JOPC Meeting

May 9 & 10, 1998
Battle Creek, MI

Saturday, May 9, 1998, 8:45 pm:	Election of Jr. Rep. to MPC
Nominations:	Greg Corsiglia by Steve Butcher
	Hideo Mizoguchi by Joe Stallone
Elected:	Greg Corsiglia
Sunday, May 10, 1998, 9:05 am:	Meeting called to order by Chairman,
	Ray Gura

I. Roll Call

Secretary Tom Fontecchio called the meeting.

Present:

Reg. I	Hiroshi Fujimoto
Reg. II	David Klein
Reg. III	Gilbert Elsass
Reg. IV	Dan Coon
Reg. V	Bob Witmer
Reg. VI	Tom Fontecchio
Reg. VII	Jeff Barlow
Reg. VIII	Jim Hisey
Reg. IX	Dean Schott
NGJA Rep.	Jon Culbertson
Jr. Rep. MPC	Greg Corsiglia
Jr. Rep. MPC	Marc Yancey
Jr. Coaches Rep.	Kelly Crumley
Men's Program Dir.	Ron Galimore
Men's Program Mgr.	Dennis McIntyre
Chairman	Ray Gura

Absent:
Ath. Rep.

II. Approval of Previous Minutes

Motion – Marc Yancey
Second – Bob Witmer
PASSED

III. Cumiskey Award Nominations

A. Raleigh Wilson by Dean Schott
Second – Greg Corsiglia
B. Ron Galimore by Jim Hisey
Second – Gil Elsass

IV. Formation of New Competition Committee
(2001-2004) – Dennis McIntyre

A. Recommended Committee

1. West – Wayne Kerr
2. Midwest – Kevin Mazeika
3. Mideast – Stacy Maloney
4. East – Jeff Robinson
5. Judging – Jon Culbertson
6. Office – Dennis McIntyre

Motion – Marc Yancey
Second – Bob Witmer
PASSED

Update of the 2001-2004 Age Group Committee

May 1998	Formation of the 2001-2004 Age Group
	Competition Committee
May/June 1998	Distribution of study materials and
	preliminary tasks
August 1998	1st face to face meeting of committee
January 1999	Meeting – Draft of Basic Format/1st Draft of Compulsories
May 1999	Basic Format & 2nd Draft Compulsories presentation to JOPC
	Meeting – Finalize basic format/compulsories to 3rd draft
August 1999	Preliminary Document review for JOPC
	Meeting – Finalize Compulsories/review 1st draft document
Nov/Dec 1999	Video taping of compulsories, review 2nd draft document
Feb 2000	Proof Copy of Document & Video Tape ready Mar. 15, 2000.
Materials to Print
May 2000	Program Presentation at 2000 J.O. National Championships

V. National Office Report – Dennis McIntyre & Ron Galimore

A. 1999 J.O. Nationals – Bill Foster

1. Date – May 7-9, 1999
2. Site – Hofheinz Pavilion @ Univ. of Houston, Texas
3. Championship Committee – Mike Thomas, Ed Burch, Al Scharns, Gil Elsass, Bill Foster

B. Future Stars Report – Dennis McIntyre

1. Tentative dates – Not confirmed yet! Nov. 19-22, 1998
2. Regional Qualifier should be held BEFORE or on Oct. 17, 1998

C. Professional Membership & Safety Certification – Ron Galimore

1. As of August 1, 1998, all members must be Safety Certified to appear on the floor of any USA Gymnastics Sanctioned Event.
2. Registration Fee will be covered at 1998 National Congress for ALL State & Regional Chairman. Must note this on your application to National Congress.

VI. JOPC/Regional Chairmen – Job Descriptions – Jeff Barlow

A. Areas of Concern and open discussion

1. Duties of Regional Chairman
2. National Conference call to discuss problems at the Regional Level
3. Senior Member of JOPC to discuss problems with newly elected Regional Chairman
4. Develop an Elite Clinician request form instead of a phone call to National Office.

The JOPC strongly recommends the men's office staff work with USA Gymnastics membership department to improve its monthly reports and the web search capabilities of USA Gymnastics members.

Motion – Marc Yancey
Second – Bob Witmer
PASSED

VII. NGJA Liaison Report – Jon Culbertson

A. Send Final J.O. National Officials list to all Regional Chairman

B. Agenda item to add to Meeting in Indianapolis

1. Inquiry Policy at J.O. Nationals

C. Put National Apparatus Leader's Reports from J.O. Nationals on the Web

VIII. JOPC Meeting at National Congress – Indianapolis

Thursday, August 20, 1998 at 6 pm

IX. Entry Fees for State & Regional Championships – Dennis McIntyre

A. Recommendations to Change Maximums – Agenda Item to Add to Meeting in Indianapolis.

B. Present Rates –	Below State	$20
	State Level	$30
	Regional Level	$50
	National Level	$75

X. Peter Vidmar Invitational Announcement – Jeff Barlow

(speaking on behalf of Meet Directors)

A. Meet Directors would like to be a Regional Meet, if possible?? No Discussion

XI. Topics from the Floor

A. Foreign Athletes – What to do??
Topic for Discuss at National Congress – Dennis McIntyre

B. MPC Reps. (Greg & Marc) would like to be contacted with your gymnastics concerns

C. Clarification of Awards – Gil Elsass at Indianapolis

XII. Adjournment – 11:13 am

Motion – Ray Gura
Second – Bob Witmer
PASSED

Respectfully Submitted,
Tom Fontecchio, JOPC Secretary

This article appears in the July 1998 issue of Technique, Vol. 18, No. 7.

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