Colorado Judo League Meeting

September 16, 2007

 

Attendees:

Sam Hashimoto – President - Northglenn Judo Club

Page Baptist – Northglenn Judo Club

Matt Simmons – Secretary – Eastside Judo Club

Diana Cheatum– Northglenn Judo Club

Verna Larkins – Delegate at Large

Paul Truong – Ju Shin Kan

 

Rich Mignogna – Colorado School of Mines

 

Ian StahulJak - Suzuran

 

With a quorum present the meeting was called to order at 1:41 PM

 

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

 

Reports:

 

Treasurer:  Tammie Liddie has resigned as the League Treasurer and Diana Cheatum was named as the interim Treasurer. – As of May 5 the League has $6890 and spent $5657.  These figures do not include the cost of mat transportation and storage.  Verna Larkins moved and it was approved to give Diana one month to update the records and to give a report to the Executive Committee via e-mail. 

 

                    The Treasurer’s report was accepted by voice vote.

 

Public Relations: Since Pat Nading-Amman could not attend no report was given. 

 

Development:– Since Grace Jividen could not attend no report was given.

 

Fundraising: Since Pat Nading-Amman could not attend no report was given.

 

Budget and Finance: Diana Cheatum – Nothing new was reported.

 

Coaching: Eddie Liddie has resigned as chairman of the Coaching committee and Warren Agena has been named the interim chairman.

 

Tournament: Diana Cheatum – reported that the State Championships were used to train several new people in bracketing and any future tournament ran by the CJL will be used to train more bracketing people.

 

Belt Rank and Promotions:  Page Baptist – Jason Hussong and Zach Maes were promoted to Shodan, Zach’s was batsugan promotion.  The next promotions will be in February.  Coaches and students must have their paperwork completed.  Guidelines to promotion can be found on the CJL web site.

 

Referee: Since Jentry Kendall was not present no report was given.

 

Registration: Verna Larkins – The National committee has not sent an updated report, but the last report showed the CJL with 429 members.

 

Scholarship: Verna Larkins – No new scholarships were awarded since the last meeting.  When asked, Verna pointed out that applications should be posted on the CJL web site, and she will coordinate with Jon Miller to make sure they are available on the web site.

 

New Business:

 

CJL Banquet Committee: Sam Hashimoto

Sam proposed to start a Banquet Committee early since there are only one or two CJL meetings before the banquet.  Diana Cheatum agreed to be the committee chairman, and she will contact other members of the league that have mentioned an interest in being on the committee.  Sam emphasized that other members of the League should sign up for the committee to prevent over working the same members.

 

CJL Local Tournaments Bracketing Methods:  Requested by Paul Troung

Paul pointed out that he has received numerous complaints from his parents about the bracketing at the local tournaments.  Specifically, they don’t like large brackets of six or more competitors in the same age and weight class being splint into smaller groups.  The parents feel that a higher level of competition and performance would be achieved if lager competition brackets were maintained.  It was recommended that standard USA Judo weight classes for be used in all sanctioned CJL tournaments and if need be weight and age categories could be combined but not arbitrarily split.  In the cases where weight classes have not been set up (such as children under the ages listed in the USA Judo class) then the competitors should be divided within ten percent of highest to lowest weight.  Potential fines and penalties for violation of these guidelines were discussed, but the CJL Executive committee decided to table the application of any fines.  The discussion of penalties will be opened in future CJL meetings.    

 

Colorado All Stars Selection Process: Requested by Sherrie Wilson.

Sherrie was not present it was decided to drop the item until unless she request to revisit it.  However, Sam Hashimoto that, with the exception of League members attending college away from the local area, All Stars should participate in at least two thirds of the local tournament.  The motion was seconded and approved.  The coaches submitting their students should also submit the nominees complete tournament record to the coaching committee.

 

As a side discussion, Diana Cheatum suggested that something more than a certificate should be awarded the clubs Local Notables.  It was suggested and approved that Vouchers\Coupons that covers the entry fees to two or three local tournaments be given.  This could be turned in by tournament directors for reimbursement from the League Treasurer.  The motion was approved.

 

Other Business Not Listed on the Agenda:

 

Mat Rental: Requested by Rich Mignaogna.

Rich present a proposal for mat rentals (see the attached document).  The bottom-line is that League is loosing around $360 per year for mat storage and transportation.  Furthermore, there are no additional funds coming in to replace damaged or worn mat (replacement cost is $125 for each 1X2 meter tatami).  It was proposed and approved that mat rentals would increase to $350 for CJL member clubs.

 

Tournament Schedule:

A tentative tournament schedule was set up to help in planning.

27 Oct 2007                Buddhist Temple

10 Nov 2007                Denver Classic – Hosted by Denver Judo

1Dec 2007                Brian Olsen Classic – Hosted by Boulder Judo Training Center

26 Jan 2008            CJL Kick-off – Hosted by CJL

23 Feb 2008                Pikes Peak Judo Tournament – Hosted by Eastside Judo Club

8 Mar 2008                Colorado State Championships – Hosted by CJL

22 Mar 2008           CJL Banquet

26 Apr 2008                Northglenn Championships & Para Olympic Trails – Hosted by Northglenn Judo

31 May 2008 Front Range Championships – Hosted by Timberline Judo, Ju Shin Kan, and Suzuran Judo

 

It was noted that the Olympic trials are June 13 and 14 and the Olympic Games are August 8 thru 15, therefore no tournaments will be sanctioned for these dates. Also the CJL is planning on another clinic in June for the National tournament season in July.

 

Matt Simmons suggested the League should strife to hold 10 tournaments a year that stretch from Labor Day to Memorial Day.  With that in mind we should encourage one of the clubs to host a tournament in September or January.  To fill the January slot the CJL Kick-off Tournament was approved.

 

Next Meeting: Tentatively scheduled for January 20, 2008.

 

Meeting adjourned 2:57PM.