Paula Anderson
MSHSNSCA President

May 9, 2006

 

Paula Anderson, Sec./Treasurer gave treasurer¹s report:  due to State Meet being postponed, the association lost $1,600 on the State Meet banquet. Current funds are $1,200 and  carry over should be  approximately $600 to next year after outstanding bills are paid.  Next year¹s banquet will probably be held at the chalet at Giant¹s Ridge rather than the Lodge.

 

Matt reported that membership has declined this past year - we had 85 members  vs. 100 last year.

 

Minutes from last meeting were voted and approved.

 

MSHSCA report:  MSHSL is leaning toward a new rule regarding open enrollment and transfer students in which the student will be athletically ineligible for one full year.  Dave Johnson, nordic ski coach for Duluth Marshall, is running for the position of Vice President within the parent organization (MSHSCA).  Coaches need to cast their ballot for him online at the www.mshsca.org.

 

Matt reviewed current proposals before the MSHSL.  These will be voted on June 12.  Proposal #1 : every team in a ski meet scores using the high score wins scoring format, regardless of how many skiers are on a team. Proposal #2:  State and section meet straight pursuit format with pursuit results scoring for team, not individual races scoring.  State meet advancement based on pursuit finish only - winning team advances plus 8 individuals for a total of 15.  Also requested that medals be awarded 14 deep in the pursuit race.  Bob O¹Hara (coach and our MSHSL representative) believes the pursuit only format will pass the MSHSL, but is not sure how many medals they will agree to. Proposal #3:  2 teams from each section advance to the state meet. Bob O¹Hara believes that this will not pass due to the nature of skiing and course constraints. For more details on these proposals go to www.mshsca.org/nordicski.

 

Awards were handed out for Coach of the Year (Terry Wasland, Little Falls), Assistant Coach of the Year (Fred Kueffer, Roseville), and Volunteer of the Year (Doug White, Roseville).  Nominations were taken for Advisory committee At-Large position being vacated by Jim Keyes.  Nominees were Joe Teff, St. Cloud Cathedral, and Denny Green, Coon Rapids.  Votes were taken and results to be tabulated afterward.

 

Bob O¹Hara explained new rule where coaches may not coach summer programs unless they sign a waiver, which will allow them to coach between the end of May and July 31.  Waivers are available from school athletic directors.

 

Matt then handed meeting duties over to Paula Anderson, the new president of the association. Paula introduced herself, she coaches the Ely High School ski team, and listed her goals as president.  1) Rewrite association constitution and by-laws 2) coaches¹ education 3) increase membership and make contact with all coaches in MN.

 

Constitution and by-laws were reviewed, especially in regard to voting procedures by the membership.   A motion was made and seconded to rewrite the constitution and bylaws and present the changes to membership for voting at the fall meeting when there would be a majority present.

 

Scott Wilson and Yuriy Gusev from CXC spoke about upcoming events, camps, symposiums and more taking place through CXC.  Go to www.cxcskiing.org for details.

 

New proposals:  Two  proposals were discussed; Rollie Ring-Jarvi has a proposal for a multi-event format for the State Meet.  It would include sprints, a rolling pursuit and relays all to be completed in one day.  He will be holding this event as a conference meet in January of 2007.  The format will then be reviewed again at the coaches¹ spring meeting of 2007. He will give a brief presentation at our fall 2006 meeting to inform the membership of this proposal.

 

Joe Teff presented his two-class proposal for nordic skiing. After much discussion a motion was made to hold a vote regarding this proposal during the fall meeting of our association.  Each school will get one vote and all schools Œ votes will be counted.  Section reps along with the president of the assoc. will get remaining votes of schools not present at the fall meeting.  If this passes,  it will be sent to the MSHSL on Feb. 15, 2007. It was agreed that 2 weeks before the fall meeting information will be e-mailed out to all coaches in the state regarding this proposal and all of the information pertaining to it so they can make an informed vote.

 

Hall of Fame Awards were presented to Lars Kindem and to Jim Flim.

 

Yuriy Gusev gave a presentation on training plans for the high school athlete involved in more than one sport.

 

The fall meeting of the MSHSNSCA will be October 28, 2006 at the Mora Vasaloppet Nordic Center.

 

Meeting adjourned at 2:30 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted by,

 

Paula Anderson