2001 Annual Meeting Minutes
2001
Annual Meeting Minutes
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The meeting was held Friday, December 7, 2001 In attendance: Daniel Sharadin, Commissioner; Tom Tracey, Director of Officials; Mike McDowell, Director of Communication; Scott Reed, George Washington; Jim Floerchinger, Harvard; Amber Drury-Pinto, Michigan; Sandy Sheridan, Hartwick; Mike Maroney, Hartwick; Christine Honig, Marist; Jim Kelly, Wagner; Barry King, Indiana; Keith Bullion, Grove City; Carey Heckman, Dartmouth; Luis Nicolao, Princeton; Jim Yeamans, Slippery Rock; Josh Heynes, Penn State Behrend; Don Sherman, Gannon; Todd Clapper, Brown; John Zeigler, Bucknell; Carl Quigley, St. Francis; Derek Ellingson, Queens; Allyson Gillespie, Villanova; Joe Linehan, U. S. Merchant Marine Academy The meeting began with a discussion of the various proposals. Women’s Varsity Schedule Proposal 1 The Commissioner made a motion to limit the ability to change the women’s varsity schedule on odd numbered years and that any change proposed on even numbered years must first have the support of 75% of the coaches present and eligible to vote. Allyson Gillespie seconded. Motion passed. Women’s Varsity Schedule Proposal 2 Michael Maroney withdrew this proposal. Women’s Varsity Schedule Proposal 3 Michael Maroney made a motion to create a seeding committee that will seed all women’s championships. Allyson Gillespie seconded. Motion passed. Women’s General Proposal 1 Michael Maroney made a motion that women’s coaches must submit tournament statistics when nominating a player for the all-Tournament Team at Eastern Championships and that fees be increased to pay for a staff member to collate these statistics during the event. Allyson Gillespie seconded. Motion failed. Women’s General Proposal 2 Michael Maroney made a motion that would require members to sign a two-year commitment to the CWPA in order to vote at a CWPA meeting on women’s water polo issues. Allyson Gillespie seconded. Motion failed. Women’s General Proposal 3 Michael Maroney made a motion that a poll committee is created for the purpose of conducting a weekly poll that includes additional teams receiving votes and the number of votes they received. This poll committee will also serve as the body responsible for seeding the women’s championship events. Todd Clapper seconded. Motion passed. A motion was made by Mike Maroney to include the top ten teams in the weekly poll, with any additional teams receiving votes listed at the bottom in paragraph form, including their vote totals. John Zeigler seconded. Motion passed.Women’s General Proposal 4 Michael Maroney made a motion that requires a one-year suspension for any CWPA team that qualifies for a post season championship as the CWPA representative and fails to attend. Jim Kelly seconded. Motion failed. By consensus the women’s coaches are not supporting the National Collegiate Select Championship as an event that will mandate participation by CWPA teams that qualify to go. While they believe it to be a worthwhile tournament, it should remain the individual institution’s right to decline without penalty.New Business Allyson Gillespie made a motion that the Eastern Championship field consist of the top five teams from the Northern Division and the top five teams from the Southern Division, as per their finish in each of their respective championships. The remaining two teams will be chosen At-large by the Poll Committee, who shall also seed the tournament. Seconded by Derek Ellingson. Motion passed. The format for the tournament was discussed at length and it was determined that the twelve-team format currently used will serve as the approved version. Discussion included the role and make-up of the Poll Committee.Keith Bullion made a motion that the committee be comprised of two members from the northern region and two members from the southern region and the chair be from the region that won the prior season. Todd Clapper seconded. Motion failed. Barry King made a motion that the committee is comprised of one individual from each region (NY, NE, MS, AL) and the chair be selected during the annual meeting by a vote of the eligible coaches. Allyson Seconded. Motion passed. Joe Linehan was voted as the chair. The meeting then divided into regions and the coaches from each region selected the following individuals to the committee: John Zeigler, Amber Pinto, Mike Maroney, and Jim Floerchinger. The five-member committee will have the following duties and will serve one-year terms:
The Commissioner noted that the poll committee must have two conference calls during the season, one immediately following the regular season to seed the divisional championships and one following the divisional championships to seed the Eastern Championships. The meeting was held Friday, December
7, 2001 Men’s Varsity Schedule Proposal 1The Commissioner made a motion to limit the ability to change the men’s varsity schedule on odd numbered years and that any change proposed on even numbered years must first have the support of 75% of the coaches present and eligible to vote. Mike Schofield seconded. Motion passed. Men’s Varsity Schedule Proposal 2 Men’s Varsity Schedule Proposal 3 1. Satisfy institutional
constraints regarding individual team travel a. No team will be
required to travel more than one hour from one site to another during
the same weekend. Carl Quigley seconded. Motion passed. Men’s Varsity Schedule Proposal 4 After reconvening, teams decided to withdraw all other scheduling proposals and the Southern Division decided not to act on Proposal 4. In the Northern Division Todd Clapper made a motion to approve the schedule format as follows: Teams will play a complete round robin schedule. The teams in the New England region (CT, Brown, MIT, Harvard, UMass) and the teams in the New York region will play their crossover games during two weekends of competition, one of which is in the northern region and one of which is at Fordham (or any other facility meeting maximum size regulations in the New York area). The crossover weekend must be in a 30-meter all-deep facility (Fordham meets the requirement by mutual agreement). Games between teams within the same region have the option to be pulled for home and home match-ups or played in a tournament format. Since CT College is further from other teams in their region, Todd Clapper indicated that Brown would go to Connecticut to play there. Likewise, Harvard and other teams indicated their willingness to play at Connecticut on Friday, on their way to New York City in order to ensure CT College receives home games. Lastly, teams must let the office know in advance if they prefer to play all of their crossover games on one day or extend their competition over two days. Derek Ellingson seconded. Motion passed. Men’s Varsity
Schedule Proposals 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d were withdrawn Men’s Varsity Schedule Proposal 6 Russ
Yarworth made a motion to restructure the Northern Division Championships
to the following 10-team format. Division III Issues The
Division III issues were then discussed and by consensus, it was determined
that the Division III regional tournament would be invitational in nature
and not coordinated by the CWPA office. The host team would be responsible
for sending the invitations, collecting fees and paying the officials.
Keith
Bullion requested that a mail ballot be issued to the Division III coaches,
explaining the seeding concept for women’s championships and asking if
they want to continue their present policy in which every coach receives
a vote or use the women’s method of selecting a poll committee. The Commissioner
indicated he would send it out following the meeting. Keith Bullion made a motion that the CWPA conduct a poll to establish a ranking of officials after the Division III Eastern Championship. The result of this ranking will assign the referees for the following year for the invitational and championship. Teams would be required to send in their poll as part of the mail ballot in the future, or be present to vote at the annual meeting. Seconded by Joe Linehan. Motion passed. Commissioner’s Note: Assignments based in part on availability. Ranking will only serve to create a priority list from which the officials are chosen based on their availability. Keith Bullion made a motion that the Eastern Division III Championship Site Selection be adopted as follows:
Seconded by Josh Heynes. Motion passed. The
Commissioner requested that the Southern Division clarify their rotation
within their regular season. Teams indicated that the schedule should
be constructed same as last season. The crossover will alternate between
regions. Teams in the Southern region will travel to Bucknell, while Johns
Hopkins and George Washington will receive home games. Navy or Princeton
will host the championship and crossover when it rotates to the region.
The Commissioner stressed the importance for coaches to send their preferences regarding scheduling before the schedule is drafted. Coaches are required to send in their preferences by the week following the meeting. The Commissioner stated he would develop a rotation for championships that posted the crossover locations for the divisions as well as the championship sites. The current rotation is as follows:
The meeting was held Friday, December 7, 2001 In attendance: Daniel Sharadin, Commissioner; Tom Tracey, Director of Officials; Mike McDowell, Director of Communication; Scott Reed, George Washington; Jim Floerchinger, Harvard; Amber Drury-Pinto, Michigan; Sandy Sheridan, Hartwick; Mike Maroney, Hartwick; Christine Honig, Marist; Jim Kelly, Wagner; Barry King, Indiana; Keith Bullion, Grove City; Carey Heckman, Dartmouth; Luis Nicolao, Princeton; Jim Yeamans, Slippery Rock; Josh Heynes, Penn State Behrend; Don Sherman, Gannon; Todd Clapper, Brown; John Zeigler, Bucknell; Carl Quigley, St. Francis; Derek Ellingson, Queens; Allyson Gillespie, Villanova; Joe Linehan, U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, ; Russ Yarworth, Massachusetts; Roch King, Bloomsburg The Commissioner gave a presentation outlining the annual report for the organization. A copy of this report can be seen by clicking here. The report also included the Strategic Plan for the next three years. You may read a copy of this plan by clicking here. As part of the Strategic Plan, Bill Bettencourt from Arena made a presentation soliciting the CWPA’s involvement in a partnership. The relationship would involve naming the Arena ball as the official ball of the CWPA. Arena would provide product and cash in exchange for certain requirements. The Commissioner indicated he would review the agreement and discuss the proposal with the Board. Elections were held for the Board of Review. Jim Floerchinger, Allyson Gillespie, John Benedick, Loren Bertocci were named, with one referee still to be appointed by agreement from Loren Bertocci and Tom Tracey. Elections for the Board of Directors were held and John Benedick was elected as the administrator, Scott Reed as the coach, and Stuart Sheldon as the non administrator/coach. The
Commissioner explained the crowd control policy
approved by the Board of Directors this past year that will become policy
for future competitive events. A copy of this policy can now be found
on the web site under Host Requirements. The Commissioner made a motion to add the following statement to the CWPA Code of Conduct: Consumption
of alcoholic beverages or use of tobacco products is prohibited at all
CWPA events by spectators, officials, coaches, and athletes. General Membership Proposal 2
Carey Heckman seconded. Motion passed. General Membership Proposal 3 General Membership Proposal 4 Eastern Varsity Championships Game management duties include: 1. Staffing the official’s
desk and merchandise table. Teams would still be responsible for facility
related set up and clean up. In addition, dependent upon availability from the CWPA staff, the host of a regular season contest or division championship may also request this service. The fees for this position will be generated from the gate receipts generated at the events. The host will not receive any portion of the gate. Amber Pinto seconded. Motion passed. Officiating Proposals Officiating Proposal 1 1. The protest had
to be filed in accordance with NCAA rules.
To appeal the protest, a copy of the protest must be sent to the CWPA office along with a brief explanation regarding why the appeal is warranted, within 48 hours of the conclusion the event. The proposal was seconded by Luis Nicolao. Motion passed. Officiating Proposal 2 After some discussion, John Zeigler made a motion to amend the language to eliminate any reference to protests. Jim Floerchinger seconded. Amendment passed. The Commissioner clarified that this motion would also include video to review brutalities committed during the contest that were missed by the official, provided a visible injury resulted from the brutality. The original motion
is submitted below, including the language that was Final Proposal During the tournament 1. Video will only be
used in the case of 3. 4. The video must be made available to the head referee within five minutes of the game’s conclusion. The head referee in consultation with the tournament committee must make a determination within ten minutes. 5. Unless the video conclusively shows otherwise, the judgment of the officials at the time the incident occurred takes priority in the situation. The head referee, as chair of the tournament committee will be responsible for making the determination regarding whether the video is conclusive. Video submitted to the CWPA office 1. Video will only be
used in the case of 3. All video must be submitted to the office by 5:00 PM EST within two days following the game. For tournaments ending on Sunday, this would mean Tuesday at 5:00 PM EST. 4. Unless the video conclusively shows otherwise, the judgment of the officials at the time the incident occurred takes priority in the situation. The Commissioner, in consultation with the Director of Officials, will be responsible for making the determination regarding whether the video is conclusive. Any observations from the video will then be forwarded to the Board of Review for their recommendations. When possible, the video will be sent digitally to the members of the Board of Review. Motion passed. Officiating
Proposal 3 Officiating Proposal 4 New Business Allyson Gillespie made a motion to move the annual meeting to Monday instead of Friday. John Zeigler seconded. Motion failed. Todd Clapper made
a motion that the men establish a weekly Top 10 poll. Mike Schofield seconded.
Committee will include Jim Floerchinger, John Zeigler, Joe Linehan, Price
Atkinson, and one member yet to be named. Motion passed.
On even years the regular season tournaments will be held at Indiana and on odd years, at Michigan. The remaining tournament will be at Salem/Washington & Jefferson, Erie, or Grove City/Slippery Rock, with pulled games to ensure home contests at as many institutions as possible. Schedule approved by consensus with no dissent. Meeting adjourned 6:30
PM. The club proposals were decided by mail ballot. Each team in the country had the opportunity to vote. The results of the voting are listed below. Club General Proposal 1 2002 $32.00 Club Eligibility Proposal 1a 1.
If an athlete has participated on a varsity water polo team for any length
of time (junior college or four-year institution), that athlete has a
total of four years of eligibility, including the year(s) played on the
varsity level. Furthermore, a redshirt year counts as a year of varsity
competition. Example 1: A player competes for a varsity team and quits during his/her freshman year after a month. That athlete has used one of his/her four years of eligibility and is ineligible to compete for a club team during the season he left the varsity team. He/she may play for a club team beginning next season for a period of no more than three years. Example 2: A player redshirts his first year and decides to quit prior to his sophomore year. He/she is eligible to compete for a club team a maximum of three years beginning with the next season. Example 3: A player competes for a varsity program for four years. He/she is ineligible to compete for a club team on the graduate or undergraduate level. Example 4: A player competes four years on a club level. He/she may compete for a club team during graduate school provided enrollment is full-time. Motion Failed Club
Eligibility Proposal 1b Any
athlete who has competed at the Division I level for over one year is
ineligible to play club water polo in the CWPA. This includes athletes
who have exhausted their NCAA eligibility and any athlete who name has
appeared on a division I roster for more then one year. Club Eligibility Proposal 1c This proposal is to add a rule for the Women's Club Division in the Collegiate Water Polo Association, Pacific Coast Division, for the 2002 season. The rule would state that only graduate and undergraduate students at a university enrolled in the CWPA's Pacific Coast Division who have not completed four years of intercollegiate water polo may compete. Motion failed. Club Eligibility Proposal 2 Club Eligibility Proposal 3 Motion passed. |
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