MINUTES OF THE

NCAA DIVISION III ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE CONFERENCE NO. 2

Those participating were Michael Miranda, Division III Management Council chair; Douglas Hastad, Division III Management Council; Phillip Stone, Division III Presidents Council chair; Sandra Slabik, Division III Management Council vice-chair; Ivory Nelson, Division III
Presidents Council vice-chair; Dan Dutcher, NCAA; and Bridget Belgiovine, NCAA, recording secretary.

[NOTE: The following action occurred via facsimile May 13, 2005.]

Acting for the Division III Management Council and Presidents Council, the Administrative Committee declined to endorse the appointment of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) representatives and referred it back to the Division III Nominating Committee noting:

· Three current nominations are student representatives from institutions that were previously represented on SAAC (SUNY-Cortland; Hood College; and Rhode Island College). This concern is analogous to Bylaw 21.8.1.3 which states that “a representative of a playing conference or member institution whose term of service on a committee has expired shall not be replaced on that committee by another representative of the same conference or institution for a period of at least one year”. Since the SAAC partner conference program is a three-year program, the subsequent SAAC appointment should not come from the same institution. The Nominating Committee should review historical data in this regard to ensure that the nominations process reflects that intent.

· Conference nomination process. Specific criteria to be used by the Nominating Committee related to the SAAC appointment process should be communicated to each eligible conference prior to the nominations solicitation phase. Issues related to one or two conferences ranking nominees and specific sport considerations based on under/over representation were noted. Consistency in the nomination process is the goal and should be communicated to each member conference during the solicitation phase.

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