NFCA Division II HCC Minutes Monday, October 16, 2017 --- 1:00 p.m. EST (conference call)

Brian Stanley called the meeting to order at 1 p.m. Brian Stanley facilitated the call.

Those present Conference Representatives - Patti Gerckens – California Collegiate Athletic Conference; Dean Johnson (Caldwell)- Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference; Lataya Hilliard-Gray (Winston-Salem State)- Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association; Susan Cassidy-Lyke (Molloy)- ; Destini Anderson (East Central)- Great American Conference; Todd Buckingham (Saginaw Valley State)- Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference; Sue Kunkle (University of Southern Indiana)- Great Lakes Valley Conference; Miles Mallette (Kentucky Wesleyan)- Great Midwest Athletic Conference; Lonny Sargent (Western Oregon)- Great Northwest Athletic Conference; Casey Bourgoyne-Charles (Delta State)- ; Travis Scott (Angelo State)*- ; Susan Anderson (Central Missouri)- Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association; Kimberly Stiles (Charleston)- ; Mairin Dudek (AIC)- Northeast-10 Conference; Gretta Melsted (Augustana)- Northern Sun Intercollegiate College; Randy Simkins (Dixie State)- PacWest Conference; Brittany Bennett (UNC Pembroke)- ; Dervin Taylor (Adams State University)- Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference; Erin Kinberger (Saint Leo)- Sunshine State Conference;

Additional NFCA non-voting members on

Brian Stanley (NFCA) – NCAA Division II Liaison; Gary Bryce (Wayne State University) Division II Board Representative; Shena Hollar (Lenoir-Rhyne)- South Atlantic Conference; Patrick Peasant (Miles College)- Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference;

Additional non-members on call

Molly Simons (NCAA)

HCC Not present: Amy Yates (Limestone)- ; Scott Libby ( A&M International)- ; Dan Gierlak (Edinboro)- State Athletic Conference;

Coaches Connection present: Deb DeJong (LIU Post/NCAA), Debbie Chin (NCAA)

1. Roll Call 2. Brian Stanley a. Alerted coaches of committee meetings at convention b. Alerted HCC of convention registration early bird (Nov. 1) & Hotel room block (Nov. 7) 3. Coaches Connection (Debbie Chin) a. Announced Coaches Connection will move to a separate calls starting in November i. Goals of the HCC & CC were diverse ii. Separate calls would allow each committee to hit both areas iii. Allow more coaches to get involved iv. Each call will be more constructive v. Brian Stanley will be on CC call/Deb DeJong will be on HCC call b. Provided history and background of Coaches Connection i. Enhance NCAA information for you and solicit info from you ii. Feel free to email Debbie Chin with any questions, comments c. Deb DeJong i. Sent out D2 legislative process & mapping 1. All resources and materials can be found on NCAA.org under D2 tab 2. Stated the five areas NCAA wants to advance (attached in email from Deb) 3. Please take time to do the surveys 4. Vickie Van Kleeck a. Updated Rules hard copy will be available Nov. 1 b. NCAA will email the pdf c. Find all information on arbiter website d. Travis Scott – inquired about huddling i. Catcher is still allowed to visit (Player to Player conference) e. Brittany Bennett – Slapping question i. There is no reference of breaking the plane in rule book f. Todd Buckingham recommended batter’s boxes be redone if in bad condition i. Currently not required 5. Caucus Topics (Gary Bryce) a. Festival Discussion b. D2 Recruiting Calendar c. Need more coach participation- Difficult to move forward when participation is not there d. D2 players being poached by DI 6. Debbie DeJong (Festival dates) a. Adust our schedule regarding the proposal b. Come together as a group with regards to adjustment to playing season c. Volleyball proposal is a good guideline for softball i. Chelsea Crawford – it’s membership sponsored (ECC/MIAA) ii. Chelsea – Vote by president’s council on Nov. 20th d. Need to use Chelsea and her guidance with regards to legislation 7. Next call Nov. 20 at 1 p.m. 8. Meeting adjourned at 1:58 p.m.