BADGER REGION BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
Sunday, Nov. 8 * 1:00 P.M.
Badger Region Volleyball Office
2831 N. Grandview Blvd., Suite 221, Pewaukee, WI 53072
AGENDA
“Everyone has had a chance to review the agenda. Does anyone have a conflict of interest with anything we plan to discuss? Let the minutes reflect…”
Board Members in Attendance: Jim Momsen, BJ Leroy, Ted Schulte, Angie Lubach, Paul Schlomer, Pati Rolf,
Call In: BJ Bryant, Julie Voeck, Kim Wudi, Kelly Lehman, Ryan Thompson
Ex-Officio Members: Jennifer Armson-Dyer, Brian Sharkey, Colleen Houk, Bill Peterson, Jake Nowak
Absent: Anne Slattery, Ruth Leitzke, Scott Blackmon, Terry Paulson, Nancy Paulson, Larry Schoenick
I Call To Order
· Momsen calls meeting to order at1:05pm
· Introductions for those that called in
II Approval of Minutes from Sept 2015
· Motion #1: Motion to approve September 2015 Minutes
Motion moved be Lubach, Second by Schulte
Vote: Motion Passed (unanimously)
III Financial
· 2014-15 Financial Review
o Budget specifics are presented by Armson-Dyer
o Some money will need to be moved from one place to another
IV Region Office / Administration
· Updates
o Colleen Houk is leaving the Region office effective November 30th
o Ryan Thompson will take over as Operations Manager and stay on as Tournament Director assistant.
o CAP updates. The registration deadline has been extended.
· WVC (25th Anniversary)
o Sharkey updates-25th Anniversary Awards Winners and Honors will happen on the 1st weekend in April. Milwaukee Hilton will be the location. Matches will be played at Marquette. This is a VERY BIG DEAL!
o Sharkey is working at getting additional players to compete in the adults division.
· USA Volleyball October Meeting Recap
o Voeck and Armson-Dyer shared their experiences at the meeting.
o Gold Map—USAVB plans on having TV (NBC) ads/promotions with current USAV Olympians that are competing at the Olympics suggesting that the masses join VB. This is similar to the Bobsledding promotions.
§ The ads will direct people to their region.
o Intermountain Region discussions
o Safesport discussions and updates—What role should Safesport actually have? Black box of where calls should go to.
§ A training session needs to developed.
o Armson-Dyer attended the USAV BOD meeting
o 18’s GJNC change of dates
§ The decision is to allow 17’s to play in the early 18’s GJNC and then play again in the summer GJNC 17’s within the same club
§ There will be an increase in the amount of teams that will be accepted in 2016 GJNC 18’s in Milwaukee
o Armson-Dyer shared the locations of the 2017 junior and adult championships.
V Juniors
· North Country Clubs
o Transfer Updates shared by Armson-Dyer
o Patience for both the learning of Webpoint and AES
· Tryout policy will be revisited at next BOD meeting if necessary
VI Adults
· PVL in Badger Region
o Sharkey met with a group of leaders of an adult men’s team at an event in Illinois on November 8th to discuss the possibility of a Badger PVL team. The budget that has been pre-determined by the BOD was discussed.
o It was relayed to them by Sharkey that that the region feels strongly about having players with region ties. There are 6-7 of the players that have legitimate ties to WI.
o Lubach reviewed a modified contract that Sharkey put together. Many corrections will need to be made to make this a legitimate contract.
o Sharkey states that Herschel will be the point person.
VII Officials
· Updates – Momsen reports
o 1st Badger Region clinic was held 11/8. There were approx. 65 in attendance with 4 of those being new.
o New clinics will be posted on 11/9
o Momsen gave update on online clinics and the hope that they will be better received than last season.
o N Paulson has scheduled a number of Scorekeeping Certification Clinics that can be registered through WebPoint. Momsen explains that clinics are heading in this direction (online).
o Rolf suggests that all referee fees be waved for 18 & Unders.
· Motion #2: Motion to wave all referee fees for junior members outside of the USAV member registration (rule books will be included).
Moved by Rolf, Second by Leroy
Vote: Motion Passed (unanimously)
· Online Juniors Training
o Momsen explains that junior online referee/scorekeeping clinic is being well received and should be used easily by junior clubs for this season.
VIII Tournaments
· Junior Beach Tour Championships
o There will be a stop in Milwaukee in July (just announced)
o A press release will be out the week November 9th.
o Tomas will be involved.
§ It is a busy weekend as there are other events in town as well
· Other Tournament Updates
o Badger Region Championships are posted on website
o The hope is for the event to still be run over two days and not three
o There will not be an Adult Division. There will be an event in May for them.
o Badger Qualifier- 17’s & 18’s will be offered on the same day
o Dale Event-April 17 with locations TBD
o 160 events have been added to AES by junior hosts.
IX New Business
· Education Groups-ideas discussed-presented by BJ Leroy
o Good behaviors should be pointed out
o Thoughts
§ Fan meetings prior to events by held by TD’s.
§ Special gifts (rubber bracelet) that would promote good sportsmanship and education.
Ø Education budget could be used
· Anything that highlights positive behavior is good.
o USAV is interested in the Badger mentoring program
o Everyone is very supportive of the sportsmanship and education side of things.
o BJLeroy will run this by T Paulson.
X Adjourn
· Motion #3: Motion to adjourn to adjourn by Paul, 2nd Ted
Moved by Schlomer, Second by Schulte
Vote: Motion passed (unanimously)
Meeting adjourned at 2:30pm
Badger Region Volleyball Association Mission Statement
The Badger Region Volleyball Association promotes initiatives for
safe, structured and fun life-long volleyball experiences!
Our Vision:
Ø grow the number of players, coaches, officials, spectators and other volleyball enthusiasts
Ø provide the highest quality volleyball experience in education, training, and competition;
Ø provide advocacy, support, recognition and administration to the volleyball community