Colorado Judo League Meeting
June 13, 2010

Attendees:

Pat Nading-Amman – President - Northglenn Judo Club	Steve Murtha – Boulder Judo Training Center
Diana Cheatum – Treasurer – Northglenn Judo Club	Connor Murtha – Boulder Judo Training Center
Matt Simmons – Secretary – Eastside Judo Club	Natalie Davis – Northglenn Judo Club
Tammie Liddie – Delegate at Large – OTC Judo Club	Page Baptist – Northglenn Judo Club
Cherrylyn Villena – OTC Judo Club	Heidi Moore – Denver Judo
Brian Levitt – Denver Buddhist Temple Dojo

With a quorum (6 of 14 registered clubs) present the meeting was called to order at 1:24 PM

Minutes of the previous meeting of April 25, 2010 were accepted on unanimous voice vote.

CJL By-Law Updates:  Updates to the Colorado Judo League By-Laws were posted on the CJL web site for review.  The updates were quickly read and voted on.  All but the section on the complaint process were passed.  Matt Simmons moved and Tammie Liddie seconded tabling the complaint section of the by-laws until a committee can better define the process to present to the board of directors.  The motion passed. 

CJL Officer Elections:  The CJL slate was presented by Natalie Davis and the floor was opened for additional nominations.  No additional nominations were made and the CJL slate was passed by acclimation.  The new officers are as follows:
President:              Pat Nading-Amman – Northglenn Judo Club
Vice President:     Grace Jividen – Gracie Judo Club
Secretary:              Cherrylyn Villena – OTC Jr Judo Club
Treasurer:              Brian Levitt – Denver Buddhist Temple Judo
Delegates:             Sherrie Wilson – Boulder Judo Training Center
Tammie Liddie – OTC Jr Judo Club
Matt Simmons – Eastside Judo Club

Reports:

Treasurer:  Diana Cheatum – The League has an operating account balance of $25,790.09.  The scholarship fund has $1750.  The scholarship fund doesn’t include the $250 scholarship awarded to Sophia Mani.  Once the check is cut the scholarship fund will be $1500. 

   The Treasurer’s report was accepted by voice vote.

President:  Pat Nading-Amman – Had no official report to give, but will present items during other business.

Public Relations and Fundraising: No report was given.  However, Diana Cheatum did give a quick report on selling “World Famous” chocolate bars.  She found that it is impractical since we are required to purchase 8 cases of candy bars.  Heidi Moore suggested purchasing normal candy bars (such as Hersey or Snickers) from a wholesale store, and placing a CJL fundraising sticker on them.  Diana seconded the motion and it was passed by voice vote.

Heidi Moore reported that she hadn’t had the time to design a CJL Tee Shirt for the Café Press.  She will present one at the next meeting.

Pat Nading-Amman suggested that in the near future the CJL stress small fundraising projects.  She will work with the new Vice-President on some ideas.

Development & Coaching: Warren Agena was not present and no report was given.  Pat reported that she wasn’t sure if Warren was going to continue as the chair of this committee and will discuss it with him later.

Matt Simmons stated that he would like to see more clinics given especially in coaching, refereeing and kata, and pointed out that we have a great deal of talent to call in the CJL to help with these areas.

 

Tournament: Doug Payne:  – Doug was not present to give a report.

Belt Rank and Promotions:  Page Baptist – Two promotions were given in this last cycle: Edson Mallo to Yodan and Mike Jaqua to Shodan.  Next testing date has not yet been determined.

Referee: Jim Carmer – Jim was not present to give a report.  Heidi Moore reported that Jim considering retiring outside of Colorado and may step down as the Referee chairman.

Registration: Verna Larkins – Verna was not present and no official report was given.

Heidi Moore did voice concern about the listing of members for Hyland Hills.  It appears that the disbanded Hylands Ranch club was added in that listing by mistake.  Pat said she would check into it.

Pat also reported that the national office owes CJL three, now almost four, quarters of the registration rebate checks.  Each check is $300 to $400 and she is continuing to pursue this.

Scholarship: Diana Cheatum – The committee prepared and submitted a proposed change to the scholarship rules to be posted on the CJL website.  The document was commented on by Pat and responses were issued.  The committee agreed to review the document and comments again.  It will be submitted at the next CJL meeting for CJL consensus.

Old Business:

USAFA Judo:  Currently the status of the club is uncertain since Capt Anchor is leaving and Josh Lopez has graduated.

Registration and Event Sanctioning:  Pat emphasized that club registrations needed to be sent to Corrine Shegimoto in order to receive certificates of insurance for dojo liabilities.  She also stressed that tournament directors need to send end of tournament reports and injury reports to Corrine, but please send copies to the CJL sanctioning officer as well.

Dallas Trip:  The 2010 Dallas tournament is again scheduled for the week-end before Thanksgiving.  The CJL plans to charter another bus but the League cannot cover the entire cost.  New rules need to be set in place on how much is covered by the League, how seats will be divvied out to the member clubs, and expected behavior of players, coaches and chaperons.  Pat Nading-Amman will head the committee to lay these guidelines out and requested two additional members for the committee.  Steve Murtha and Heidi Moore volunteered.

Upcoming Events: 

19 Jun 2010 – Colorado State Championships – Northglenn
Natalie Davis gave a quick report.  Currently there were 41 registrations and more are expected over the next week.  There are some problems with the on-line registration but hopefully that will be worked out for future tournaments.  Help is still needed with food and technical officials.
31 Jul 2010 – Rocky Mountain State Games – At the OTC
Matt Simmons emphasized that competitors not making it to national tournaments should be encouraged to attend this one.  There is a chance that the OTC will allow a small concession stand to sell soda, and prepackaged food.  If it is allowed the CJL candy bars will be sold there.
14 Aug 2010 – Verna Larkins Women’s Open – At Northglenn
Heidi Moore gave a quick report that it is on track and she has had responses from clubs in several states.

Other Business:

Early Weigh-in Sites:  There are currently three advertised early weigh-in sites: Northglenn, OTC, and Boulder.  The USAFA is allowed to do its own weigh-ins since the Cadets are usually confined to the Academy during the week.  It was brought to the executive committee’s attention that only the Northglenn and OTC sites (with the USAFA waiver) were approved by the CJL Board.  Research into past meeting minutes confirmed this.

Pat Nading-Amman read a statement prepared by Sherrie Wilson laying out her case and requesting Boulder to be an early weigh-in site.

Heidi Moore made the motion that from now onward the tournament site and one other site only be used for early weigh-in.  If the tournament is in Colorado Springs then the second site is Northglenn and if it’s in Denver then the second site is the OTC.  Diana Cheatum seconded the motion.  Boulder Judo Training Center, Denver Buddhist Temple and Eastside Judo vote against with a total of 7 votes.  OTC, Northglenn Judo and Denver Judo voted for with a total of 10 votes. (Heidi Moore was the only Denver Judo representative and the by-laws allow her to carry up to three votes only.)  The motion carried.

Starting Tournaments on Time:  The complaints of the habitual late starts of tournaments are growing, and failing to meet these times is hurting CJL’s reputation.  The two biggest problems are extending the walk-up times beyond the published time and the manipulation of brackets after they have been set.

After discussing possible solutions Natalie Davis made the following motion.  All tournaments will stop walk-up registration at 8:30 sharp (or published stop time).  If the tournament does not hold a roll call all competitors, including pre-paid registration with early weigh-ins, must check-in by 8:30.  Otherwise they will be scratched without refunding the entry fee.   At the tournament director’s discretion, late arrivals may fight exhibition matches, and at the director’s discretion medals will be awarded but no team points will be awarded.   Divisional pairing are to be posted or a roll-call performed; at this time coaches can request changes, but once the Brackets have been printed and handed to the head table changes will not be made.  As a rule-of-thumb for juniors, pairings should be with in 2 to 3 years and within 10% of weight. Pairing outside of this guideline must be approved by coach or parent.  Tournaments not adhering to this ruling will be denied CJL sanction.  Heidi Moore seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.

Next Meeting: Tentatively scheduled for September 19, 2010 at 1:00 PM at the Castle Rock Library.

Meeting adjourned 3:34 PM.

Colorado Judo League Meeting
April 25, 2010

Attendees:

Pat Nading-Amman  – President - Northglenn Judo Club	Brian Levitt – Denver Buddhist Temple Dojo
Diana Cheatum – Treasurer – Northglenn Judo Club	Jentry Kendall  – Denver Buddhist Temple Dojo
Matt Simmons – Secretary – Eastside Judo Club	Heidi Moore – Denver Judo
Page Baptist – Northglenn Judo	Grace Jivden – Gracie Judo Club

With a quorum (5 of 14 registered clubs) present the meeting was called to order at 1:25 PM

Minutes of the previous meeting of January 31, 2010 were read and accepted on unanimous voice vote.

Reports:

Treasurer:  Diana Cheatum – The League has an operating account balance of $25,796.80.  
The scholarship fund has $1750.  See the attached summary for listings of income and expenses categories.  

 

                    The Treasurer’s report was accepted by voice vote.

Grace Jivden suggested that the League should set up a savings account since we have more in the checking account than required for normal operations.   Brian Levitt voiced concerns about our 501c status restricting us from allowing interest income.  Diana agreed to check with the League accountant about any restrictions and the possibility of opening an account.

President:  Pat Nading-Amman – A quick greeting and thanks for attending was given.  She also made a quick report on the following areas.

• The Team Tournament at the Academy is up in the air because the OIC, Capt Anchor, will be leaving this summer.   We’re going to leave it off the League schedule until we can contact the new OIC.
• Corrine Shigemoto is the head of membership (for both individual and club) at the National office.  She is also the head of Sanctioning.
• The League will push for clubs to be up-to-date on the CJL and USA Judo registration to allow voting in the upcoming CJL elections.   We will also push for stricter enforcement of due paying next year.

Public Relations and Fundraising: Ron Reser could not attend the meeting and no report was given.  However, there was a discussion about fund-raising in general and different methods that could be applied. 

Diana suggested selling the “World Famous” chocolate bars that several groups sell to raise funds.  We could sell them at the State Championships.  Heidi Moore suggested that any fundraising should be tied to something directly for the athletes, such as the Dallas trip.  Diana made the motion and Heidi second to sell the candy bars as a start and possibly expanding it in the future.  It was passed by voice vote. 

It also suggested that CJL Tee Shirts be set-up thru the Café Press.  They would be at no cost since they are printed up on request but any profits would go to the CJL.  Grace made the motion to set this up and Matt seconded.  It was passed by voice vote.

Budget and Finance:  Diana Cheatum – Budget and Finance was given in the Treasures report.  Matt Simmons made the motion and Diana seconded that the Budget and Finance report be removed and incorporated into the Treasurer’s Report. Motion Passed by voice vote.

Development & Coaching: Warren Agena was not present and no report was given.

Heidi Moore reported that she plans on having a clinic for coaching the Visually Impaired at the next Denver Tournament.

Tournament: Doug Payne:  – Doug was not present to give a report.

Belt Rank and Promotions:  Page Baptist – No promotions were given this cycle and the fall testing is on hold.  Page passed to the club coaches that the certification needs to be sent directly to Corinne Shigemoto.

Referee: Jim Carmer – Jim was not present to give a report.

Registration: Verna Larkins – Verna was not present and no report was given.  However, it was reported that the registration for members under 18 has been cut to $35 starting May 15.

Scholarship: Diana Cheatum – One scholarship was given to Sophia Mani.  Diana pointed out that her application was outstanding and should be posted as a model on how to apply for a scholarship.  The committee will present rule changes for scholarships at the next meeting.

Old Business:

Review of Bylaws:  Pat passed on the findings of the committee reviewing the by-laws.  Most of the changes were very minor.  The main concern was to remove the CJL slate, but it was determined that it was best to keep the slate to assure all offices had a candidate.  For these reasons it was determined that the revisions be put on hold. However, there are some other minor changes dealing with election of officers that will have to be voted on before the election at the June 13 meeting.

New Business:

Upcoming Events: 

15 May 2010 – Tulsa Oklahoma Tournament (no early registration - $35 on day of event)
29 May 2010 – OTC Tournament.
19 Jun 2010 – Colorado State Championships – Will be held at Northglenn
31 Jul 2010 – Rocky Mountain State Games – At the OTC
14 Aug 2010 – Verna Larkins Women’s Open – At Northglenn
Some week-end in September (not Labor Day) the USAF Academy – on hold

 

Sanctioning Procedures:   During the review of the upcoming events there was a quick discussion about the sanctioning procedures.  See the attached sheet for the details.  Heidi Moore suggested and Diana Cheatum seconded that the procedures should be posted on the CJL web site.  It was carried by voice vote.  Pat requested a list of suggested forms to be added to the web site (or direct links to the USA Judo forms).  This action item will be give to the Web site committee.

Outstanding Athlete Selections: It was decided by voice vote that there would be no change in selection process from last year (i.e. each club will select their own).

Dallas Trip:  The 2010 Dallas tournament is again scheduled for the week-end before Thanksgiving.  The CJL will look into chartering another bus but the League cannot cover the entire cost.  New rules need to be set in place on how much is covered by the League and how seats will be divvied out to the member clubs.  Heidi motioned and Grace seconded to have a committee to come up with the rules by September.  Motion was passed by voice vote and Pat will make a presentation for consideration at the June meeting.

Web Site Additions:  Discussion was tabled until the June meeting.  This will give Pat, Diana, John Miller and the site designer a chance to discuss what needs to be added and then be presented in June.  

Upcoming Election:  Sherrie Phillips, Chair and Heidi Moore will head up the effort, but they will search out a third member for the Election/Nomination Committee.  They will set up the nominating slate for officers, handle the ballots and establish deadlines.  Jentry made the motion that the by-laws be amended to require officers to attend the majority of meetings or be replaced.  Pat seconded and the motion was passed by voice vote.

Other Business Not Listed on the Agenda:

Thorn Fest:  There was some discussion about giving a judo demonstration the Thornton Festival but it was determined that it wasn’t logistically feasible 

 

Next Meeting: Tentatively scheduled for June 13, 2010 at 1:00 PM at the Castle Rock Library.

Meeting adjourned 3:08 PM.

Colorado Judo League Meeting
January 31, 2010

Attendees:

Pat Nading-Amman President Northglenn Judo Club	Brian Levitt Denver Buddhist Temple Dojo
Diana Cheatum – Treasurer Northglenn Judo Club	Heidi Moore Denver Judo
Matt Simmons – Secretary Eastside Judo Club	April Corpuz Colorado School of Mines Judo
Natalie Davis Northglenn Judo	Colin Brick  Colorado School of Mines Judo
Page Baptist Northglenn Judo	Grace Jivden Gracie Judo Club
Warren Agena Northglenn Judo	Dr Kevin Noffsinger Maximized Living
Kari Gabrielle Hyland Hills Judo Club

With a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 1:11 PM

Minutes of the previous meeting of September 20, 2009 were read and accepted on unanimous voice vote.

Reports:

Treasurer:  Diana Cheatum – The League has an operating account balance of $26,046.65 as of December 31, 2009.  The scholarship fund has $2000.  See the attached summary for listings of income and expenses categories. 

 

                    The Treasurer’s report was accepted by voice vote.

President:  Pat Nading-Amman – A quick greeting and thanks for attending was given.  She also made a quick report on the following areas.

• The CJL Mats were sold to the Northglenn Judo Club for $10,048. (Northglenn will allow other clubs to use the mats.)

• The Dallas trip was a huge success.

• Between the bus and others traveling on their own there were over 80 people and 70 competitors for Colorado.

• Over 37 of our competitors medaled.

• Due to the expense, there will have to be changes in the amount the CJL will sponsor competitors in the future.

• CJL will look in to other Tournaments for a similar trip.  The limit would be 14 hours driving.

• We will look to finalize the plans about mid-Summer.

• Sanctioning policy has changed with the National office.  CJL will still supply sanctions but now two checks must be written: $25 to the CJL and $55 to the USA Judo (assuming the event meets the number of attendees required.)  All forms can be found on the USA Judo web site.  Clubs can receive certificates of insurance when requested.

• USA Judo membership will increase to $60 for walk-ups.  USA Judo may in the future accept only online memberships.  The CJL will need to set up wireless access to allow walk-up memberships.

• Dr Noffsinger from Maximized Living gave a quick presentation on what they could offer the individual clubs.  If requested they are willing to come to the clubs and give a workshop on whole health.  There was also discussion about setting mutual links between there website and ours.

 

Public Relations and Fundraising: Ron Reser could not attend the meeting and no report was given.

Budget and Finance:  Diana Cheatum – Gave a quick overview of the proposed budget.  The attached statement titled “Profit and Loss for 2010” list out the proposed budget.  The biggest problem is the limited fundraising.  CJL will have to find some other funding streams if it wishes to continue funding busses to major out-of-state tournaments.  A silent auction at the State Championships or a raffle was suggested.

Development & Coaching: Warren Agena – The State Championships will be the venue to recognize the clubs’ top athletes.  Only clubs that are current CJL members can have athletes recognized.

A coaching clinic was held and 18 attended and were certified.  The CJL is planning on holding coaching clinics every year or every other year.  Heidi Moore is approved to certify coaches for the visually impaired.  Heidi also requested that the CJL look in to having coaching clinics to obtain certification for B and A level coaching.  Pat Nading-Amman will check with Pat Burris on this, but she thinks these levels have always been available at the clinics he gives in Denver.

The committee is looking into having another clinic in the Spring of 2010.

Tournament: Doug Payne:  – Doug was not present to give a report.

Belt Rank and Promotions:  Page Baptist – Three people were promoted at the last test. Max Ariza of Denver Judo, and Lucas Mignogna of Northglenn Judo were promoted to Sandan.  Nicole Laurell was promoted to Shodan.  

Next testing place and time is TBD.

Page wanted emphasize that the testing committee is willing to test out side of the testing cycle if need be.

Referee: Jim Carmer – Jim was not present to give a report, but it was passed on that the Northglenn Championships will be a test sight for National Referee certification.

Registration: Verna Larkins – Verna was not present and no report was given.

Scholarship: Verna Larkins – Brian Levitt volunteered to join the committee along with Verna and Diana Cheatum.  The committee will look in to updating the rules and guidelines to allow multiple year scholarship awards.  The new guidelines will be presented at the next meeting.

Old Business:

Website update: The web site should be on-line in the next 14 days.  John Miller is working with the designer for some final updates.

Review of Bylaws:  It was proposed to set up a committee to update the Colorado Judo League by-laws.  The committee is directed to do “house-keeping” by up dating elements that no longer apply and removing the call for a slate of officers during the election. The By-laws committee will submit its updates for the executive committee to review and the will then be posted for 30 days on the web site before formally voting at the directors meeting.  Warren Agena proposed setting it for a vote and Matt Simmons second.  The proposal was approved by voice vote.

Drop Cards:  The CJL can purchase 250 cards for $79.95.  We authorized the purchase of 500 cards to be distributed to the individual clubs.  Heidi will update the cards as discussed in the last meeting and they will be ready by the Hyland Hills Throwdown.

New Business:

Digital Clocks:  It has been suggested by Bruce Larkins that the CJL purchase digital clocks for tournaments.  The cost for such clocks is estimated to run between $800 to $1500.  After some discussion Heidi Moore proposed the purchase of digital clocks be tabled indefinitely since the CJL doesn’t currently have the funds.  Warren Agena seconded and it passed on voice vote.

CJL Events for the 2008-2009 Calendar: 

27 Feb 2010 – Hyland Hills Throwdown
16 17 Apr 2010 – Northglenn Championships
Third week in May, Seth Daniels is planning a joint Judo – Jujitsu tournament
29 May 2009 – OTC Tournament.
19 Jun 2010 – Colorado State Championships – Will be held at Northglenn
31 Jul 2010 – Rocky Mountain State Games
Some week-end in September (not Labor Day) the USAF Academy proposes to host a team Tournament.

Other Business Not Listed on the Agenda:

Kangeiko (Winter Practice):  Heidi Moore proposed holding one with the clubs over the next month.  Warren Agena seconded the motion and it passed by voice vote.  Warren and Heidi will work on setting it up.

Hyland Hills Thorwdown:  Kari Gabriel announced that gold medal winners – for all divisions – will receive a certificate for a new judogi.  The certificate is for a single weave white gi.

Pearl Foundation:  Kari Gabriel announced that the Pearl Foundation is funding a sports complex for developing young athletes.  They will start with Judo but hope to expand to other sports in the future.  She will be the director and she is currently looking for property in the north side of Denver.

Reverend Kanya Okamoto:  Brian Levitt announced that Reverend Okamoto is retiring from the Denver Buddhists Temple in July.  He has been a long time supporter of Colorado Judo.

Brian Jones: Heidi announced that Brian is attending the Blind World Championships.  She requested that for this one time only the CJL sponsor him with $100 since he is a local green belt attending the world championships.  Warren Agena seconded the motion and it passed on voice vote.

Next Meeting: Tentatively scheduled for April 4, 2010 at 1:00 PM at the Castle Rock Library.

Meeting adjourned 2:58 PM.

COLORADO JUDO LEAGUE MEETING – MAY 24, 2009-- 2 PM
Meeting was called to order by President Patricia Nading-Amman with the following persons in attendance:

Patricia Nading-Amman, President
Diana Cheatum, Treasurer
Marco Batan, Fort Collins Judo Club
Page Baptist, Northglenn Judo Club
Natalie Davis, Northglenn Judo Club
Tammie Liddie, OTC
Edward Liddie, OTC
Heidi Moore, Denver Judo
Verna Larkins, Delegate at Large

Minutes of the previous meeting was approved as distributed.

Treasurer reported that there was $22, 840 in the general fund and $1992.62 in the savings account.

No report was given on fund raising and Public Relation survey as the chairperson was not present.

Pat gave report for Development and Coaching as Warren Agena was not present.

Diana stated that Tournament, Volunteers and Technical Officials had all responded to events as needed.

Page announced that on  August 8 there would be a promotion held at BJTC.  He urged any club that has candidates to please get the paperwork to him ASAP.\

There was no report from referees.

Verna reported that we had 509 members according to the National Registration Chairperson.

OLD BUSINESS:  Pat reported that a contract had been signed with ONT Consulting firm for the new web site.

Much discussion was held on the mat rental and storage.  No decision was made as to what would be done with the mats.  It will be brought up at the next meeting after input from the various clubs.

Coming Events:

State Championships

Rocky Mountain Judo Camp in the mountains in June

IBSA World Youth and Student Championships – need for workers

State Games of America will be held at the OTC.  No conflict with USA Judo event this year.

NEW BUSINESS:

Review of the “brain storming” key points:  Executive Committee

No report was given to secretary

Marcos gave a review of the local tournament circuit

Heidi Moore stated that white judogi, white tee-shirts would be etiquette for the events.

No further business.  Meeting Adjourned.

Next meeting date will be on the schedule of events when established.

Meeting adjourned at 4:00 PM

Submitted by: Verna Larkins in the absence of Matt Simmons, Secretary

Colorado Judo League Meeting
February 18, 2007

Attendees:

Sam Hashimoto – President - Northglenn	Kari Gabrielle – Hyland Hills Judo
Pat Nading-Amman  – Vice President – Northglenn	Diana Cheatum– Northglenn Judo Club
Tammie Liddie – Treasurer - OTC	Brian Levitt – Denver Buddhist Temple
Matt Simmons – Secretary – Eastside Judo Club	Page Baptist – Northglenn
Grace Jividen  – Delegate at Large – Denver Judo
Verna Larkins – Delegate at Large
Jentry Kendall – Delegate at Large – Denver Buddhist Temple

With a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 1:15 PM

Presidents Opening Remarks:  Sam emphasized the CJL mission was first and foremost to develop the junior athletes within Colorado.  With that in mind there are times when actions for the League will have to take precedence over what is best for individual clubs.  Sam also pointed out that the new structure of USA Judo is giving the State Organizations less of a voice in USA Judo policy.  He encouraged all members to voice their ideas and opinions to the National Office via the web site chat available at the USA Judo web site.  Pat Nading-Amman added that CJL needs to keep itself strong.  We can do this by supporting all of our tournaments whether as an athlete, referee, technical official or parent and by supporting other CJL events such as the CJL annual banquet and other CJL fund raisers.  We want Colorado to remain one of those states that is known nationally as very proactive, always demonstrating good judo and great events.

Minutes of the previous meeting were accepted on unanimous voice vote.

Reports:

Treasurer:  Tammie Liddie – Operating account $13,044; Scholarship account $3115.  The CJL showed a net loss of $935 for 2007.  Among the expenses was $2650 in awards and grants for the World Team members and the Colorado All-Star Team.  The League also lost $520 for the League mats. 

                    The Treasurer’s report was accepted by voice vote.

Public Relations: Pat Nading-Amman – No report was given on Public Relations.  However, Pat noted that the Fundraising and Public Relations have the same committee members, and that the league by-laws direct both to be chaired by the Vice-President and many of the two committees functions overlap.  She suggested, and it was accepted, to combine the two committees. 

Pat reported that she, Diana Cheatum and Grace Jividen had worked with one of the Denver shopping malls to be part of their Festival of Giving during the Christmas season.  (The Festival of Giving is where local charities are allowed to place a booth in the mall and accept donations.)  The committee plan to coordinate this earlier next year and work on improving the presentation.

Development: Grace Jividen – The committee wants to set up a training camp around June 23 and 24 for the Juniors just before the National Tournament season.  The goal is build more of a Colorado team rather than individual club teams.  Grace, Sam, and Pat will work with Ed Liddie to determine the exact date and location.

Fundraising: Pat Nading-Amman – Report was given in the Public Relations and the two committees will be combined in the future.

 

 

Budget and Finance: Diana Cheatum – Presented the budget and it was approved with changes given during the discussion.

While discussing the budget, Sam Hashimoto pointed out that awarding grants to elite athletes contradicts the CJL’s primary mission of developing new athletes.  It was suggested and accepted that the CJL will no longer issue grants to elite athletes of Colorado.  Instead new ways of supporting young athletes from Colorado will be explored and funded, such as helping the OTC charter a bus to the Dallas Classic.

Coaching: Eddie Liddie – There was no official report was given.  However, the new certification was discussed and the new method will require yearly recertification.

Tournament: Pat Nading-Amman – Clinics for volunteers will be no longer be given.  Training will be given at tournaments.  The biggest need is for bracket keepers and training for this will be accomplished by having new people shadow experienced bracket keepers at the Northglenn tournament and the State Championships.

The State Championships will be rescheduled to prevent the conflict with the Pikes Peak Judo Tournament that was approved earlier.  The possible dates are May 19 (depending on Boulder’s Tournament plans) and June 23.

The tournament directors for the Front Range have requested general support and training for their upcoming tournament.

The Hyland Hills Judo has had a new influx of students with dedicated parents who want to be more involved and several are willing to be trained and help with tournaments. They are also looking into the possibility of running a tournament in 2007-2008 tournament season.

The State Games of America on August 5 will be a CJL event and will require support of the entire league.

Belt Rank and Promotions:  Page Baptist – There were seven applicants at the Denver Dojo.  Two were tested, two were forwarded to the national office, two were placed on hold due to questions in their applications, and one was denied due to lack of information.

The next black belt promotion will be in August.  The exact date and location will be determined later.  Athletes and coaches are reminded that it is there responsibility to track the points needed for promotion.

Referee: Jentry Kendall – Had no report.   Sam Hashimoto requested the Referee committee present guidelines for certifying local and regional referees for the next meeting.  Eventually the guidelines will be posted on the CJL web site.

Registration: Verna Larkins – The CJL has 429 members as of January 1, 2007.  However Highland Hills, Timberline and Colorado School of Mines membership needs to be updated on the listing.  It is also reported that the national office had increased promotion fees $100.

Scholarship: Verna Larkins – One $250 scholarship was awarded to Anna Palmer.

New Business:

CJL Awards Banquet:
Sam Hashimoto suggested, and it was approved, that the banquet be renamed to the CJL Banquet to emphasis it is for the entire league and not just for the award winners.

Sam also pointed out that the same people have been on the banquet committee for the last three years.  Although they have done an excellent job, it would be good for other league members to come forward and run it next year. 

In the discussion about ways to improve the banquet the following suggestions were made:

1. The club baskets for the silent auction were a good idea and will be continued next year.
2. The number of auction items should be limited to 30 high value items.
3. The banquet should start earlier in the evening.
4. The banquet should not be held in February since so many of the top athletes also compete in wrestling and this will prevent conflicts with regional and state playoffs.  The second weekend in March was set as the tentative date.
5. The Local Notables will remain for the next banquet but more time will be allowed for the coaches to select their winners.
6. Coaches will be requested to send in photos of their club’s award winners so that their picture can be shown when they are announced.

Colorado All Stars Selection Process: Requested by Sherrie Wilson.
Since Sherrie Wilson was not present it was decided to table full discussion until she could come and list her concerns.  However, Kari Gabrielle requested and was permitted to make a statement.  She felt that the athlete’s record should be foremost in the selection process.  And whether the athlete is a repeat winner or if his club has not fully supported the CJL, should be irrelevant. Everyone agreed with her sentiments, but Sam Hashimoto pointed out that the requirement that the athlete’s club must be a CJL member club would still stand.  Sam also stated that when the subject is brought up again, he wants to discuss adding the requirement that All Stars have to compete in several local tournaments to show CJL support.

CJL Mission Statement:  Requested by Pat Nading-Amman.
The discussion was tabled until the next meeting.

State Championships: Requested by Sam Hashimoto.
As discussed earlier the State Championships are postponed.  It will be held before the National tournaments in July.  If it is on June 23 a clinic will be held in conjunction.  Sam emphasized that the Championships are CJL events and the entire league needs to help run them.  It was given to Northglenn to host since they had the most experience but all clubs need to help.

Other Business Not Listed on the Agenda:

Women’s Practice Session:  Requested by Matt Simmons.
Matt has had an influx of older novice women joining his club.  Most of these women are taking judo with their children.  He wants them to have Shiai experience, but they are naturally reluctant to compete against younger women and teenage girls.  To solve this problem he wants to hold a practice tournament for women only, but his dojo lacks the space.  Everyone was enthusiastic about the idea, and Grace Jividen volunteered to help set it up using the Denver Dojo.  The practice will be held sometime in May or June.

Next Meeting: Tentatively scheduled for June 3, 2007.

Meeting adjourned 3:00PM.

Colorado Judo League Meeting

September 24, 2006

Attendees:

Pat Nading-Amman  – Vice President – Northglenn	Diana Cheatum– Northglenn Judo Club
Tammie Liddie – Treasurer - OTC	Heidi Moore – Denver Judo
Matt Simmons – Secretary – Eastside Judo Club	Sherrie Phillips – Boulder Judo Training Center
Grace Jividen  – Delegate at Large – Denver Judo	Richard Mignogna  – School of Mines Judo Club
Verna Larkins – Delegate at Large – Northglenn
Jentry Kendall – Delegate at Large – Northglenn

With a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 1:15 PM

Minutes of the previous meeting were accepted on unanimous voice vote.

Reports:

Treasurer:  Tammie Liddie – Operating account $13,891; Scholarship account $3115.  The tune-up Camp brought in $692.58.  The final report on the CJL banquet shows an income of $1400 but the cost of Jackets to the All-Colorado Team and payments to support athletes show a net loss.  Next year’s report will not have awards as part of banquet expense but a separate line item.

Tammie announced that starting January 2007 standards will be set on money request, and deadlines will be set for athletes eligible for support/reimbursement to turn in their paperwork.  Tammie, Sam Hashimoto and Pat Nading-Amman will meet with the League’s accountant and instruct him to start structuring his reports to match the line items in the Treasurer’s and the CJL Budget report.

Tammie and Rich Mignogna reported that the League has a $410 shortfall to Great Crates for handling the mats.  Most of the shortfall is due to fuel increases for transporting the mats. Total cost of mat storage and shipment is $2160 and estimating 7 tournaments renting the mats there will $1750 of income form the mats.   It was decided that Rich would draft a letter to send to all of the League members requesting donations to make up the short fall.  This seemed the best compromise since all League members benefit from the mats, and now that the League is a charitable organization any donations would be tax deductible.  If there is still a shortfall after the request then fee increases may be required.

Public Relations: Pat Nading-Amman – No Report. 

Development: Grace Jividen – Official report was held until the discussion of the Dutch team’s visit.

Fundraising: Pat Nading-Amman – The biggest fund raisers are the State Championships and the CJL Banquet.  The Championships were set for March 3, 2007 at Northglenn.  The Banquet was set for February 10, 2007 at same location as the 2006 banquet.  Discussions were held on ideas for fund raising.  It was agreed that CJL fund raising should not interfere with individual clubs fund raising.  It was suggested that the head of the Fundraising Committee contact AnnMaria DeMars from the California Judo League and find out what they have done for fundraisers.  It was also suggested that the CJL set up a whole sell IPO where members of the CJL could purchase items at retail and the profits go to the League.  Requesting corporate sponsorship was also suggested.  Heidi Moore volunteered to contact Frontier Airlines, and Sherrie Phillips volunteered to contact Whole Foods.

Budget and Finance: Diana Cheatum –A proposed budget was presented using past budgets as a guideline.  There is $1000 shortfall in the budget.  In the past a deficient was not a major concern but now with CJL being classified as a charity the Government rules require a balanced budget.  Several suggestions were given to help reduce the deficient including fee increases and giving Colorado All-Stars patches for their judogis rather than jackets.  Diana was directed to present a final balanced budget at the January meeting for 2007.  At that time cuts in the budget or fee increases will be finalized.

Coaching: Richard Mignogna – The national committee is developing a new system and no clinics will be given until new system is determined.

Tournament: Pat Nading-Amman – All tournament directors are encouraged to reserve the dates of their tournaments as soon as possible.  Currently the following tournaments are scheduled: 11th Albert Tagawa Memorial Shiai (Denver Buddhist Temple), 28 Oct 2006; Denver Judo Tournament, 18 Nov 2006; 2006 Brian Olson Winter Classic (Boulder Judo Training Center), 2 Dec 2006; 2nd Pikes Peak Tournament (Eastside Judo), 24 Feb 2007; CJL State Championships, 3 Mar 2007; OTC Tournament, 5 May 2007.

The Rocky Mountain State Games gave $318 to the CJL.  Next years games will be held on August 5 (same date as the Junior Open).  Since Colorado is hosting the State Games of America the entry fee will be raised to $30.  The RMSG are looking for Commissioners to head the Judo competition.  The RMSG is aware of the problems and concerns that were voiced by the CJL and have promised to do better next year.  Additionally, there is a group of 48 blind judoka from the whole nation who will be holding their own tournament prior to the State Games but are planning to also compete in the State Games.

The Technical Officials Committee has been folded into the Tournament Committee.  The biggest problem is training volunteers to be bracket keepers.  (The consensus is that scoring and timing can be quickly picked up.)  Heidi Moore has again agreed to provide a power point presentation on basic bracket keeping to anyone who requests it, and Jon Miller’s training notebook is also available on request.  The Tournament Committee is also initiating a program where two new people will shadow the bracket keepers to learn how to do bracket keeping.  The tournament host will have the option to train his own members.  If he doesn’t supply two people, then members of other clubs will fill the training slots.  A technical kit will be provided to tournament directors for a fee of $10 ($25 for non-CJL members), to cover repair and replacement.  The kit will contain scoreboards, stop watches, osea komi paddles, sashes and bean bags.  It is up to the tournament director to provide administrative supplies.

Belt Rank and Promotions:  Page Baptist – Ten judokas were promoted on August 10.  There are still a few who have not received their certification because they have not paid the national fee.  It is the responsibility of the coaches to assure the paperwork of their students being promoted is properly filled out.  Several judokas testing had incomplete or no paperwork.  Elite athletes on the National Roster require only paperwork and do not have to test.  The next testing will be held in February 2007 at the Denver Judo Dojo.

Referee: Jentry Kendall – Had no report.  Changes at the national office will affect referees just as it affects coaches, but those changes are still unknown.

Registration: Verna Larkins – The CJL has 430 members as of September 1, 2006.  The national office will start sending rebates quarterly instead of monthly starting 2007.

Volunteer:  Tammie Liddie – No report.  Since the volunteers fall under Tournaments/Technical Officials it was proposed and passed that the Volunteer Committee be dropped.

Scholarship: Verna Larkins – No report.  There was a request for additional members to join the committee.  Pat Nading-Amman, Tammie Liddie and Heidi Moore agreed to join the committee and will give a report at the next League meeting.

New Business:

Funding of Dutch Junior Team: Report by Grace Jividen.

The Dutch Junior team will be in Denver, Colorado 21-29 October.  Grace requested the CJL to provide protocol gifts for the Dutch team, and the request was approved. 

Workouts with the Dutch Team will be scheduled with several of the Denver clubs.  There will also be a clinic on the Friday night before the Buddhist Temple tournament.  Brian Levitt has agreed to allow a special team competition between the Dutch juniors and Colorado’s elite juniors at his tournament. The team competition will be for 14 to 19 year olds. 

Women’s Sport Foundation (RYKA): Report by Diana Cheatum.

Diana has submitted the paperwork to the Foundation requesting a grant or $10,000 to encourage women to remain active in sports after college.  If the grant is approved the CJL will have to vote on approving the $1200 finical support listed in the grant proposal.  The grant will be used to finance clinics, help pay dues (national and club), pay for equipment and provide scholarships for women.  Funding will be open to any woman over 25 years.

Electronic Score Boards:  Requested by Matt Simmons.

With all the e-mail traffic between members of the Executive Committee Matt Simmons requested a final decision on the CJL purchasing electronic score boards.  The proposal to purchase electronic scoreboards was disapproved.

Executive Committee Meeting: Report by Pat Nading-Amman.

Pat gave a quick report on the Executive Committee meeting and pointed out the thrust of the meeting was ways to fund raise for the CJL and working to develop athletes.  To aid in fund raising dates were fixed to hold the CJL Banquet (10 Feb 2007) and Championships (3 Mar 2007).  The venue for the Banquet will be the same as last year and the Championships will be held at the Northglenn Community Center.  There was a question from the floor on the reason for Northglenn as the location of the Championships.  It was pointed out that the Community Center could be rented for $150 and rental expense for anywhere else was 3 to 5 times higher.

Fee Increases:  Verna Larkins.

Due to the budget shortfall (see Treasure and Budget & Finance reports above) some CJL fees will have to be increased.  Sanctioning fees will increase from $25 to $30.  It was suggested that clinic fees remain unchanged while tournament fees be increase.  It was decided that the added trouble of bookkeeping did not make it feasible.   Club registration fees for the CJL would increase from $25 to $50.  Currently club registration requires a $25 payment to the national office and $25 to the CJL.  It will now be $25 to the national office and $50 to the CJL for a total of $75.  Verna reported that the national office may increase their fee to $50 for any clubs registered after 1 Jan 2007 (for a total of $100).

The shortfall of mat storage was reported under the Treasurer’s Report above.  If Rich Mignogna’s letter requesting donations fails to make up the short fall then mat rental fees will have a $60 increase for a total of $310 to rent mats.

Other Business Not Listed on the Agenda:

CJL Bidding on National Events:  Sherrie Phillips proposed the CJL look into the possibility of bidding on national judo events and tournaments.  Rich Mignogna reported that the Denver Metro Sports Committee was asking the CJL’s support in bidding for the PanAms and Olympic tryouts for judo.  The bidding system has changed so that it is now cities that bid for these events rather than sports organizations.  The fees charged for hosting such events are now $5000 for the PanAms and $25,000 for Olympic tryouts.  Denver, Las Vegas and Cleveland are currently bidding for these events.

Team Force: Heidi Moore reported that Buck Wessell and Jimmy Pedro were working on setting up a Team Force scholarship program for up and coming juniors.  They are not looking for national champions but those who show promise.  Applications are online and financing of up to $7000 will be available.  Buckner and Pedro are requesting levels of commitment from athletes 13 or older.

Banquet Committee:  Grace Jividen accepted the chairmanship of the committee; Heidi Moore, Tammie Liddie, Verna Larkins, Pat Nading-Amman, Diana Cheatum and Sherrie Phillips agreed to sit on the committee.   A report will be presented at the next meeting.

Location of Future League Meetings:  Pat Nading-Amman proposed that future meeting be held at the Philip S. Miller Library in Castle Rock since it is a half-way-point between Denver and Colorado Springs, and there is no charge for conference room.  The proposal passed.

Next Meeting: Tentatively scheduled for January 7, 2007.

Meeting adjourned 3:00PM.

Colorado Judo League Meeting

January 14, 2006

Attendees:

President – Sam Hashimoto                              Boulder YMCA Judo – Bernard Busch

Vice President – Sherrie Phillips (BJTC)           Denver Judo – Heidi Moore

Treasurer – Verna Larkins                                Aurora Judo Club – Bruce Larkins

Secretary – Matt Simmons (Eastside)                Hyland Hills Judo Club– Grace Jividen

Belt Rank – Page Baptist                                  Northglenn Judo Club – Douglas Payne

Coach Commission – Richard Mignogna           School of Mines Judo Club – Michael Koop

Technical Officials – Diana Cheatum                 School of Mines Judo Club – Chase Ruff

Referees – Jentry Kendall                                 Pat Nading-Amman 

Volunteers – Tami Liddie (OTC)                     

With a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 11:30 AM

Minutes of the previous meeting were accepted on unanimous voice vote.

Reports:

Treasurer:  Verna Larkins – Operating account $15,291.20; Scholarship account $3365.  Dennis Johannigmier was hired as the CJL accountant. He will be working with Sam Hashimoto and Verna Larkins on setting up computerized access to the League accounts.  Mr Johannigmier will be tasked to print out a final report on the 2005 CJL Banquet expenses.

Public Relations: Jon Miller, Sherrie Phillips – No Report.  But the new “Adopt an Athlete” by USA Judo was announced and it was requested that the information be past to club members.

Budget and Finance: Diana Cheatum – No Report.  Diana  once again called for budget submission from the other subcommittee chairman.  It was proposed and approved that the CJL accountant makes a quarterly Budget summary report and passed to the CJL members for review at CJL meetings.

Development: Grace Jividen volunteered to chair the committee.  Denver Judo announced plans to hold a competitor’s clinic in the spring.  They plan for Jimmy Pedro or Jason Morris to be the guest instructor.

Fundraising: Sherrie Phillips –   The Rocky Mountain Games will include Judo competition this year and some of the proceeds will go to CJL.  The games will be held on August 5, 2006 at the USAFA.  The top three winners are eligible to compete in the American Games.

Coaching: Richard Mignogna – The Awards nomination packages were received; the committee will meet and select the 10 All‑stars, coach and referee selected at the end of the month.  The executive committee will select the volunteer.  The committee is looking into the possibility of having coach’s clinic in the spring.  Rich has to renegotiate with Great Crates on the storage and delivery of the CJL mats.  This will not cause a charge increase to CJL member clubs renting the mats, but will decrease the League’s profit margin.  Other organizations are also asking to rent the mats (Brazilian Ju-Jitsu) and the League approved outside rentals when no clubs are holding tournaments.  The award jackets for last years all-stars will be in by the next tournament. 

Tournament: Jodi Schwartz, Pat Nading-Amman – The tournament schedule for 2006 was reviewed and Pat will distribute it later.  Denver Judo volunteered to host the 2006 CJL State Championship.  It was tentatively scheduled for April 2, 2006.  Matt Simmons reported on his discussion with USAFA on holding a tournament on March 18, 2006.  The League agreed to set it as a CJL tournament and afterwards donate half the profits to the USAFA Judo Club.  Richard Mignogna suggested the Academy run a Team Tournament and agreed to discuss the option with Carlos Bertha.

Belt Rank: Page Baptist – Next Black Belt testing is scheduled for February 12, 2006, at Northglenn at 10: AM.  Lucas Mignogna was promoted to Shodan ahead of schedule.  The next test will be schedule for sometime in May.  The CJL Black Belt requirements were developed before USA Judo published their guidelines.  CJL will revamp our requirements to fall in line with the National organization.

Referee: Jentry Kendall , Bruce Larkins – Kenny Hashimoto was awarded National Referee status. Colorado now has seven referees at National level or higher.  A referee clinic was held on December 12 and the committee is willing to hold more.  Denver Judo volunteered their Dojo for future clinics.

Registration: Verna Larkins – An incomplete report was received from the national office and there is no way to determine the total number of members or clubs associated with the Colorado Judo League.  The committee should have a complete report by the next meeting.

Technical Officials: Diana Cheatum – There were no attendees to the last clinic that was held in conjunction with the last referee clinic.  The committee is willing to hold additional clinics when called upon.  There was a consensus agreement that it is incumbent on tournament directors to assure there volunteers are trained.

Volunteer:  Tammie Liddie – No report.

Scholarship:  Diana Cheatum – Changes to the requirements are been posted on the CJL web site.  The major change was lowering the required GPA to 2.5.  It was proposed and agreed that the CJL will change its method of distributing scholarship funds.  In the future it will give funds to the institute rather than directly to the student so not to require the student to pay taxes on the scholarship.

Other Business:

CJL Awards Banquet:  The date of the banquet was changed to March 4, 2006.  The change was made to allow more time to set up the Silent Auction for fund raising.  The committee requested volunteers to help with the banquet and for items in the Silent Auction.

Purchase of Special Equipment: It was decided that the purchase of quality scales for weigh-ins was not required for most tournaments. For the special tournaments it is required it is up to the tournament director to arrange for high quality scales.  The purchase of a defibrillator was tabled until the next meeting.  This will give Dr Bush time to research and make recommendations to the League.

CJL Sanctioning Guidelines:  Verna Larkins presented the guidelines and they were approved contingent on the change that “Roll Call” would be at the discretion of the tournament director.

Kan Geiko:  Was tentatively scheduled for the second week of February.  Richard Mignogna will solicit the various clubs to ast as host.

Guidelines for Joint Tournaments:  A sub-committee of Sam Hashimoto, Pat Nading-Amman, Jodi Schwartz and Matt Simmons was appointed to develop the guidelines for the joint hosting of tournaments between the CJL and clubs.  A working agreement will be enacted for the Pikes Peak Tournament.  The guidelines will be presented at the next meeting.

Officer Elections:  It was proposed and approved that the current president of the CJL (Sam Hashimoto) would appoint a sub-committee to develop an election slate.  He will appoint the committee later via e-mail.

Next Meeting: Tentatively scheduled for May 13, 2006.

Meeting adjourned 2:30PM.

Meeting Minutes coming soon

Colorado Judo League Meeting
February 25, 2005

I.                    Welcome – Sam Hashimoto 9:10 pm

II.                 Review of Minutes – Tracy Crawford

III.               Financial Statement – Sam Hashimoto

a.       There is around $29,000 in the bank.

b.      Financials will be available after final computations and payments for the Awards Banquet

IV.              Old Business

a.       Reiterate delegated early weigh ins – 2 locations: 1 Denver, 1 Colorado Springs.  Clubs can no longer fax weights in for tournaments.  Athletes have two options: weigh in at designated weigh in locations or weigh in the morning of the tournament.

b.      There is a plan to have a clinic teaching how to manage a tournament.  Bracketing will be included.

c.       Northglenn is holding a clinic April 1-3, 2005.  Coach Eddie Liddie will be planning.

d.      Colorado Judo League has achieved non-profit status.

e.       The Denver Buddhist Temple novice judo tournament created a new bracket for orange and green belts to be able to fight.  It worked out well.

f.        John Miller has taken over working on the Colorado Judo League website.

g.       CJL published its first newsletter.  A second edition is in the works.

h.       Colorado judokas need to better support Joshi Judo.

V.                 Committee Reports

a.       PR – John Miller: Everyone is getting emails from ColoJudoNews.  Judo is getting good press in the papers. 

b.      Budget & Finance – Deanna Cheatum: Committees need to turn in budgets or there will be no funding.

c.       Development – Larry Cheatum: No report.

d.      Fundraising – Sherrie Phillips: CJL now has non-profit status.

e.       Coaching – Rich Mignogna: Planning another coach’s clinic.  All-Star Team was success.

f.        Tournaments – Jodi Schwartz: Kick off tournament went well.  Northglenn tournament is coming up.  OTC is trying for tournament in June.  Boulder is trying for tournament in May.  Let Jodi know about any tournaments.

g.       Promotion – Page Baptist: New promotion book is available online.  There is a new test.

h.       Referee – Gentry Kendall:  There is a referee clinic on April 8^th 6:30 – 8:30pm.

i.         Registration – Sam Hashimoto:  All clubs have registered except Timberline who is planning to do so within the next couple weeks.

j.        Tech Officials – Deanna Cheatum: Need to refresh skills of tech officials.  Tech officials now need to be 12 or older.

k.      Volunteers – Tammie Liddie: There was a lot of help for the awards banquet.

VI.              Recap of Banquet

a.       Sherrie Phillips arranged for the Air Force Academy to sponsor event.

b.      Heidi Moore did photo presentation.

c.       Tracy Crawford designed invitations.

d.      Pat Nading put together program.

e.       Goal for next banquet is to start much earlier.

f.        CJL paid out $2800 and earned around $3300. 

g.       The silent auction earned $750.  Someone sabotaged the silent auction by writing wrong names and amounts. 

h.       The banquet paid for the All Star Team, which was the biggest expense.

i.         Rich Mignogna suggested someone volunteer to be committee head.  Sherrie Phillips accepted.

j.        Suggested date for 2006 is February.

k.      Pat Nading suggested the banquet be intermixed by everyone, not just the executive and coach committees.

l.         Criteria for the All Star Committee need to be established and advertised ahead of time.

VII.            State Championships

a.       Need to compete and place to qualify for Nationals.

b.      Date is set for May 14, 2005.

                                                               i.      Heidi Moore motioned

                                                             ii.      Grace Jivedend 2^nd motion.

                                                            iii.      In favor – unanimous

                                                           iv.      Against – 0

                                                             v.      Abstentions – 0

VIII.         Athlete Development Accounts – Rich Mignogna

a.       See attached proposal

b.      Nathan Pauls motioned to set up committee to develop a program subject to the final approval of the board of directors.

c.       Dave Schwartz 2^nd motion.

d.      In favor – unanimous

e.       Against – 0

f.        Abstentions – 0

IX.              Purchase of Two Regulation Mat Surfaces – Rich Mignogna

a.       Rich Mignogna motioned to purchase two regulation mat surfaces and store them with “Great Crates” for at least one year.

b.      Jodi Schwartz seconds motion

c.       Against – 1

d.      Abstentions – 1

X.                 Definition of “Novice” Category in Tournaments – Tracy Crawford

a.       Tracy Crawford motioned that the novice definition is changed to simply “white and yellow belts, no higher.”  At a tournament a coach can petition the Tournament Director if necessary.

b.      Grace Jividend seconded motion

c.       Against – 0

d.      Abstentions – 2

XI.              Partial Funding for National Meeting Delegates

a.       Sam motioned to give partial funding to delegates who attend the national meeting on the condition the delegate must be in attendance for the whole meeting.

b.      Sherri Phillips seconded motion

c.       Against – 0

d.      Abstentions – 0

XII.            New Business

a.       Pat Nading motioned to establish an ad hoc committee of three before the next CJL meeting to create a special funding committee.

b.      Heidi Moore seconded motion

c.       Against – 0

d.      Abstentions – 0

e.       Sherrie Phillips motioned to purchase finance software and to work with an accountant.

                                                               i.      Pat Nading seconded motion

                                                             ii.      Against – 0

                                                            iii.      Abstentions – 0

XIII.         Next Meeting Date – May 14^th after the State Championship Tournament

XIV.         Adjournment – 11:15 pm

a.       Deanna Cheatum motioned to adjourn

b.      Bruce Larkin seconded motion