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District One Meeting at Wellsville on Sunday, October 14, 2007
District 1 director:
Lee Hermreck
21085 W. 287 St.
Paola, KS 66071
913-294-5658
North Sub-district Director:
South Sub-district Director
Mark J. Stanley
Joe Cisper
2201 NE 35th
11328 Rene St.
Topeka, KS 66617
Lenexa, KS 66215
785-286-0899
Meeting called to order by Tuff Hermreck, current District 1 Director.
Roll call taken from sign-in sheet. Forty-four clubs were present and
paid their 2007-08 dues and it was determined that this represented a
quorum.
Motion to accept the minutes as published and distributed to the clubs
by Ned Price. Marcia Hoehn seconded and the motion was passed
unanimously.
Tuff Hermreck addressed the District 1 body. He wanted to emphasize that
sportsmanship will be a high priority across the state this upcoming
season. The Executive Board wants each tournament to follow the standard
procedure of creating a grievance committee and all required paperwork
must be completed in the event of an ejection. Proposals are in the
works to mandate NO PARTICIPATION of any type in the event of an
ejection during the eight day ejection period.
Mark Stanley stated that the grievance committee will be the last appeal
and the new proposals will permit officials to be ejected for eight days
in the event their conduct warrants such suspension.
Mike Brown commented that this was an effort to move away from the “non”
official ejection where a coach or wrestler voluntarily leaves the event
but does not suffer the eight day suspension. He mentioned that the
ejection forms are readily available on the usawks.com website.
Several questions were asked as to how the process works. Will Cokeley
outlined an example where a coach was ejected on the mat but appealed
the decision to the grievance committee. The grievance committee then
meets and listens individually to the coach, the official and any other
parties they feel necessary to determine the facts. The grievance
committee then rules on the situation and completes the paperwork if
necessary. The grievance committee is to be formed prior to the
tournament and announced at the coach’s meeting. It should be comprised
of: Head official, tournament director, and host club
representative.
Tuff again stated that sanctioned tournaments will be held to this
standard and must take responsibility.
Tuff announced that the executive board was recommending an increase to
$20 for participant’s entry fee to the USAWKS State Tournament. This
will be voted on at the state body meeting.
In 2008 coaches will be subjected to a background check which will cost
$18 per coach. Coaches will not be able to obtain a current season’s
coaching card unless they pass the background check being mandated by
USA Wrestling. USA Wrestling will give access to a secured site to
submit the required information. The background checks will be good for
two years. Tuff and Mark stated that this was put into force by USA
Wrestling and they will be setting the standard.
Ralph Theis had a question regarding his club’s initiative to perform
their own background checks. He wanted to know what USA Wrestling was
checking on. Mark and Tuff responded that Mike Juby would be able to
answer these questions and that they were sure that USA Wrestling will
demand that their background check is utilized as well.
Ned Price reported that TRACKWRESTLING will be used for the state and
state qualifying series this year. The cost will be $.25 per wrestler.
He encourage everyone to start using this service for open and novice
tournaments during the year. The program will print bout sheets,
brackets and run your entire event. Tournaments will need
computers with internet access and printing capability.
Randy Hinderlieter announced that the Wrestling Hall of Fame Banquet
would be held in Chanute, KS on October 21 at 4pm. Inductees to be
recognized: Jody Thompson, Earl Jones, and Ken Jones. Agenda to
include a good meal and great stories.
The treasurer’s report was distributed and ensuing discussion concerning
how much we should carry was started by Doug Vanderlinden. Kevin Son
made a motion to accept $2500 as being a minimum contingency balance to
be maintained by District 1. Tom Heald seconded the motion and it was
passed unanimously.
Joe Cisper’s South Sub-district report was read in his absence. The
report stated that Pittsburg did a great jo hosting sub districts. There
were weigh-in time issues and Mike Rockhold reported an issue with
weigh-in room cut off. Seeding changes outside of the bylaws and a
need for clarification was requested.
Mark Stanley gave the North Sub-district report. He thanked those who
help successfully host the event in Holton. They had 632 entrie, 33
scratches (predominantly from the 14U and 16U age groups.) They
used 13 surfaces and the tournament was completed by 2:30pm. 351
wrestlers advanced to the District 1 tournament of which 293 or 83% were
seeded. 14U had 40 unseeded wrestlers advance.
Ned Price commented that the tournament was very well run with the
exception that the awards took too long to be distributed.
Tom Peterman gave the Freestyle and Greco Roman report. Details of Team
Kansas’ successes were announced and Tom reported that Beau Vest took a
college coaching job in Nebraska. He announced that there would be $1250
available for fall clinics. Tom would not be attending the state body
meeting as he would be attending clinics at the Olympic Training Center.
His goal was to have keep Freestyle and Greco Roman interest and
training moving ahead to meet the goal of winning a National Dual Team
Championship.
Tuff commented that District 1 must work hard to spend the $2000 budget
for clinics. Doug Vanderlinden asked how he would go about requesting a
clinic. He was told to contact Tom Peterman. Sean McCarthy indicated
that wrestlers should be aware of eligibility issues.
The Southern Plains report was given. Ft. Hays will be hosting the event
for three more years. Tuff reported that more District 1 volunteers will
be needed for 2008 summer’s event.
District 1 funds. Tuff opened this discussion by requesting that all
District 1 members refrain from airing out the Henry Gallet situation on
the internet. The Johnson County attorney’s office has issued a warrant
for Henry Gallet’s arrest. Hasty Awards has come forward and stated that
Henry never paid for the District 1 medals from the 2005 tournament,
$1400. Disorganized discussion ensued. The consensus was that we need to
put more pressure on the prosecuting attorney to get something done and
that we would not plea bargain. The amount that the attorney’s office is
able to easily prove should be collected in whole. Doug Vanderlinden
commented that he was disappointed that the Kid’s Wrestling Executive
Board didn’t get more involved. Many of the club director’s wanted to
know why Hasty’s waited so long to come forwarded with their
information. Ned and Randy commented on where they felt the
responsibility to pay Hasty’s rested. Doug Vanderlinden finally made a
motion to end discussion. Motion was seconded by Tom Heald. Approved
unanimously.
Randy Hinderlieter then made a motion to give Tuff two weeks to find out
more facts and advice regarding the Hasty medals situation from the
prosecuting attorney’s office and report back to the District 1
representatives at the state body meeting. Ralph Theis seconded the
motion. Approved unanimously.
District Person of the year election:
Nominations for by:
Will Cokeley
by Tom Baughman
Beau Vest
by Tom Peterman
Dean Sheets by
Mike Clutter
Bob Phillips declines
Rick Croucher by
Stephanie McDonald
Tom Heald motioned to cease nominations. Motion seconded and
approved unanimously. Vote was conducted by show of hands which named
Dean Sheets District Person of the Year.
State Person of the year:
Nominations for by:
Will Cokeley
by Jeff Broadbent
Bob Phillips declines
Doug Vanderlinden declines
Will Cokeley is District 1’s nomination for State Person of the year.
Official of the year:
Will Cokeley nominated Don Johnson and Tyler Jobes, two officials who
perished in automobile accidents during the 2006-07 season. Motion to
cease was seconded and nominees were approved unanimously.
Tyler Jobes and Don Johnson are District 1’s nominees for State Official
of the year.
Scholarship Proposals
Tuff opened the discussion by stating that District 1 used to provide
$2000 ($500 each) to four Kansas colleges for their wrestling programs.
He stated that District 1 is the only district who generates profit.
Joe Cisper took the floor and proposed that we give funds to individual
District 1 wrestlers. He handed out a written proposal. Discussion
ensued regarding his proposal.
Randy Hinderleiter stated that the funds should only be awarded to be
used for USA wrestling events.
Sean Budke stated that he felt Brute Nationals was too close to be using
our funds for.
Mike Rockhold wanted to know if it would be acceptable to apply for a
scholarship on behalf of an athlete.
Will Cokeley suggested a matrix of tournaments, requirements, and funds
available. He also mentioned that we should make sure that we didn’t
harm a wrestler’s NCAA eligibility.
Doug Vanderlinden wanted to give $1000 to each of the colleges located
in District 1 to be used for wrestling only.
Sheryle Seaton wanted to know if the funds would be provided prior to
the event or as a reimbursement.
Randy Hinderleiter motioned to cease discussion and form a committee of
five members to provide proposals for the spring meeting. Ned Price
seconded the motion and it was approved unanimously.
COMMITTEE:
Doug Vanderlinden Chairman
Kevin Son
Sean Budke
Sean McCarthy
Randy Hinderlieter
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
North Subdistrict Director
Will Cokeley nominated Mark Stanley.
No other nominations. Nominations were motioned to cease by Dean Sheets,
seconded by Stephanie McDonald and Mark was approved unanimously.
South Subdistrict Director
Randy Hinderlieter nominated Joe
Cisper. No other nominations. Dean Sheets motioned to cease nominations.
Stephanie McDonald seconded. Joe was approved unanimously.
Treasurer
Bob Phillips recommended and
nominated Barb Shields from the Jackson County Wrestling Club. No other
nominations. Dean Sheets motioned to cease nominations. Stephanie
McDonald seconded. Barb was approved unanimously.
REDISTRICTING
A discussion regarding the shift in
population and continued growth in District 1. Will Cokeley stated that
there was a need to study the population distribution and make some
recommendations. A committee was formed.
Ned Price – Chairman
Will Cokeley
Derek – Chanute
Doug Hitchcock – Pittsburg
Frank Speer – Doniphan County
Mike Lovvorne – Jackson County
Michelle Stepceer – Topeka
Committee is to meet and make recommendations at the spring meeting.
District Tournament Location
Mark Stanley stated that everything was in place for the Topeka Expo
Center to host the District 1 tournament. Full Size mats would be used
and he was exploring many options for obtaining funds and hosting other
events the same weekend.
Tuff mentioned that there was concern that since this was our only fund
maker we might not profit without the funds from concessions and the
gate. He wanted to know what Mark had planned to offset the loss of
these two revenue generators.
Mark explained that they would be generating funds from advertising,
corporate sponsors, City of Topeka, Bed Tax Share, and he was also
exploring a Tourism Board grant. He is confident that this event will
make as much or more than past district 1 tournaments, perhaps more than
$5000 profit.
The cost to attend will be $3 for adults and $2 for children. There will
be NO outside food or drinks and there WILL be bag searches. Volunteers
will receive passes for admission and there is a need for help.
Randy Hinderleiter wanted to know what services the Expo Center would be
providing. Mark answered security and medical.
Sub districting sites were approved unanimously:
North Jackson County will host at
the Holton High School
South Pittsburg will host at
Pittsburg State University
Randy Hinderleiter announced the Bronze clinics and KWCA meeting:
October 27 Salina
November 11 Holton
December 9 Iola
December 9 Mill Valley
Tuff announced that he would be attending the area officials meeting to
register officials for Kids Wrestling. It was emphasized that the new
mandatory mouthpiece rule would be enforced and that tournaments must
have at least 50% of their officials registered as both Kids and KSHSAA
officials.
Meeting was adjourned!!!!
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