Minutes from the Nor Cal Executive Board Meeting held March 20, 1999, at the Level 7 State meet in Rohnert Park.

Members in attendance were: Danielle Bunel, Ben Corr, Donna Craig, Fran Earles, Cindy Ferranti, Sheldon Gibson, Mike Guzman, Bob Hartsgrove, Paul Hausladen Mary Miller, Penny Moyce, Dominique Pajita, Robert Shawler, Patty Shipman, Perry Siu, Bill Strom, and Robert Waroff.

Meeting was called to order by Robert Shawler at 10:15pm.

A motion was made to approve the minutes from the December meeting. Seconded. Seconded. Passed. . Seconded. Seconded. Passed.. Seconded. Seconded. Passed....

Treasurer's report: Bill Strom reported that, overall, Nor Cal is doing well. (See attached balance sheet.)

USAG State Director's report: Fran had nothing to report.

NAWGJ State Director's report: Patty Shipman, speaking for Toni Cupal, reported that there were still ten meets left to assign, both IGC and compulsory.

Zone Rep reports: It was mentioned that there were problems for zone reps getting the State meet information to their clubs because they didn't yet have any info. There was a discussion as to how the Zone reps could work more effectively with Ben in order to have up to date information about qualifiers. Ben was going to look into various "glitches" in the entries and information process.

Old Business:
Handbook- Robert S. reported that we are working on making the Handbook easier to read in a more
user-friendly format. That includes firming up dates ahead of the printing so that the competition
calendar and qualification dates are included.

Meet assigning process- Perry presented to the Board a proposal for assigning meets for the upcoming season. Seconded. There was some discussion as to particulars of the process. Passed. Seconded. There was some discussion as to particulars of the process. Seconded. There was some discussion as to particulars of the process. Seconded. There was some discussion as to particulars of the process. Seconded. There was some discussion as to particulars of the process. Passed. . . . The packet for meet scheduling procedures will be included with these minutes.

New Business:
Splitz Scholarship- The Splitz Scholarship is going to be reinstated. The monies will stay in the fund until someone is nominated. Mike Guzman asked if other gyms could add to the fund, and the response was a definite yes. The guidelines for nominations will be included in the new handbook.

Zone Rep job descriptions: Perry presented a proposal to change and update the Zone reps job descriptions. With Ben tracking all the scores there needs to be a stronger intermediary link between the Master Scorekeeper and member clubs. Seconded. Passed.


Score Concerns: Zone Rep job descriptions: Perry presented a proposal to change and update the Zone reps job descriptions. With Ben tracking all the scores there needs to be a stronger intermediary link between the Master Scorekeeper and member clubs. Seconded. Zone Rep job descriptions: Perry presented a proposal to change and update the Zone reps job descriptions. With Ben tracking all the scores there needs to be a stronger intermediary link between the Master Scorekeeper and member clubs. Seconded. Passed.


Score Concerns: Perry submitted a proposal about the persistent concerns over the scores in Nor Cal being low. A committee will be formed to address these concerns. It was felt that a wide range of members and opinions should be represented on such a committee in order to actually address these issues and corne to some kind of resolution. Perry volunteered to chair that committee.

Qualification requirements: Perry presented another proposal to clarify the qualification procedures for gymnasts to Zone or State Championships. Seconded. Passed. (The clarification is attached.)

Calendar: A tentative calendar for the fall was discussed for presentation at the June Meeting. Tentative dates were as follows: