USA Gymnastics Online: Technique: Men’s Program Committee Minutes Dec 5 1997

Men’s Program Committee

December 5, 1997
Conference Call

I. Roll Call
Meeting called to order at 11:35 a.m. EST by Chair Marc Yancey.
Present:
 Marc Yancey         Chair MPC & Jr. Coaches Rep. 
 George Beckstead    FIG Rep. (absent, FIG meeting) 
 Greg Corsiglia Jr.  Coaches Rep. 
 Tim Daggett         Vice-Chair for Men 
 Mark Williams       Sr. Coaches Rep. 
 Barry Weiner        Sr. Coaches Rep. 
 Chris Waller        Athletes Rep. 
 Ron Galimore        Men’s Program Director (voice, no vote) 
 Dennis McIntyre     Men’s Program Manager (voice, no vote) 
 Peter Kormann       National Team Coordinator (voice, no vote) 
II. Approval of previous minutes
Approve the minutes of August 13, 1997.
Motion–Williams
Second–Daggett

III. Selection Criteria for the 1998 Pacific Alliance Championships Meet
Discussion began with the fact that the more recent selection criteria did not take into account gymnasts who are very strong on a couple of events but not strong enough all arounders to make USA teams. Kormann pointed out that a strong athlete on rings could have helped the 1997 World Team tremendously. Thus the selection criteria for the Pacific Alliance Team should allow athletes of this kind an opportunity to compete for a spot. Discussion then centered on the number of locked in all around spots based on rank order from the Selection Competition. Event specialists may petition to the Selection Camp if they send a video of routines with a minimum start value of 9.80 and score a minimum of 9.30. The top five athletes rank order from the all around, from the Selection Competition, will be named as the Pacific Alliance Team, unless any event team score totaling the top four scores on the event is less than 37.20 points. If the score total is less than 37.20, three all around positions will be locked in and the named coaches from the Pacific Alliance Camp will select the last two spots. An addendum included tie-breaking procedures. A removal clause will be added to the draft document which is similar to the Olympic Selection’s document.
Approve the Selection Criteria for the 1998 Pacific Alliance Championships.
Motion–Corsiglia
Second–Daggett
Passed 6 - 0.
Galimore asked Chair to move forward in the agenda to speak with Jack Swarbrick and Kathy Scanlan about the FIG nationality issue.
IV. FIG Nationality Ruling
Jack Swarbrick and Kathy Scanlan joined the conference call to review the FIG’s Nationality and Eligibility rules. Foreign athletes who have permanent residency in this country and have not competed internationally for their home countries, are eligible to compete at USAG events that lead to making the World Championship Team. This includes being members of the U.S. National Team and competing for the USA at international events and Worlds. The USAG Board of Directors allowed for funding of these eligible foreign athletes who have green cards. A sub-committee was organized to review the present funding structure. The committee will include one coach not on the MPC, Peter Kormann, Dennis McIntyre and Chris Waller. Their recommendations will be discussed at the Winter Cup MPC Meeting.
V. Selection Criteria for the 1999 Pan American Games
Galimore explained that the rationale behind the Selection Criteria for the Pan American Games are similar to the ones discussed for the Pacific Alliance Championships. Event specialists may petition to the Selection Camp if they send a video of routines with a minimum start value of 9.80 and score a minimum of 9.40. The top six athletes, in rank order all-around from the Selection Competition, will be named as the Pan American Team, unless any event team score, totaling the top five scores on the event, is less than 47.00 points. If an event total is less than 47.00, then the top four athletes rank order will be locked into making the team. Selection for the remaining two team members will be picked by the named coaches at the Selection Competition. A removal clause was added to the document.
Approve Selection Criteria for the 1999 Pan American Games.
Motion–Waller
Second–Weiner
Passed 6 - 0.

VI. Format and Qualification Criteria for the 1998 John Hancock U.S. Championships
Discussion involved the inclusion of Junior gymnasts in the Senior division all-around finals. Several members of the committee felt that the all-around finals should continue to use both the preliminary and all-around finals scores for a combined total. The Junior’s preliminary scores would not be from the same meet but Junior gymnasts may still choose to enter the Senior qualifying division if they desire to be in Senior’s Preliminary Meet. Specialist should have an opportunity to compete at the Championships. Revisions will be made to the document and a vote conducted at the next meeting.
Adjourn meeting.
Motion–Williams
Second–Weiner
Next MPC call Dec. 19 at 11:30 a.m. EST. Agenda items include 1998 Budget, U.S. Championships, and National Team Coordinator’s Report.
Meeting adjourned 2:00 p.m. EST.
This article appears in the February 1998 issue of Technique, Vol. 18, No. 2.

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