SUMMARY OF ACTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS

NCAA DIVISION III MANAGEMENT COUNCIL MEETING

October 22-23, 2001

NCAA DIVISION III PRESIDENTS COUNCIL MEETING

November 1, 2001

[NOTE: SUPPLEMENT NUMBERS REFER TO THE MANAGEMENT COUNCIL SUPPLEMENT, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.]

OTHER STAFF	SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 DIVISION III STRATEGIC PLANNING Staff Liaisons: Dutcher/Belgiovine Council Reps: Bledsoe/Galgano/Johnson/Page/Poolman/Reighn/Zotos
Collins, J. Isch Martin, K. Pohl Williams Finch Leech	ISSUE: Budget Reallocations.
	Task Force Recommendation:
	1. That the Division III Budget Committee consider the following reallocation of resources from the Initiatives Task Force budget to address Division III budget shortfalls and to support continued progress in accomplishing the priorities and objectives of the Division III strategic plan: a. 2000-01 – Reallocate $150,000 of the unallocated total of $183,387 to support the creation of a pool of available resources. b. 2001-02 - Remain committed to established budget allocations and initiatives. c. 2002-03 – Amend the initiatives and corresponding budget as follows: (1) Remain committed to all pre-existing allocations and initiatives. (2) Eliminate allocation of $420,000 of additional new funds in the following areas ($100,000 to Initiative Grant Program -- Membership Education; $100,000 Initiative Grant Program -- Diversity; $100,000 Initiative Grant Program -- Student-Athlete Welfare; and $120,000 Women and Minority Internship Program). Reallocate the $420,000 to support the creation of a pool of available resources. d. 2003-04 – Remain committed to all pre-existing programs, as amended from 2002-03, with one exception. Reduce the Conference Technology Grant program from $10,000 to $5,000 per conference, for a total of $200,000. Reallocate the additional $150,000 to the pool of available resources. 2. Recommend that the Budget Committee consider reallocating the new pool of available resources ($570,000 in 2002-03 and $670,000 in 2003-04) to address strategic initiatives related to championships (e.g., 2000-01 deficit, contingency fund) and financial aid education (e.g., possible audit expenses).
	Presidents Council Action:
	Endorsed the reallocated resources as recommended and forwarded to the Budget Committee. (Also see Supplement No. 9.)
	ISSUE: 2000-01 Executive Summary.
	Management Council Action:
	Accepted the summary.
	ISSUE: 2001-02 Initiatives.
Ford Collins, R.	Management Council Action:
	Accepted the information and recommended that the task force consider the following: a. All grant decisions should be final (no appeals process). b. Support overhead policy (25 percent limit). c. Monitor “repeat grant” recipients.
OTHER STAFF	SUPPLEMENT NO. 2 COMM. ON COMPETITIVE SAFEGUARDS AND MEDICAL ASPECTS OF SPORTS Staff Liaisons: Dick/Wilfert Council Rep: Zotos
Berst Brown, J. Collins, J. Green Isch Martin, K. Racy	ISSUE: 2002-03 Budget Requests.
	Management Council Action:
	Endorsed and forwarded to the Division III Budget Committee the 2002-03 prioritized budget initiatives (Injury Surveillance system -- $200,000; Dietary Supplement Resource Exchange Center -- $75,000) for Association-wide funding inasmuch as they are consistent with Division III strategic plan and educational initiatives. The Council further requested that the REC monitor the number of Division III “hits” to the related Web site.
	ISSUE: 2003-04 Budget Requests.
	Management Council Action:
	Endorsed and reordered the priorities based on Division III’s commitment to education initiatives and forward them to the Budget Committee for further review: a. REC ($10,000). b. Nutrition and eating disorders education ($100,000). c. Speakers grant ($50,000). d. Tobacco education ($5,000).
	ISSUE: Mission, Goals and Objectives.
	Management Council Action:
	Accepted the information that the committee recently developed a new mission statement, goals and objectives as part of its revised strategic plan.
	ISSUE: Drug-Testing Program Analysis.
	Management Council Action:
	The National Center for Drug Free Sport, the administrator for NCAA drug testing, provided an analysis of the NCAA drug-testing program.
	ISSUE: Heat Illness Statement.
	Management Council Action:
	Accepted the information that in response to a request from the Executive Committee, the committee developed a statement on prevention of heat illness and distributed it to member institutions. The statement was based primarily on a guideline of the same name found in the NCAA Sports Medicine Handbook.
	ISSUE: Protective Eyewear in Women’s Lacrosse.
	Management Council Action:
	Accepted information that the protective eyewear project team met via teleconference and placed specific emphasis on developing optimal specifications for such eye protection devices and identifying variables to track as possible indicators of dangerous play. Nancy Burke, a member of both the project team and the United States Lacrosse Sports Science and Safety Committee, was appointed chair of the project team.
	ISSUE: 2001 NCAA Study of Substance Use Habits of College Student-Athletes.
	Management Council Action:
	NCAA research staff presented the completed quadrennial study to the committee for review and approval. The results are available on the NCAA Web site. The committee will use data from this study to direct its drug-testing and drug-education programs.
OTHER STAFF	SUPPLEMENT NO. 3 HONORS COMMITTEE Staff Liaison: Leeman Council Rep: Johnson
Berst Brown, J. Green Racy	ISSUE: Theodore Roosevelt Award.
	Management Council Action:
	Endorsed the revised criteria for the Theodore Roosevelt Award as amended by the statement “Barring extenuating circumstances, the committee deems appropriate to consider.”
OTHER STAFF	SUPPLEMENT NO. 4 MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE Staff Liaison: Braa