Meeting of NGJA Governing & Technical Board
Jan. 2, 1997
Pinnacle Four Seasons Hotel
Albuquerque, N.M.
The meeting was called to order at 8:05 pm. President J.
Scheer welcomed all the committee members as well as those
guests in attendance (it was announced to be an open
meeting). The first order of business was to call to order
the Technical Board to elect a new JO Technical Director
East.
B. Zunich called the Technical Committee to order and R.
Ellis was submitted as a candidate for this position. No
other name was brought forth (J. Culbertson did mention that
he had heard of another interested person but no further
action was taken). The vote was called and Rich Ellis was
elected by a vote of 8-0-1. A motion was made to adjourn the
Technical Committee meeting and was approved unanimously.
J. Scheer brought up the issue of our continuing affiliation
with the NCAA. According to J. Koodin, we have not paid our
affiliating dues to them for the past two years and he has
received a letter dropping our affiliation. After much
discussion it was decided that J. Scheer would contact them
about the advantages of affiliation and would send this
information to our members.
The next order of business was the circulation of a document by B. Richmond titled
"NGJA Disbursement Policy". B. Richmond felt it important
to set up a series of guidelines that our organization could
follow that would make reimbursements follow a standardized
procedure. The basic format dealt with expenditures under
$500, those up to $1500, and those exceeding $1,500. He
felt that a committee of three should be set up to deal with
large expenses. The handout was discussed and was adopted
as a temporary guideline until all members could have more
time to study it in greater detail (11-0). It was also
approved that for the time being, a committee consisting of
J. Scheer, B. Richmond, and K. Allen will make up the
expense committee. This was approved 10-0-1.
A great deal of discussion took place about dealing with By-Law changes. J. Scheer briefed everyone that J. Boulton had agreed to serve as head of the By-Laws revision Committee and that proposals should be forwarded to him. Many issues including popular elections of officers needed to be addressed and we as a body should start to take a strong look at the way we run our organization. There were many comments coming from the floor. Many mentioned that they did not have copies of the Constitution and By-Laws (mailed out in 1991). J. Koodin suggested that anyone wishing a copy should contact him. J. Scheer suggested the possibility of putting the document on our "Web " site. It was also suggested that a special Governing Board meeting be set up to just deal with Constitution and By-Law changes. (Winter Nationals was suggested as one possibility).
J. Scheer will speak to a number of the people initiating
some of these changes to see how they would like to proceed
with this matter.
The judging assignment procedures were explained by J.
Scheer. The importance of input from all 4 Regions was
emphasized. It was suggested that the procedure should also
be included as a By-Law change.
Under new business the Governing Board approved the selection of R. Ellis as the new JO Technical Director East 11-0-0. It was suggested that G. Beckstead, as FIG Technical Committee member, should be serving as an ex-officio member of our Governing Board.
Many felt this was a good start but that whoever may be in
that position should eventually be a voting member of the
NGJA Board. A motion was made and approved that the FIG
Technical Committee Member from the USA serve as an
ex-officio member of the Governing Board 11-0-0. Another
suggestion was made from the floor that we try to have a
representative get back on the Men's Program Committee, as
we once had in the past. J. Scheer said this issue will be
addressed in the future.
Adjournment was called and approved 9:20 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Jeffrey F. Koodin, Sec.
Officers in attendance: Governing Board - J. Scheer, M.
Graham, B. Zunich, J. Culbertson, J. Koodin, B. Richmond, B.
Witmer, B. Cass, K. Allen, M. Williams, D. Juszczyk -
Technical Board: - S. Butcher, A. Zembower, K. Achiron, M.
Juszczyk, C. Woodruff, J. McKinney, M. McCommon.
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