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MSCA September 2015 Meeting Minutes

9/20/2015

 
2015 MSCA Business Meeting Minutes – St. Cloud Holiday Inn – CTAM Annual Conference
September 19, 2015


I .Call to order-Jason Olson, MSCA President  
II. Officer Reports
    A.   Secretary-Ceil McDonald—minutes from Sept 2014 available on-line
    B.   Treasurer- Zach Prax –approx $3400 in account
    C.   President Elect-Mike Worcester—no report
    D.   Past President- Scott Sieling—no report
    E.    MSHSL Board of Directors- Chris McDonald

          1.     Chris’ last year on board of directors. Soliciting nominees for term 2016-2020. See him 
                  for questions.
          2.     We now have team trophies at state. We were the only activity w/o them.
          3.     Time limit change at regions. Board decision Oct 1. If approved, would go into effect for 
                   the 2016 tournaments
          4.     Poetry language clean-up proposal is also at regions, and would also go into effect for 
                  2016.
          5.     Pam Wycoff and Chris talked about the possibility of Minnesota hosting the NSDA 
                  tournament in 2020. We hosted successfully in 1997 and many have asked us to do it 
                  again. Prebid approval process status: Good airport, 500 classrooms, entertainment for 
                  students, final round venue for 3500. School system willing to support and rearrange 
                  schedule, like summer school, more custodial time, etc. update on process. District 196 
                  is willing and has the classroom space needed. The convention center also has an 
                  auditorium that meets our needs.  Enthusiastic reception by those in attendance.
     F. President Jason Olson
          1.  Call for Committee.  Goal for next two years to get greater participation. Committee to 

                  work on outreach. Jason asked for volunteers for such a committee. The following 
                  volunteered: Rachel Schott (Chokia-Alberta) Roxy Janke (retired), Sandy Nieland 
                  (Rochester JM) , Ceil McDonald (SSP), Mike Worcester (Hutchinson), Tom Lucas (Bemidji), 
                  Jody Markgraf (Kimball), Bonnie Spohn (EV-W), Lisa Lechter (Windom)
           2.  Newsletter -maybe an electronic one and include tips, handouts, etc  

III. Committee Reports 
    A.  Advisory Committee –minutes on website. State tournament jury rotation system, poetry rule 

         revision, time-limit change; also session on Friday with future proposals will be discussed 
         under new business.
    B. Advisory Committee elections
         Class A candidates to replace Kathy Martin: Doug Smith-Mankato Loyola, Audree Hoovey--
         NYMills, Lisa Lechter-Windom, Casey Wacker- NYMills.  Casey Wacker was elected.
         Class AA candidates to replace Jill Lofald: Zach Prax (Eastview), Sandy Nieland (Rochester JM).              Zach Prax was elected.
         The two continuing members are:  Travis Rother - 2017 (AA) Cal Vandehoef - 2017 (A)
          State Tournament Jury: at-large spot, so open to both classes to replace Ceil McDonald
          Kathy Martin-DGF-, Suzanne White-Woodbury; Tim Coleman-Harding; Jodene Wartman-Eagan
          Kathy Martin was elected.
          The two continuing members are Margaret Kitterman (A) 2017 and Jody Saxton-West (AA) 
          2018.
  C.  MSHSL 
         1.  Cliff Janke--MSHSL Rules Clinician

              Is revising the FAQs. Rewrite with a small committee AA rep Joni Anker. Cheryl Neidt 
              volunteered for Class A. Jenn Baese asks if this is a job for advisory.  Cliff thinks that the 
              advisory has plenty to do, and also it would make the position of speech clinician moot. 
             Some discussion about whether or not the FAQs are rules.
         2.  MSCA Appointed Jury was well-received last year
         3.  The state tournament will be April 15(A)-16(AA) at Lakeville North H.S.
  D.   MSCA Website MAY SEND THINGS TO ADD TO THE WEBSITE
        1.  Join and contribute to the site.  
        2.  Send CTAM materials to sdsieling@gmail.com to have them posted.
        3.  Tournament Calendar-put your date on the website; do we want to use a state-wide 

             calendar, or do we just use the online registration sites. YES, CONTINUE!
  E. Category Committees
        1.  Discussion – Mike Worcester, Rachel Schott  –  

             Is this still considered a valuable resource? Yes, we will try to add another document with 
             suggestions from yesterday’s sessions on the league website; thanks to all the input 
             received yesterday
        2.  Extemp Reading- Kathy Martin
             Book thief. A chapter can be cut 2-3 ways. If a chapter is really short, can combine with the 
             beginning of the next chapter. Read the book, send questions to Kathy Martin
        3.  Storytelling- Marie Kreft, Kathleen Westgard—no update
   F.  MSHSL Hall of Fame Committee  -   Jodi Anker and Howard Vaillaincourt

          Cort Sylvester and Mike Tillman will be inducted. Oct 25
   G.  New Coach Mentorship Update -  Jody Saxton-West  
jsaxtonwest@northfieldschools.org
          New coaches should contact Jody if they want a mentor. She will contact people to mentor, as 
          needed. Would like another set of eyes to look over and formalize the info she gives new 
          coaches.copies for people to look at and comment.
IV. Old Business
    A.   Professional Development Opportunities
        1.  NSDA Professional Development and Accreditation www.nflonline.org
        2.  Speak 2 Compete Institute @ St. Thomas-July
    B.   Second year of judging cycle so if you registered last year you should be ok, but head coaches 

          should still login to your Coach’s Clipboard to Vote for State Judges!  Less that 80 people voted 
          last year.  
V.  New Business
    A.  Constitutional Revisions for MSCA.

          Accepted overwhelmingly.
    B.  Ideas from sessions.

          1.  2-minute time limit. Are we creating a Boogey Man? Should we just strike the language?
               Accepted overwhelmingly. 
          2.  5 judge proposal for finals at state—different mindset when room managing vs judging.                     Those are logistical things that they would work through. Why wouldn’t we drop high-low 
               score?
               a.     First, voted whether begin without going to advisory, first. 51-45 vote to go forward 
                       now without referring to advisory.
               b.     Secondly, voted 63-36 to accept the proposal to go to 5-judge panels at State, 
                       counting all five ballots (not dropping the high/low ballots)
          3.    JOHN FOGARTY about judge voting. We don’t have changes now. Franson will change the 
                 current ballot a bit with photos and bios. There are 413 names. We have a tiny fraction of 
                 people voting. Need more people to vote. Contact people in your section to get the vote 
                 out. Some sections have 2 or fewer votes. Only 80 votes last
          4.    DONATION towards Friday snacks? Moved and seconded by Mark Thul and Linda 
                 Negebauer.  Unanimous acclamation.
          5.    DONATION to CTAM Foundation? Matthew Kolstad moved $250 donation? Carol 
                 Purrington seconded. Unanimous cclamation.

FINAL REMINDER by Pam Wycoff. Any questions about NSDA?  See her!

 


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