The meeting called to order at 8:10 a.m. by Chair, Gil Elsass.
Members Present:
Reg 1 – Roger Baldwin
Reg 2 - David Klein
Reg 3 - Gilbert Elsass
Reg 4 - Dan Coon
Reg 5 – Bob Witmer
Reg 6 - Tom Fontecchio
Reg 7 – Rick Tucker - absent
Reg 8 - Kevin White
Reg 9 - Dean Schott
Ath. Rep. – Jay Thornton- absent
NGJA Rep. - Jon
Culbertson
Jr. Rep. MPC - Bill Foster
Jr. Rep. MPC – Steve Butcher
Jr. Coaches Rep - Kelly Crumley
Men's Program Mgr. - Bo
Morris- absent
Men’s Program Dir - Dennis
McIntyre
V.P. USAG Events Dir. - Ron
Galimore
Chairman - Gilbert Elsass
II. Approval of Previous Minutes
Motion to Approve: Kevin White
Second: Dean Schott
Passed
III. 2005 JO Nationals Budget Report
Tim Erwin submitted a report to USAG.
IV. USAG Report - Ron Galimore
A. Changes at USA Gymnastics
1. New President of USAG - Steve Penny
2. Vice Presidents:
Member Services - Kathy Feldman
Programs - Kathy Kelly
Events, Olympic Relations, Men’s Program - Ron Galimore
3. New Positions available:
Assistant Coach at OTC
Jr. Olympic Program Manager
Events Coordinator
B. Events
1. 2006 Visa Championships, St. Paul, Minnesota
a. Congress - Aug. 16-19
2. American Cup – Possibly will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3. 2006 Pacific Alliance Championships - Hawaii
4. 2006 Qualifier to Championships - July 15, location to be determined
5. 2007 Visa Championships
a. Women - San Jose, California
b. Men – to be determined
c. Congress will be in San Jose, California
V. 2006 JO Nationals Report – Dennis McIntyre
A. 2006 Academic All-American Recognition Award is on the USAG web site. It can be filled out and printed as is.
B. Battle Creek is on track
C. Meet Format Update
1. Addressing FIG rule changes
2. New Code: USAG does not have it yet but should have it by September.
3. Plan for setting meet qualification
a. There will be qualifying scores
b. Rules clarification will be made and published by Dec. 1, 2005
c. AGCC will/will not make changes by Nov. 1
d. Final draft will be presented to JOPC by Nov. 15
e. Any changes will be published by Dec. 1
MOTION - AGCC Report will decide by November 1, whether they will make changes. They will present changes to JOPC by November 15, and will be published by December 1, 2005. Qualifying scores to JO Nationals will be set by February 28, 2006.
Motion: Gil Elsass
Second: Bill Foster
PASSED
MOTION - To adopt the new Pursuit of Perfection Program at the Junior Level.
Motion: Bill Foster
Second: Dan Coon
PASSED
MOTION - The JOPC recommends that the AGCC to finalize and adopt the Second Vault Proposal and, hopefully, published by October 1, 2005.
Motion: Bill Foster
Second: Kevin White
PASSED
MOTION - To accept Dennis McIntyre’s proposal of having multiple event Level 10 Athletes qualify to the 2006 JO Nationals as such:
· 5 Event Athletes needing 86 % of JO National Score
· 4 Event Athletes needing 70 % of JO National Score
· 3 Event Athletes needing 55 % of JO National Score
Athletes who do not qualify in the all around are not eligible for Regional Teams.
Motion: Bob Witmer
Second: Kevin White
PASSED
VI. 2007 JO Nationals Update – Ron Galimore
Phoenix, Arizona – Spoke to the Organizing Committee and Scott Barclay about areas of concern.
VII. 2007 and 2008 JO Nationals - Dennis McIntyre
A. Competition Format - bring Level 9’s to U.S. Championships
B. Team Selection will be at U.S. Championships for Level 10’s and 9’s.
MOTION - Dennis will establish a 7 member Format Committee that would include one member of the JOPC and himself. The committee will report back to the JOPC in Battle Creek. The parameters being that it cannot affect the 2007 JO Nationals by adding more days to the competition or change the budget.
Motion: Roger Baldwin
Second: Kevin White
PASSED
VIII. NGJA Report - Jon Culbertson
MOTION - To develop a committee chaired by Dean Schott and include Steve Butcher, Jon Culbertson, the president of the NGJA, and one member of the gymnastics community along with a member of the USAG Office (total of 6 members) to look at the judging fee structure.
Motion: Dean Schott
Second: Steve Butcher
PASSED
IX. West Virginia move to Region V
MOTION - To allow West Virginia, pending a written formal request from the West Virginia State Chairman, to move from Region 7 to Region 5
Motion: Bill Foster
Second: Bob Witmer
PASSED: 8 For; 4 Abstained
X. Regional Team Colors
MOTION - To set or change regional colors at the beginning of the quadrennium
Motion: Dean Schott
Second: Roger Baldwin
PASSED: 11 For; 1 Against
NOMINATION – To nominate Gil Elsass to be the recipient of the 2006 Frank Cumiskey Award
Nomination: Tom Fontecchio
Second: Kelly Crumley
PASSED
XII. Reports
A. AGCC - Gil Elsass
No report at this time
B. MPC – Steve Butcher and Bill Foster
MPC supports JO Nationals format
C. NGJA – Jon Culbertson
1. New JO National Apparatus Leaders Finalized
FX: Lenny Lucarello
PH: Num Kutz
SR: Mike Plourde
VT: Larry Byerly
PB: Robert Bourdreaux
HB: Greg Kester
2. Regional Championships Meet Reports
i. Have been inconsistent
ii. Possible repayment
iii. Trying to come up with some sort of template for judges to follow
D. Men’s Coaching Association – Roger Baldwin
Clubs can get on the web site and sign up. The Elite Men’s Program and Club Program are now the same association
E. Judging Issues – Steve Butcher
1. With regards to competitions that are not fully funded, the NGJA will pay the way for some judges.
2. Ken Achiron is making practice DVD’s for judging.
XIII. New Business
Future Stars
MOTION - To raise the fee for Regional Future Stars Evaluation up to a MAXIMUM of $ 50.
Motion: Kelly Crumley
Second: Kevin White
PASSED
· Kevin White: Encourage fellow gyms to support the Katrina Hurricane Relief Fund. USAG will post a web site for that purpose.
· There were considerations on the JO Nationals format with all different Ideas. Good brainstorming.
MOTION TO ADJOURN: Dan Coon
Second: Kelly Crumley
PASSED
The meeting adjourned at 6:25 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted, Tom Fontecchio, Secretary, JOPC
Approved by: Dennis McIntyre, Men’s Program Director
Approved by: Steve Penny, USA Gymnastics Presiden