USATF 34th Annual Meeting Annual Meeting Reports Year-End Reports from the Chairman and President, CEO, Committee Chairs and National Staff November 28 —December 2, 2012 Daytona Beach Hilton—Daytona Beach, Florida Stephanie Hightower, Chairman & President 2012 Year-End Reports 34th Annual Meeting Daytona Beach, FL Table of Contents Article 7 – Delegates and their Selection to Meetings ........................................................ 3 Roster of Delegates ................................................................................................................ 5 Associations (Officers/Contacts 2013) ................................................................................ 11 USATF Chair and President’s Report .................................................................................. 43 Financial Report ................................................................................................................... 44 National Staff Reports CEO Report ................................................................................................................... 49 Report from the COO ................................................................................................... 50 Legal & Business Affairs ................................................................................................. 52 Chief of Sport Performance ........................................................................................... 52 Elite Athlete Programs – USADA .................................................................................... 60 Team USA Management / Operations .......................................................................... 60 Director of Coaching ..................................................................................................... 62 Membership & Associations .......................................................................................... 63 Youth Programs ........................................................................................................... 66 Events .......................................................................................................................... 67 Finance & Business Operations ..................................................................................... 69 Marketing & Communications ........................................................................................ 70 IAAF Reports IAAF Council ................................................................................................................. 77 IAAF Masters Committee .............................................................................................. 78 IAAF Medical & Anti-Doping Commission ...................................................................... 80 IAAF Technical Officials .................................................................................................. 80 High Performance Programs Men’s Track & Field ...................................................................................................... 85 Women’s Track & Field ................................................................................................. 85 Race Walking ................................................................................................................ 86 Development Programs Division Coaching Education ...................................................................................................... 93 Men’s Development ....................................................................................................... 93 Women’s Development ................................................................................................. 95 Sports Medicine & Sport Science .................................................................................. 98 Long Distance Running Division LDR Division Chair ....................................................................................................... 103 Men’s Long Distance Running ..................................................................................... 104 Masters Long Distance Running .................................................................................. 107 Cross Country Running Council ................................................................................... 108 MUT (Mountain, Ultra, Trail) Council ............................................................................. 109 Road Running Technical Council ................................................................................. 113 Page 1 Chairman and President, National Staff, Division and Committee Chairs General Competition Division Associations ................................................................................................................ 119 Masters Track & Field .................................................................................................. 120 Administrative Division Athletes Advisory Committee ....................................................................................... 123 Athletics for the Disabled ............................................................................................. 124 Coaches Advisory ....................................................................................................... 125 Diversity and Leadership ............................................................................................. 126 Ethics ......................................................................................................................... 126 Officials ...................................................................................................................... 127 Organizational Services ............................................................................................... 128 Records ...................................................................................................................... 131 Rules Amendments Package ...................................................................................... 145 Association Statistics 2012 Association Statistics (Membership, Clubs & Sanctions per Association) ........... 181 Attachments Financial Report – Crowe Harwath LLP ...................................................................... 181 Proposed 2013 Qualifying Standards (Jr. Men and Men’s) .......................................... 193 Proposed 2013 Qualifying Standards (Jr. Women and Women’s) ................................ 197 Page 2 2012 Year-End Reports 34th Annual Meeting Daytona Beach, FL Article 7 Delegates and Their Selection to Meetings The following persons shall be entitled to International Athlete of the address participate as voting delegates at USATF and telephone number of their meetings of USATF. All delegates must be at Association; and least 18 years of age, current USATF b Association Notice: Notice to each members and, during the annual meeting, Association of those athlete must be registered. members meeting the definition of A Officers and Board Members: The International Athlete who belong to officers and the members of the USATF that Association; and Board, including non-voting Board c An Association’s International members and the Counsel to the Board. athletes who are current USATF B Nominating and Governance Panel members shall be considered Members. and/or have a vote (where voting C Committee Chairs: The chairs of all occurs) in selecting athlete committees listed in Article 13. delegates. Associations shall offer D Past Presidents: The past presidents of their delegates no less funding than USATF. any other member of the E Association delegates: Twelve (12) Association’s delegation other than delegates from each accredited the head of the delegation; Association recognized by USATF. Any 3. Coaches: The number of coaches accredited Association with more than who shall be coaches is sated in the one thousand (1,000) individual members Exhibits. If available, at least one (1) of shall be entitled to name one (1) the coaches shall be a high school additional delegate for each one coach; thousand (1,000) individual members. 4. Dual roles: For purposes of Total Association individual members determining compliance with these shall be determined based on the twelve requirements, an individual from an (12) month registration period ending on Association may be treated as both a October 31st of the current calendar coach and an athlete if the individual year. However, an Association whose satisfies the qualifications of both. (See membership has increased since then exhibits section of this handbook for may petition the Organizational Services further explanation); and Committee seeking credentials for 5. Sport Committees: Each Association additional delegates. Each Association’s shall select among its delegates at delegation shall meet the following least one (1) individual to represent requirements: each of its sport committees that holds 1 Membership: Each of the an Association championship. Association’s delegates shall be a F Sports organizations: Ten (10) delegates member of the Association; named by each sports organization 2 Athletes: At least twenty percent referred to in Article 5-C and recognized (20%) of the delegates in each by USATF. delegation shall be Active Athletes. G Other constituencies: One (1) delegate (See exhibits). If available, at least one named by each organization referred to in (1) of the Active Athlete delegates shall Article 5-D, of