SCUSAG Meeting called to order by Joanne Child

at 5:50, August 23, 2008

Carolina Gymnastics

Members Present:

Tricha Tina

Louie Mendi

Vicki Reggie

Janet Davita

Dave Louise

Not Present: Winnie, Gary

Motion to accept the minutes from May 26^th with the correction that the last statement should read:

By August if a club has not paid their competition fees, meet tax or monies owed to the state, they will not be able to host a qualifying meet, and they will not be eligible to bid on a meet.

Motion made to accept by Davita

2^nd Louise

Passed unanimously

*Joannne clarified how the Optional meet will run with the addition of Level 5 and 6. There was a concern about the floors that will be provided and the use of 4 judges that will add time to the overall meet. Joanne will be responsible for going over the details with Mark Bonsky.

*State meet Judging panels will be voted on by email, since Availability Forms are not back yet.

* Discussion of State Meet gifts

Joanne suggested custom made medals. Trish will call A-one for pricing by next meeting and email the information to the Board.

Motion made to give custom medals at State meets for 2-10 as gifts.

Motion made by Louie

2^nd by Mendi

Passed unanimously

Discussion of criteria for assigning judges to Prep Opt Regional Invitational

Motion: That the following criteria be the Qualifications for Athletes representing South Carolina at the Region 8 prep Opt Regional Invitational:

1) The top six athletes regardless of age group from each Prep Opt level

Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. These athletes will be provided a leotard and will participate in the State team competitions.

2) Any athlete that has competed at the SC Prep Opt state meet is eligible to attend the Regional Invitational as an All-Star Athlete. This will be for all four prep Opt levels- Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum.

Motion made by Louise

2^nd Vicki

Passed unanimously

Discussion concerning the criteria for selection of judges for PO Regionals. Discussion as to whether those assigned to 8,9 or 10 Regionals would be eligible

Vote: 7 for including Regional judges

2 Opposed

Motion to accept the following Guidelines for assigning Judges to Prep. Opt Regional Invitational made by Louise

2^nd by Louie

Criteria will be

1) Must hold a Level 9 or higher rating

2) Must have volunteered 3 or more hours at SC PO Clinic or in a gym working with PO athletes. (Documentation must be provided)

3) Must have judged two invitationals with PO sessions or the SC PO Meet

4) Must turn in on time the Regional PO Availability Form

Passed unanimously

A rotation will be determined by placing the judges into two separate columns- one of the Brevet/National rated judges, one from level 10/9 rated judges both in rank order. Each year one judge from each column will be chosen to attend based on the above criteria. The judges that attend PO Regionals will be placed on the bottom of the rotation the following year.

Review of Criteria for Event Specialists will be:

*Event Specialist may be at 8,9,10 level

* Fee will be $20.00 per event meet fee

* They will be eligible for event awards and may count toward team competition

* Will be required to submit an " intent form" from Club handbook to be a specialist at the State meet by Jan. 15^th.

* Can be a specialist on 3 events but not 4

Let the notes reflect that there was a mistake made in the meeting notes for May 18, 2007

"Criteria for selection of Judges to the State Meets" should read that: Judges that hold National and Regional offices will be exempt from fulfilling SCUSAG criteria for selection of judges to the state meets.

Motion to adjourn made by Louie

2^nd by Trich

Meeting adjourned at 7:30

Respectfully submitted:

Carol Olney SCUSAG Secretary

SCUSAG Board Meeting

May 26, 2008/ 11:00

Carolina Gymnastics

Members present:

Gary Trish

Mendi Winnie

Louie Vicki

Louise Davita

Dave Terry

Reggie Carol

Janet

Minutes were read and approved

Motion made by Mendi

2^nd by Vicki

Beginning August 1, 2008 anyone who misses 3 meetings will be off the SCUSAG board. It has been decided nationally that no proxy will be accepted.

Budgets for the state meets were reviewed

Concerns:

2 vs 4 judge panel for compulsory meets due to room and finances

Is there a seat for all spectators after they have paid ?

Do we need a letter to address a ceiling on gate prices at meets?

Discussion of which Levels could stand alone was based on the following numbers:

Level 4- 325 Level 8-68

Level 5- 246 Level 9- 35

Level 6- 70 Level 10- 7

Level 7-91 Prep opt.- 224

Level 2/3- 164

Proposal

Motion made by Winnie that we have the following levels compete together

2^nd by Vicki

Optional-7-10

Level 5/6

Level 4

Level 2/3 and Prep Opt.

Passed

1 abstention

Proposal made by Dave that we have a 4 judge for panel 5/6

Vote was taken for a 2 judge panel- 5 for

Vote was taken for 4 judges- 7 for

Passed 4 judge panel

The following meets will have the following judging panels:

Optional 7-10- 4 judges

Level 5/6- 4 judges

Level 4- 2 judges

Level 2/3, and prep opt- 2 judges

Motion made to have specialist at Level 8,9,10 with an entry fee of $20.00 per event.

Motion: Winnie

2^nd: Louise

Passed unanimously

Motion made to have 8.0 as a qualifying score

Motion- Winnie

2^nd: Louie

Opposed- 3

For- 10

Passed

Motion made by Gary to charge the following entry fees

2^nd by Louie

Level2/3 Entry fee $40 (5.00 to state)

Level Prep opt.- Entry fee $45.00 ($5.00 to state)

Level- 4- Entry fee- $55/($5.00 to state)

Level 5 and 6 – Entry fee $60.00 ($1.00 to state)

Level 7-10- Entry fee- $70.00

** Prep opt. was charged more since they are getting medals as compared to ribbons

Passed unanimously

Winnie made motion to leave all qualifying scores from 07-08 season the same for 08-09.

Motion: Winnie

2^nd- Janet

Passed unanimously

Motion made to leave all age groups the same from 07-08.

Motion: Mendi

2^nd: Louie

Passed unanimously

Discussion for early state meet. This will be tabled until later and we can poll the general population.

Discussion on dates for the state meets. Most dates were agreed upon except for Level 4 where 3 dates were considered.

Vote- 5 for March 14-15

3 for April 25-26

5 for May 1-3

Deciding vote cast by Chairman

Motion made for State meets to be on the following dates

Motion: Gary

2^nd- Louie

Optional State Meet- March 28 and 29

Level 5/6- March 21 and 22

Level 4- March 13- 15

Prep opt. Level 2/3- April 3-5

Prep opt Regional Invitational- May 1-3

Motion that designation date for all levels be March 2, 2009

Motion: Vicki

2^nd Mendi

Passed unanimously

Need Designation form for your specialist by Jan. 15^th, 2009

Specialist will be eligible for event and team awards not all-around

August 23- Brad Harris- Clinic/PM at Carolina- $50.00

August 24- Brad Harris AM/ State Board meeting 2:00

Sept. 6-7 Compulsory Clinic at Carolina

Sept. 13^th- Region 8 and NAWGJ Symposium

Sept. 26^th- Optional Clinic at Louie’s

Oct. 3-5- Region 8 Training Camp/ 8’s and 9’s

Oct. 11-12- Level 2/3, prep opt. possibly Columbia Academy

Oct. 24-26- Judges Cup- Aiken

Motion made to accept the Regional Rules for Prep Opt.Rules as presented

2^nd by Davita

For-11

Abstain-1

Opposed-1

Discussion and video presented to allow Ally Glenn from Gymnastics and More to go to Level 7 for 2008-2009 season

Passed unanimously

By August if a club has not paid their head tax, tacking or monies owed to the state, they will not be able to host a qualifying meet and they will not be eligible to bid on a meet.

Motion: Dave

2^nd Winnie

Passed unanimously

Meeting was adjourned: 2:45

Respectfully submitted

Carol Olney/ Secretary

USAG Board Meeting

Friday March 28^th, 2008

Newberry Middle School

Optional State meet

Meeting called to order @9:30pm by Joanne Child

Board Members present:

Joanne Child Louie Lugori Dave Kirkwood

Winnie Witten Tricha Tapio Vicki Walker

Gary Knisley Mendi Knisley Janet Efland

Terry Mula Davita Ivey Louise Peck

Jaqueline Bailey

Minutes from previous board meeting distributed to board members.

Motion to accept minutes as printed – Gary Knisley

2^nd- Jacqueline Bailey

Motion passed unanimously

Board members expressed the desire to see changes regarding next years state meet schedule

1. Is it possible to eliminate the long 3 day weekends for State meets and get to a point that we can stop asking parents to pull their kids out of school to attend a state meet? This would mean rearranging the levels at each of our state meets and possibly adding another weekend.

2. Is it time to go back to a split season with an early compulsory state meet in December which would allow these athletes to compete prep opt in the second season.

3. The possibility of using 2 judge panels for the lower state meets

was also discussed.

All of these issues were tabled until the next board meeting in May.

There was discussion regarding the printed tentative dates for clinics for the next season. No decision was made.

This issue was also tabled until dates for next year’s state meet can be further discussed and finalized which will be at the next board meeting in May.

1. Katie Gonzales
2. Courtney Arnold

Vicki Walker mentioned that there was a gym club that would like to donate yearly to the scholarship fund. This idea was agreeable to all the board members. There will be an announcement to all gym clubs that we will be accepting scholarship contributions. This will be in the next SC USAG newsletter. It was not decided as to how the donated money would be used. It could add to the amount of the scholarship or be used to offset the expenses of the scholarship.

This issue will be voted on at a later date.

Joanne explained to board members the voting process.

The criteria for choosing eligible candidates was discussed.

Two additional names were added to the slate of candidates

By Mendi Knisley

All Board members were given a slate of eligible candidates

The board members each voted by secret ballot for 5 from the above list.

The ones with the most votes became candidates on the final slate

for coach of the year 2008.

The Final slate of 6 for Coach of the year 2008

The board members again voted by secret ballot for the winner.

Joanne Child

Maureen Williamson

Louie Liguori

Mark Goodson

Davita Ivey

Jodi Davis

Coach of the year 2008 winner by popular board vote:

Joanne Child

Next Board meeting scheduled Sunday May 25^th @ 2:00pm

at Carolina Gymnastics Center

Meeting was adjourned at 10:05pm

Joanne Child Reggie Mixon

Carol Olney Dave Kirkwood

Winnie Witten Vicky Walker

Gary Knisley Ann Walker (for Louie)

Mendi Knisley Janet Efland

Louise Peck

Absent: Janada Jay, Jacquelin Bailey, Tina Jones, Tricha Tapio, Terry Mula, Davita Ivey

Carol presented proposal. Since this is a gymnastics scholarship, changes were made to weight the gymnastic competition category heavier; Competed at Nationals will be worth 30 points and Regionals 15 points. This brought our other categories to 10.

Since many perspective scholarship applicants are having difficulty getting their first grading period grades in by the deadline, it will be extended to Dec. 15^th for this year.

Vicky Walker will send out a memo regarding this extension.

Dave will send out letters and coupons to eligible gymnasts since he has all the information in his computer. Reminder to include in the letter that "orders must be made at the State meet".

Minimum requirement; Coach needs to have coached level 9 or 10 at a State Meet

Winnie, Mendi, and Carol will work on the criteria and slate which will be presented to the Board at the next meeting- Level 4/5 State meet.

Mendi and Gary will work on dates for all the Training Camps for next year and have a proposal ready for the board.

Meeting was called to order by Joanne on August 26, 2007 at Carolina Gymnastics

Corrections were made to add date of May 18^, 2007

Corrections: Strike "Proposal to put Prep opt. On Friday, Level 4 Sat. and Level 5 Sunday". This was a side discussion that was never brought to the table.

Minutes were accepted with corrections

In attendance:

Vicki Carol

Reggie Joanne

Janet Mendi

Davita Dave

Trish Louise

Winnie Louie

Tina Gary

Terry

Absent: Janada, Jacquelin

Board members were reminded not to discuss information discussed in Board meetings.

Most board members returned to their present positions since they ran unopposed. There were a few changes:

Vicki was nominated for the Newsletter position

Winnie was nominated for assistant State Chair- ran unopposed

Reggie ran for Middle of the state rep for optionals.

Gary ran for Fund-raising/education which was vacated by Reggie

* The new Board is listed on the front of the Quick Reference 2007-2008 SC Competition calendar

Joanne reminded everyone that USAG will begin conducting background checks with those whose membership expires in October. The cost will be an additional $20.00.

South Carolina (and our leadership) must be congratulated for keeping us well within the rules.

The only change we need to make is regarding team competitions for those gymnasts who have switched gyms right before the state meet.

Team competitions/ If a gymnast changes to another team before the state meet, they are allowed to compete at the state meet and be in the team competition for the team they are entered under.

Discussion:

There was much discussion on applying the rules fairly regarding criteria for judging the state meet. There were concerns over judges who had not fulfilled the states criteria especially due the national education commitments and duties.

Motion:

Mendi: That we accept the State judging panels as presented with the condition that the official will fulfill the requirement set by the state board or will be replaced.

2^nd by Gary

7/14

Not passed

More discussion followed regarding the demands on those officials who hold a higher rating and hold regional and national offices. It was felt that they are constantly making a contribution to South Carolina through their continual service. Taking that into consideration, the following motion was made:

Gary: Motion that National office holders for NAWGJ or USAG will be exempt from fulfilling the SCUSAG criteria for Selection of Judges to the state meet.

2^nd Dave

Passed

2 abstentions

Trish made a motion to accept the State Judging Panels as presented by NAWGJ

2^nd by Terry

Passed

1 abstention

The State Board voted that state entries are due 21 days before competition. Gymnasts may qualify up to 14 days before state meets.

Reps will get the names and addresses to me by Sept. 15^th of those girls eligible for letterman jackets

We will table discussion on whether to have competition specialists at the state meets.

Will have further discussion if we will accept Level 10 specialists this year.

Next Board Meeting will be Nov. 18th

Meeting adjourned 1:45