Minutes of
870: The
Board meeting of the Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association was held
Tuesday,
871: MOTION:
The Special Meeting Minutes of
872: Discussion on coaches refusing to play a
game.
MOTION: To adopt 17.16.0 of the 2007-2008 Washington
Interscholastic Activities Association Handbook (page 32) that reads:
Teams are obligated to
participate in a contest or athletic event to its normal conclusion unless the
contest is terminated by mutual consent of the school officials involved due to
unusual weather or game conditions, or situations which could be hazardous to
participant or spectators. Any coach is
prohibited from unilaterally refusing to play.
Motion
passed: 5-0
873: Amendment
for above motion: Coaches who
unilaterally refuses to play will be suspended.
Length of suspension to be determined, team to forfeit that game.
Motion passed: 5-0
874: Amendment
proposed: JV game must be terminated to
allow for varsity game to start on time.
Tabled
until August meeting at which time Rob will have the reworded amendment.
875: Discussion
of issues related to state playoff/final games.
Tabled at this time.
876: Discussion
of Ref Evaluations and Sportability.
Kevin will make a presentation for February meeting.
877: League
Realignment, headed up by Brandon Fortier with Rob Hawley and Kevin Martin.
878: WIAA
Sanctioning Subcommittee – headed by Tony Olney.
879: WALOA
Contract Subcommittee – headed by Vern Smith with Brandon Fortier, Ryan Kelly
and Ian O’Hearn.
880: Discussion
of what should take place when a team folds after the season starts.
MOTION:
It was moved that when a team folds after the season start, the
following would occur:
a. Playoffs
and standings will not be affected.
b. Dues should be kept but remaining official
dues will be returned to team.
Motion passed 5-0
881: Discussion
regarding
882: MOTION:
It was moved to add to 9.3.0 a statement to address players, practices
and official rosters:
A player may not play until he
is on the official roster and has had ten (10) practices.
Motion passed 5-0
883: Vern
will begin the draft of the Annual Report for the October membership meeting,
with the draft being ready for the board meeting in August.
884: Email
from Lon Gerbasi regarding a waiver for his son to continue to play for
Snohomish Lacrosse Club was discussed. Because
no official petition was received, the Board did not take a vote on this
matter. Kevin will handle this by email.
885: Financial
software (Quicken) for Leslie’s use was discussed. She is to price and notify Vern. At this time, use of an accountant is on
hold.
886: Roster
checks will be handled by Brandon Fortier.
887: WIAA
Rule 17.9.9 from 2007-2008 WIAAH which reads:
Waiver
of Individual Practice Requirements – An individual who participates in any
level of WIAA sanctioned post season play-offs and who cannot meet the minimum
practice requirements for the succeeding sport will be allowed to waive up to a
maximum of one-half of the required individual practice days for that sport
only if the available team practice days for each individual involved in the
preceding play-offs are insufficient to meet the minimum requirement before a
scheduled contest.
MOTION: To add WIAA Rule 17.9.9 to practice
language. Motion passed 5-0.
888: Discussion
of renewal of
889: After
discussion, it was agreed that the insurance we require is for coverage of the
players, not the fields.
890: Discussion
regarding teams with fewer than 15 players at start of season-no change at this
time.
891: Discussion
regarding number of games
MOTION:
20 games with every jamboree day counting as a “game”. Motion failed.
Tabled until August meeting.
892: Discussion:
No scheduling of new games after first two weeks of season. Ryan will word a question for the questionnaire
going out to coaches.
893: Discussion: WIAA rule regarding transfers. Tabled,
894: Tony
will address Greg Hill on matter of new program in
895: Discussion: Kolbas email of
896:
897: MOTION:
It was moved that the WHSBLA pay the expenses for Gail’s gift. Motion
passed 5-0
898: Discussion: Battle of Bothell
35-40
Kids
Budget
of $500.00
Ian/Brandon
The
discussion focused on our agreement to contribute money towards the purchase of
jerseys for the Division II All-Star game being played during the Battle of
Bothell.
899: MOTION:
It was moved that Dave Low and Gail Shelton’s names be removed from bank
account and that Vern Smith and Leslie Cornelison’s names replace them. Motion passed: 5-0
900: Next meeting set for:
Vern
Smith’s home
Submitted by Leslie Walsh-Cornelison