NSAA Board of Directors Meeting Minutes - November 1, 2023

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The NSAA Board of Directors met on November 1, 2023 at the NSAA Office in Lincoln with the following members present:

District I - Kara Graham, Lincoln Southeast​

District I - Dr. Dana Wiseman, Sutton​

District II - Dr. Nick Wemhoff, Fort Calhoun​

District II - Thomas Lee, Omaha Westview​

District III - Dr. Jon Cerny, Bancroft-Rosalie​

District IV - Darren Tobey, Broken Bow​

District V - Robert Drews, Arapahoe​

District VI - Dr. Troy Unzicker, Alliance​

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Also in attendance were: Dr. Zainab Rida, Nebraska Department of Education liaison; Bobby Truhe, NSAA Legal Counsel; Lucas Post, HBE; and Krystal Siebrandt, HBE.

The meeting was called to order at 8:00 a.m.

1. It was moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Items on the Consent Agenda included:

- Approval of the Agenda as amended​

- Approval of the Minutes of the October 5 Board of Directors Meeting​

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- Approval of the following new cooperative sponsorships for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years​

• Fremont, Fremont Bergan and Arlington for Boys Soccer and Girls Soccer
• Lincoln Lutheran and Parkview Christian for Wrestling

- Approval of the following new cooperative sponsorships for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years​

• St. Edward and Newman Grove for Football, Volleyball, Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country, Wrestling, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Boys Track, and Girls Track
• Wausa and Osmond for Football

- Approval of the following cooperative sponsorship renewals for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years​

• Humphrey St. Francis and Lindsay Holy Family for Play Production and Speech
• Omaha Gross Catholic and Cornerstone Christian for Boys Soccer and Girls Soccer
• Omaha Christian Academy and Omaha Street School for Boys Basketball and Girls Basketball
• Cambridge and Arapahoe for Unified Bowling
• Omaha Concordia, Omaha Brownell-Talbot, Omaha Christian Academy and Douglas County West for Girls Soccer
• Omaha Concordia, Omaha Brownell-Talbot and Omaha Christian Academy for Baseball

- Approval of the following cooperative sponsorship renewals for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years​

• Emerson-Hubbard and Allen for Football, Volleyball, Wrestling, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Boys Track, Girls Track and Boys Golf
• Ansley and Litchfield for Football, Volleyball, Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country, Wrestling, Girls Wrestling, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Boys Track and Girls Track
• Bruning-Davenport and Shickley for Football, Volleyball, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Boys Track, Girls Track and Boys Golf
• Maywood and Hayes Center for Football, Volleyball, Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Boys Track, Girls Track and Boys Golf
• Stapleton and McPherson County for Football, Volleyball, Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country, Wrestling, Girls Wrestling, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Boys Track, Girls Track and Boys Golf
• Elgin and Pope John for Football, Volleyball, Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country, Wrestling, Girls Wrestling, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Boys Track, Girls Track and Boys Golf
• Sargent and Loup County for Football
• Clarkson and Leigh for Football, Volleyball, Girls Golf, Wrestling, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Boys Track, Girls Track, Boys Golf, and Unified Track
• Riverside and Spalding Academy for Football
• Logan View and Scribner-Snyder for Football
• Exeter-Milligan and Friend for Football
• Rock County and Keya Paha for Football, Volleyball, Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country, Wrestling, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Boys Track, Girls Track and Boys Golf
• Clarkson, Leigh and Howells-Dodge for Softball
• Wheeler Central and Chambers for Football
• Omaha Brownell-Talbot, Cornerstone Christian and Quest Forward Academy for Football
• Verdigre and Niobrara for Football, Volleyball, Boys Cross Country, Girls Cross Country, Wrestling, Girls Wrestling, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Boys Track, Girls Track, and Boys Golf
• Bloomfield and Wausa for Boys Cross Country and Girls Cross Country
• Callaway and Arnold for Football

Motion Carried: 8-0

2. Moved to permit Omaha Creighton Prep to Opt-Up in Speech for the 2023-2024 school year. Motion Carried: 8-0

3. Moved to Permit Homer to Opt-Up in Speech for the 2023-2024 school year. Motion Carried: 8-0

4. Moved to permit Norris to Opt-Up in Speech for the 2023-2024 school year. Motion Carried: 8-0

5. Moved to permit Gretna East to Opt-Up in Speech for the 2023-2024 school year. Motion Carried: 8-0

6. Moved to permit Lexington to Opt-Up in Speech for the 2023-2024 school year. Motion Carried: 8-0

7. Moved to permit Omaha Gross to Opt-Up in Boys Basketball for the 2023-2024 school year. Motion Carried: 8-0

8. Moved to permit Tekamah-Herman to Opt-Up in Girls Basketball for the 2023-2024 school year. Motion Carried: 8-0

9. Krystal Siebrandt and Lucas Post from HBE presented the audit.

10. The Board discussed an updated NSAA Meetings Policy.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:30 a.m.

The next meeting of the NSAA Board of Directors will be December 6, 2023 at the Divots Conference Center in Norfolk.