The NSAA Board of Directors met on May 21, 2015 at the Regency Marriot in Omaha, Nebraska with the following members present:
District I - Mark Norvell, Fillmore Central
District I - Wendy Henrichs, Lincoln East
District II - Dr. Bob Reznicek, Boys Town
District II - Nolan Beyer, Millard Public Schools
District III - Jay Bellar, Battle Creek
District IV - Dr. Brian Maher, Kearney
District V - Alan Garey, Medicine Valley
District VI - Dr. Troy Unzicker, Alliance
Also in attendance were Rex Schulte, NSAA Legal Counsel; Julia Plucker, NSAA Lobbyist; Dan Keyser, Sutherland; Bill Fitzgerald, Activities Director, Fremont High School; Darrin Max, Principal/Activities Director, Anselmo-Merna Public Schools; Jason Ryan, Activities Director, Papillion-LaVista; Kelly Blair; Hunter Blair; Alexander Blair; Andrew Klaus; Irene Braun; Dr. Deb Anderson, Project Harmony; Rick Whitworth, Attorney; Shane Arndt; Jared Ertz; Michael Watson; Jack Noble; Ean Sawtille; Braxton Foayonga; Alex Atkinson; Noah Bell; Adam Atkinson; Naomi Cunningham; and Kelly Clausen, NHSOA.
The meeting was called to order at 12:05 p.m.
1. It was moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Items on the Consent Agenda included: approval of the meeting agenda as presented; minutes of the April 9, 2015 regular Board meeting; minutes of the April 10, 2015 Representative Assembly; minutes of the April 14, 2015 Advisory Committee on Play Production; financial statements; new cooperative sponsorships for Southern and Diller-Odell High Schools for Boys Golf; Centura and Elba High Schools for Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country and Wrestling; Sargent and Loup County High Schools for Wrestling; Hayes Center and Maywood High Schools for Volleyball, Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country, Girls Golf, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Boys Track & Field, Girls Track & Field and Boys Golf; Elgin and Pope John High Schools for Instrumental Music; Pender and Bancroft-Rosalie High Schools for Girls Golf; Ansley and Litchfield High Schools for Boys Cross Country and Girls Cross Country; Cooperative Sponsorship Renewals for Grand Island, Grand Island Central Catholic, Northwest and St. Paul High Schools for Boys Swimming and Girls Swimming; South Sioux City and Ponca High Schools for Softball; Blue Hill and Red Cloud High Schools for Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country and Wrestling; Omaha Concordia, Omaha Brownell-Talbot and Omaha Christian Academy for Baseball; Eustis-Farnam and Medicine Valley High Schools for Boys Cross Country and Girls Cross Country; Madison, Humphrey and Lindsay Holy Family High Schools for Softball; Clarkson and Leigh High Schools for Football, Volleyball; Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball; Boys Track & Field, Girls Track & Field and Boys Golf; Wayne and Wakefield High Schools for Baseball; Restructure of Current Cooperative Sponsorships for the following schools: Removal of Bancroft-Rosalie from the Wisner-Pilger and Lyons-Decatur Northeast Softball Cooperative. Motion Carried: 8-0
2. Moved to approve the bid from Creighton University to host the Girls and Boys State Soccer Championships for five years; school year 2015-16 through 2019-2020. Motion Carried: 8-0
3. Moved to approve the Woods Training Center as the host site for the Boys and Girls Class B State Tennis Championships for two years; school year 2015-16 through 2016-2017. Motion Carried: 8-0
4. Moved to approve Ratification of Bylaw 1.10. Motion Carried: 8-0
5. Moved to approve the 2015-16 and 2016-17 NSAA Calendars. Motion Carried: 8-0
6. Moved to approve NSAA Policy Assessments, Approved Ruling 2.11. Motion Carried: 8-0
7. Moved to approve the NHSOA Championship Official's Pass (COP card). Motion Carried: 8-0
8. Moved to approve the presented Drone Policy. Motion Carried: 8-0
9. Moved to approve the 6-man football cooperative between Hayes Center and Maywood High Schools for the 2015-2016 school year as it does not have an impact on other NSAA administrated Football divisions or schedules. Motion Carried: 8-0
10. Moved to enter Executive Session at 2:34 p.m. Motion Carried: 8-0
11. The Board came out of Executive Session at 3:13 p.m.
12. Fremont High School Activities Director Bill Fitzgerald appeared before the Board to request a December Moratorium Waiver to allow the Fremont Girls Basketball Team to participate in the NIKE Tournament of Champions scheduled for December 18-22, 2015 with a travel date of December 17, 2015. It was moved to allow Fremont High School to hold their moratorium for all activities from December 24-28, 2015. Motion Carried: 8-0
13. Moved to extend the Executive Director's contract for the 2016-17 school year. Motion Failed: 3-5 (For: Henrichs, Garey, Maher | Against: Norvell, Reznicek, Beyer, Bellar, Unzicker)
14. Papillion-LaVista High School appeared before the Board to request a Semester Ruling Appeal. It was moved to Approve the Findings and Determinations as presented and approve the Hardship Waiver. Motion Carried: 8-0
15. Ansemlo-Merna High School Principal/Activities Director Darrin Max appeared before the Board to request a Deadline Waiver for the May 1st Transfer List. It was moved to approve the request for a Deadline Wavier of the May 1st Transfer List with an imposed fine of $250. Motion Carried: 8-0
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:55 p.m.
The next meeting of the Board of Directors is scheduled for August 19, 2015 at the Association Office in Lincoln.
District I - Mark Norvell, Fillmore Central
District I - Wendy Henrichs, Lincoln East
District II - Dr. Bob Reznicek, Boys Town
District II - Nolan Beyer, Millard Public Schools
District III - Jay Bellar, Battle Creek
District IV - Dr. Brian Maher, Kearney
District V - Alan Garey, Medicine Valley
District VI - Dr. Troy Unzicker, Alliance
Also in attendance were Rex Schulte, NSAA Legal Counsel; Julia Plucker, NSAA Lobbyist; Dan Keyser, Sutherland; Bill Fitzgerald, Activities Director, Fremont High School; Darrin Max, Principal/Activities Director, Anselmo-Merna Public Schools; Jason Ryan, Activities Director, Papillion-LaVista; Kelly Blair; Hunter Blair; Alexander Blair; Andrew Klaus; Irene Braun; Dr. Deb Anderson, Project Harmony; Rick Whitworth, Attorney; Shane Arndt; Jared Ertz; Michael Watson; Jack Noble; Ean Sawtille; Braxton Foayonga; Alex Atkinson; Noah Bell; Adam Atkinson; Naomi Cunningham; and Kelly Clausen, NHSOA.
The meeting was called to order at 12:05 p.m.
1. It was moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Items on the Consent Agenda included: approval of the meeting agenda as presented; minutes of the April 9, 2015 regular Board meeting; minutes of the April 10, 2015 Representative Assembly; minutes of the April 14, 2015 Advisory Committee on Play Production; financial statements; new cooperative sponsorships for Southern and Diller-Odell High Schools for Boys Golf; Centura and Elba High Schools for Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country and Wrestling; Sargent and Loup County High Schools for Wrestling; Hayes Center and Maywood High Schools for Volleyball, Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country, Girls Golf, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Boys Track & Field, Girls Track & Field and Boys Golf; Elgin and Pope John High Schools for Instrumental Music; Pender and Bancroft-Rosalie High Schools for Girls Golf; Ansley and Litchfield High Schools for Boys Cross Country and Girls Cross Country; Cooperative Sponsorship Renewals for Grand Island, Grand Island Central Catholic, Northwest and St. Paul High Schools for Boys Swimming and Girls Swimming; South Sioux City and Ponca High Schools for Softball; Blue Hill and Red Cloud High Schools for Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country and Wrestling; Omaha Concordia, Omaha Brownell-Talbot and Omaha Christian Academy for Baseball; Eustis-Farnam and Medicine Valley High Schools for Boys Cross Country and Girls Cross Country; Madison, Humphrey and Lindsay Holy Family High Schools for Softball; Clarkson and Leigh High Schools for Football, Volleyball; Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball; Boys Track & Field, Girls Track & Field and Boys Golf; Wayne and Wakefield High Schools for Baseball; Restructure of Current Cooperative Sponsorships for the following schools: Removal of Bancroft-Rosalie from the Wisner-Pilger and Lyons-Decatur Northeast Softball Cooperative. Motion Carried: 8-0
2. Moved to approve the bid from Creighton University to host the Girls and Boys State Soccer Championships for five years; school year 2015-16 through 2019-2020. Motion Carried: 8-0
3. Moved to approve the Woods Training Center as the host site for the Boys and Girls Class B State Tennis Championships for two years; school year 2015-16 through 2016-2017. Motion Carried: 8-0
4. Moved to approve Ratification of Bylaw 1.10. Motion Carried: 8-0
5. Moved to approve the 2015-16 and 2016-17 NSAA Calendars. Motion Carried: 8-0
6. Moved to approve NSAA Policy Assessments, Approved Ruling 2.11. Motion Carried: 8-0
7. Moved to approve the NHSOA Championship Official's Pass (COP card). Motion Carried: 8-0
8. Moved to approve the presented Drone Policy. Motion Carried: 8-0
9. Moved to approve the 6-man football cooperative between Hayes Center and Maywood High Schools for the 2015-2016 school year as it does not have an impact on other NSAA administrated Football divisions or schedules. Motion Carried: 8-0
10. Moved to enter Executive Session at 2:34 p.m. Motion Carried: 8-0
11. The Board came out of Executive Session at 3:13 p.m.
12. Fremont High School Activities Director Bill Fitzgerald appeared before the Board to request a December Moratorium Waiver to allow the Fremont Girls Basketball Team to participate in the NIKE Tournament of Champions scheduled for December 18-22, 2015 with a travel date of December 17, 2015. It was moved to allow Fremont High School to hold their moratorium for all activities from December 24-28, 2015. Motion Carried: 8-0
13. Moved to extend the Executive Director's contract for the 2016-17 school year. Motion Failed: 3-5 (For: Henrichs, Garey, Maher | Against: Norvell, Reznicek, Beyer, Bellar, Unzicker)
14. Papillion-LaVista High School appeared before the Board to request a Semester Ruling Appeal. It was moved to Approve the Findings and Determinations as presented and approve the Hardship Waiver. Motion Carried: 8-0
15. Ansemlo-Merna High School Principal/Activities Director Darrin Max appeared before the Board to request a Deadline Waiver for the May 1st Transfer List. It was moved to approve the request for a Deadline Wavier of the May 1st Transfer List with an imposed fine of $250. Motion Carried: 8-0
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:55 p.m.
The next meeting of the Board of Directors is scheduled for August 19, 2015 at the Association Office in Lincoln.