Athletic Council Minutes

September 5 2003

The Athletic Council meeting was called to order at 8:10. All Athletic Directors were in attendance.

Fall Sports

1. Football

Fred Jones informed everyone that Corbus Field (Vallejo) probably would not be available until the 5^th game of the season.

1. Schools are reminded that the J.V. games start at 5:15 not 5:30.

2. Volleyball
1. Darla Williams will be the league representative to the section
2. Game time for Davis home games is 4:30.
3. Rally scoring is being used at all levels of competition this year.

3. Soccer
1. No coaches meeting has been held
2. Vacaville will play all home games at night with the JV game at 5:00 and the Varsity to follow. Please remind all soccer coaches of game time and order of play.
3. Napa and Vintage will play home games at Raider Field.

4. Tennis
1. Coaches meeting is schedule for Thursday September 11 at 6:00 p.m. ,Vintage High room P7.
2. The league tournament will be held at Solano Athletic Club in Fairfield.
3. The MEL will host the section individual competition for both Girls and Boys tennis. Maryanne Christoffersen will keep the league informed on location and needed assistance.

5. Water Polo
1. the four teams are using triple round robin .
2. The order of competition is: Boy’s Varsity, Girl’s Varsity, Boy’s JV, Girl’s JV. In October the order switches so that the Girl’s compete first at each level..
3. Davis will be hosting their home meets at
   Arroyo Pool.
6. Golf

1. The league tournament will be at Paradise Valley golf course with tee off at 11:00 a.m.
6. Cross Country
1. There should be a coaches meeting before 9-17-03
2. One of the coaches has suggested that the center meet and the league meet be held at the same site so that all participants have experience on the league meet course.

II. Winter Sports

· Basketball pre-season meeting will be held in October

· All schools except Davis will have Frosh basketball. Armijo will only field a Frosh boy’s team.

· Frosh, JV, Varsity basketball triple-headers will be a possibility if schedule allows.

· Wrestling needs to set up a pre-season meeting.

III. Spring Sport

· Maryanne Christoffersen presented a triple round robin baseball schedule recommended by the coaches. After discussion Maryanne moved to accept the schedule. Motion failed for lack of second..

· The main issues with the proposed schedule were:

1. Transportation

2. Shared/ over lapping facilities

3. Did not consider other spring sports that would be affected.

• Track -- Bill Ewing indicated that the smaller schools in the section are trying for sub sections by divisions. At this time Bill does not think the concept will pass.

IV. Officials Update

• Joan Mumaugh explained that the officials association could be contacted via the MEL website. The scheduling of officials, game changes or corrections and all necessary forms related to officiating can be obtained using the California Officials Association link.

V. Foundation Games

Joan Mumaugh reminded the schools that the Foundation games are a no contact count competition for the purpose of raising funds for the Dale Lackey scholarships. With that in mind please control fan outbursts directed at the officials as they are donating their time as well and are concerned with fan behavior.

VI. Football Team Camp Form

Joan handed out a form that is to be used for future football team camp participation

as required by Section By-law 1903.2.

VII. Mandated Play Days

• Joan handed out a section wide listing for the mandated play days for Volleyball, Baseball and Softball for the 2004-2005 school year.
• A major concern from the Athletic Directors is that volleyball is listed as MWF and this could cause some major conflicts.
• Joan notified the Section office of the concerns and the John Williams replied that the league could choose not to use Friday nights as other leagues have done. The MWF days will be the MEL official playing days for volleyball.

VIII. Upcoming Meetings

· The next Athletic Council meeting will be at Armijo High School at 8:30.

· January 7^th Athletic Council meeting is changed to January 6, 2004.

· ALL FUTURE ATHLETIC COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL BEGIN AT 8:30.

IX. Other

1. Constitution Revision
• Scott handed out a partial revised constitution that the ad-hoc committee worked on this summer. In addition the Athletic Council made some revisions in patches, school of the year, start times and admission amounts.
• The revisions will be place on the Board of Managers agenda for approval.
2. Patches

· Joan handed out baseball, softball and golf patches that had been received for last year’s sports.

· Additional patches needed from the 2003 school year are 4/baseball, 2/softball, 16/soccer, and 14/basketball. The order was placed on 9-06-03.

· All of the all league patches for the year will be ordered as soon as the Board of Managers approves the recommended number of patches for the 2003-2004 school year.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:40.

Respectfully Submitted,

Joan Mumaugh