Executive Committee Minutes

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES NORTH SHORE GRILL - lAKEVILLE JUNE 20, 2012

MEMBERS PRESENT: Jim Zumbo, Dave Green, Joe Backer; Fritz Kilian, Kathy Boughton, Doreen Martin, Joe Sposato, Dennis O’Brien, Kim Henshaw, Gary Mix, Ted Woods, Jackie Meyer and Ed Stores

ACTION ITEMS:

The minutes of the May 16, 2012 meeting were approved.

A recommended tie breaker request from the Section V ice hockey committee was approved.

The NFHS suspended game protocol for baseball in regular season games was approved.

Mergers in football for Elba/Byron Bergen and for Aquinas/Siena Catholic for 2012 were approved.

A motion to approve a male participating on a girls VB team for Pittsford CSD was tabled.

DISCUSSION ITEMS:

Jackie Meyer, Section V Treasurer reported that our net worth as of June 1, 2012 was $271,671.44. She will put forth a recommended budget for 2012-2013 at the August meeting. She reaffirmed that there are no dues to be collected this fall but that there is a possibility that dues may be necessary for the 2013-2014 school year.

Ed Stores, Executive Director, gave a update on the filling of the NYSPHSAA Executive Director position. Joe Sposato informed the EC of his role in the selection process. Gary Mix will be the CSO rep on the interview committee. He reported that we are at impasse with the officials group and will wait to hear from NYSPHSAA re: fact finding. Issues to be discussed at the State summer meeting were reviewed. Combining teams formula was among those discussed. The 2012-2013 Section V meeting dates were adopted. They will be placed on the Section V web site.

Jim discussed the Championship Philosophy protocol. The immediate issue to be worked on deals with gender equity. It was determined that boys and girls soccer would run similar tournaments and that the events would reflect a closed tournament. Other sports (boys and girls lacrosse) are also being looked at.

The EC looked at several mixed competition procedures used in other sections. As this is a major item to be discussed at the State summer meeting, no action on a Section V protocol was adopted. The one item that was affirmed regarding “adverse effect” with boys on girls teams was that if a girl was cut from a team and a boy was kept an adverse effect would be created.

An issue regarding “level of difficulty” in cheerleading was discussed. Ed Stores will look into the matter with the cheerleading committee.

The Finance Committee is looking at modifying the dues structure presently used when dues are to be raised.

Pittsford CSD requested a move-up in girls tennis for Sutherland HS. This move-up was not supported by the Section V tennis committee and after discussion was denied.

INFORMATION ITEMS:

Three students from Perry CSD were approved as a partial team in cross country and will compete with Pavilion CSD. The spring Scholar-Athlete State Championship teams were announced. Congratulations to Attica CSD in baseball and Victor CSD in girls lacrosse for winning the State awards.

SPORT COORDINATORS:

Jack Purificato, boys basketball, gave his post season report. He announced that the Sectional semi-finals for Class A and AA will be at BC Arena. The handbook will be online as a cost saving measure. He is putting in place a new policy on the number of people allowed per team at Sectionals. His committee is looking at a technical foul protocol.. These items were all supported by the EC.

Chris Bourne, wrestling, announced that he is resigning from his duties but will stay on to assist the new coordinator. He will make a recommendation for our August meeting. He was congratulated for his outstanding efforts as coordinator. He also discussed a new procedure for certifications whereby we will be contracting with the same people who do Section VI. Section V will not be responsible for billing, or receiving revenues from our schools for this service.

Bill Mathews, alpine skiing, asked for permission to schedule Sunday and Monday for sectionals. This was approved. He also indicated that Section V will host the State tournament at Bristol for the next two years.

Keith Shields, boys swimming, requested permission to submit a proposal to host the State tournament. This was supported. He asked for a license for meet manager. It was felt that while it was a good idea, he needed to provide a cost. He asked for a non-scoring relay event at sectionals. This was denied due to cost.

Meeting adjourned at 1:00PM