MINUTES OF THE
NCAA DIVISION III ADMINISTRATIVE
COMMITTEE CONFERENCE NO. 10
Those participating were Bette Landman, chair, Division III Presidents Council; Christopher Walker, chair, Division III Management Council; Susan Bassett, vice-chair, Division III Management Council; Marcia Kierscht, Division III Management Council; Bridget Belgiovine (recording secretary), NCAA; Dan Dutcher, NCAA; Mweni Ekpo, NCAA; Kay Hawes, NCAA; and Janice Whitehead, NCAA. John McCardell Jr., vice-chair, Division III Presidents Council, was unable to participate.
[NOTE: The following actions occurred via teleconference on August 29, 2002.]
Acting for the
Division III Management Council and Presidents Council, the Administrative
Committee:
1. Approved
proposed 2003 NCAA Convention legislation sponsored by the NCAA Division III
Presidents Council and not yet reviewed in legislative form and the 2003 Convention
Proposal Chart.
a. Recruiting
– Definition of Contact. To
define a recruiting "contact," as specified (with an immediate
effective date).
b. Recruiting
– Eligibility Ramifications – Restitution for Improper Benefits. To specify circumstances in which an
institution does not have to declare ineligible and seek restoration on behalf
of a prospective student-athlete who received an improper benefit while a
prospect, provided the individual repays the value of the benefit (with an
immediate effective date).
c. Recruiting
– De Minimus Violations. To
specify that violations of NCAA Bylaws 13.7.4 (accommodations on official
visits), 13.7.5.5.2 (multiple hosts), 13.11.6 (photograph of prospect) and
13.14.1 (coach involvement) are de minimus in nature (with an immediate
effective date).
d. National
Collegiate Championships – Women's Bowling. To establish a National Collegiate Championship in women's
bowling, effective 2003-04.
e. Executive
Regulations – Selection of Teams and Individuals for Championships
Participation – Automatic Qualification. To revise automatic qualification requirements, as
specified.
f. Management
Council Playing and Playing Seasons Model.
2. Committee
Appointments. The
Administrative Committee reviewed the recommendations for sports and general
committee appointments.
It
was VOTED
"That the
following committee appointments be approved, noting the desire for increased
female appointments, particularly to women's sports committees:
"(a) Division III Women's Basketball Committee – James Scheible, coach, University of Rochester.
"(b) Division III Field Hockey Committee – Sally Scatton, coach/director of special events, William Smith College.
"(c) Division III Men's Ice Hockey Committee – Chris Brown, coach, Marian College (Wisconsin); Donald Maslinski, director of athletics, St. Norbert College.
"(d) Division III Men's Lacrosse Committee – Peter Bothner, director of athletics, Nazareth College.
"(e) Division III Women's Softball Committee – Margaret Knight, coach, Salisbury University.
"(f) Division III Men's and Women's Tennis Committee – Kathy Campbell, coach/professor of physical education, Vassar College.
"(g) Women's Basketball Rules Committee – Rhonda Seagraves, assistant athletics director, Southwestern University.
"(h) Division III Membership Committee – Vinton Prince, faculty athletics representative, Wilmington College (Ohio).
"(i) Division III Nominating Committee – Rita Wiggs, commissioner, Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference."
3. Membership
Committee Issues.
a. Becker
College Appeal – Provisional Membership Status.
It
was VOTED
"To
deny the appeal by Becker College of its provisional membership status."
b. D'Youville
College and Baptist Bible College – Provisional Membership Status.
It
was VOTED
"That the
status of D'Youville and Baptist Bible is year four in the provisional
membership process."
4. The meeting
adjourned at noon.
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