DIII Presidents Council
11/01
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RELATED TO |
2002 NONCONTROVERSIAL
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS
Summary of
Recommendations
ACTION ITEMS -- MANAGEMENT COUNCIL ONLY
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ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 6 -- Enrolled Student-Athlete – Definition. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 12.02.5 to revise the
definition of an enrolled student-athlete as specified. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Approved the draft noncontroversial
legislation. |
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2. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 8 -- Amateurism – Exception – Urban Youth Initiative. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 12.1.1.4.8 to permit an
individual to receive actual and necessary expenses to attend an academy
funded by a professional sports organization without jeopardizing
intercollegiate eligibility, provided:
(1) the academy limits enrollment to participants who are age 15 and
under; (2) athletics ability or achievements is not the sole criterion for
selecting participants; and (3) the academy provides academic services to
participants. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Approved the draft noncontroversial
legislation with an immediate effective date. |
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3. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 9 -- Amateurism – Promotional Activities. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 12.5.1 to clarify that
student-athletes may not participate in any promotional activity other than
as specifically permitted in Bylaw 12.5.1. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Referred to the Interpretations and
Legislation Committee to clarify language in Bylaw 12.5.1.3-f. |
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4. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 11 -- Eligibility – Outside Competition – World
University Games. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 14.7.5.1 to include the
World University Games as an exception to the outside-competition
legislation. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Approved the draft noncontroversial
legislation. |
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5. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 12 -- Awards And Benefits – Permissible Expenses
– De Minimis Violation. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 16.8.1.1 to specify that a
violation of Bylaw 16.8.1.1 is considered de minimis and will not render a
student-athlete ineligible, while retaining the fact that such a violation is
still considered an institutional violation. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Approved the draft noncontroversial
legislation, noting editorial changes. |
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6. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 15 -- Committees – Association-Wide and Common
Committees – Executive Committee Authority. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 21.1.1 to eliminate the
requirements that the Executive Committee shall ratify the appointments of
all individuals serving on Association-wide and common committees and
appointments of chairs of those committees. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Approved the draft noncontroversial
legislation, noting editorial changes. |
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7. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 29 -- Executive Regulations — General Financial
Management — Indemnification. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 31.7.3 to modify the
indemnification policy of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, as
specified. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Approved the draft noncontroversial
legislation. |
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ITEMS
OF INFORMATION
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1. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 1 -- Membership Issues – Membership Committee
Duties. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Constitution 3.2.3.4 to clarify
that the Management Council, on the recommendation of the Membership
Committee, may act in accordance with the specified membership legislation. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislation, noting editorial changes. |
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2. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 2 -- NCAA Membership Requirements – Institution
Transitioning from Single-Gender to Coeducational Status. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Constitution 3.2.4 to permit the
Management Council to grant waivers of sports-sponsorship requirements not to
exceed three years for those institutions transitioning from single-gender to
coeducational status. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislation. |
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3. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 3 -- Counting Multiseason Sports – Winter Sport. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Constitution 3.2.4.10.1 to
specify that a multiseason sport in which the majority of contests are
conducted between December and March is considered a winter sport for
purposes of meeting the five sport/three-season requirement. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislation. |
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4. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 4 -- Voting Rights – Football Issues. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Constitution 3.3.2.2.4 to
eliminate legislation permitting only conferences and institutions that
sponsor the sport of football to vote on proposals related to the sport of
football. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislative proposal. |
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5. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 5 --
Division III Management Council -- Vacancies (Constitution 4.7.2). |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Constitution 4.7.2 to permit the
Presidents Council or the Management Council to waive the application of
Constitution 4.7.2 for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representatives
selected to serve on the Management Council. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislative proposal. |
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6. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 7 -- Amateurism – Operation Gold Grants. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 12.1.1.1.4.1 to permit
individuals (prospect and current student-athletes) to accept Operation Gold
Grant funds. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislation. |
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7. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 10 -- Eligibility – Joint College/High-School Program. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 14.2.3.3 to modify
requirements related to joint high-school/college programs that would begin a
student-athlete's eligibility under the 10-semester/15-quarter rule, as
specified. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislation. |
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ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 13 -- Committee on Infractions – Vice Chair. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 19.1.1 to permit the
Committee on Infractions to designate internally a vice-chair, who will act
on behalf of the chair in his or her absence. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislation. |
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9. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 14 -- Change of Division Membership – Annual Report
and Rules Test. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw
20.6.2.3 to specify that an institution reclassifying to Division III must
submit a written annual report not later than June 15 during each year of the
reclassification process. Further, to
specify that a reclassifying institution must administer the Division III
Rules Test to its coaching staff members prior to the completion of year two
of the reclassification process. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislation. |
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10. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 16 -- Secretary Rules-Editors – Term Limits. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 21.2.1.1 to establish a
term limit of eight years for secretary-rules editors serving on sports rules
committees. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislative proposal. |
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ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 17 --
Committees – Association-Wide and Common Committees with Rules Administration
Responsibilities. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 21.2.1.2 to specify that at
least 50 percent of total positions on Association-wide and common committees
with rules administration responsibilities shall be filled by coaching staff
members. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislative proposal. |
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12. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 18 -- Committees – Men's and Women's Ice Hockey
Rules Committee – Composition. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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To expand the men's and women's Ice
Hockey Rules Committee to 13 members, as specified. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislative proposal. |
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13. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 19 -- Committees – Women's Volleyball Rules
Committee. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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To establish an NCAA Women's Volleyball
Rules Committee comprising nine members, including the secretary-rules
editor. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislative proposal. |
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ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 20 -- Committees – "On the Staff Requirement"
– Secretary Rules-Editors. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 21.8.1.1 to exempt
secretary rules-editors serving on sports rules committees from the "on
the staff" requirement in order to be eligible for committee service. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislative proposal. |
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15. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 21 -- General Committees – Management Council
Representation. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw
21.8.2.5 to specify that Management Council members serving on Division III
general committees shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members and shall be
excluded from the total composition requirements for the respective
committee. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislative proposal as amended. |
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16. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 22 -- Committees – Infractions Appeals Committee
– Composition and Duties. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 21.8.6 to clarify the
composition and duties of the Infraction Appeals Committee, as specified. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislative proposal. |
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ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 23 -- Committees – Championships Committee –
Composition. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 21.8.6.2.1 to reduce the
number of Management Council representatives on the Championships Committee
from five to three. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislative proposal. |
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ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 24 -- Committees – Nominating Committee –
Composition. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 21.8.6.8.1 to reconstitute
the Nominating Committee by decreasing the minimum number of former NCAA
Council or Management Council representatives on the committee from four to
two, and specifying that a maximum of four members may be at-large. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislative proposal. |
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ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 25 -- Committees – Nominating Committee – Chair. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 21.8.6.8.2 to remove the
restrictions on individuals who may serve as chair of the Nominating
Committee. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislative proposal. |
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ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 26 -- Committees – Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee – Composition. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 21.8.6.9.1 to increase the
minimum number of ethnic minorities on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
from three to six. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislative proposal. |
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21. |
ISSUE: |
Proposal No. 27 -- Eligibility for Championships –
Participation While Ineligible. |
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Committee’s Recommendation: |
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Amend Bylaw 31.2.2.4 to specify that
the Committee on Infractions may take action to vacate performances in cases
when an ineligible student-athlete participates in an NCAA championship. |
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Management Council Action: |
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Previously approved the draft
noncontroversial legislative proposal.
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