing
the tickets are affordable and can be
purchased for the same flight.
Motion: Cap Caudill
2nd:
Char Christensen
Passed: Unanimous
B. Review of
All Star Team Criteria
The All Star Team criteria was discussed
in length. It was decided by the Regional
Administrative Committee that the criteria
for selection of the All Star Team will
remain the same. This is due to the
feeling, by the Committee, that the criteria is
serving the intended purpose.
IX. Individual
Event Specialists
Char Christensen
asked the State Chairman how many event specialists competed in the 2008
state meets.
IN:
None IL: None KY: None
MI: None OH: 4-5
Newsletters should be
used to spread the word that event specialists can participate through
the Regional Championships. If a Level 9 event specialist wins her
event at the Regional Championships they can qualify for the Eastern
National Junior Olympic Championships. It is the states rights to
determine the qualification procedure into the state meets.
Motion was made to
raise the Regional qualifying score for event specialists to 9.0.
Motion: Norbert Bendixen
2nd:
Char Christensen
Passed: Unanimous
X. Fall
Newsletter
Newsletter
information should be submitted to Bobbi Montanari by October 15th.
XI. New Business
Char Christensen
asked the State Chairman if their Committees had developed a
professional member dress code for meets below the state meet. At this
time none of the states have developed a dress code for meets below the
state meet. The Illinois Administrative Committee tabled their
discussion of this topic to await Regional Committee input and to
research the issue further. At the present time there is no penalty for
violating the dress code at state meets and above.
XII. ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at
4:09 PM
Respectfully
Submitted 10/7/08
Augusta A. Lipsey
Regional Secretary
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