SUPPLEMENT NO. 14

REPORT OF THE JOINT MEETING OF THE

NCAA COMMITTEE ON WOMEN?S ATHLETICS AND THE

NCAA MINORITY OPPORTUNITIES AND INTERESTS COMMITTEE

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS.

Association-wide.

a. NCAA Diversity Initiatives. The committees reviewed a preliminary draft overview and evaluation of NCAA initiatives to promote gender and ethnic diversity in intercollegiate athletics. The committees requested national office staff explore standardizing applications for all of the enhancement programs and exploring the use of technology to allow applications to be completed and submitted online.

b. General Counsel Update. The committees received a report from the NCAA general counsel regarding NCAA diversity programs.

c. NCAA Summit on Opportunities for Minority Women. The committees reviewed the goals, objectives and outcomes of the past three summits hosted by CWA and MOIC. The committees agreed it is not necessary to host a summit in 2003 and 2004. Funds used to host the summit will be allocated to partnership organizations for the opportunity to plan and implement programs to enhance opportunities for minority women coaches. The committees agreed to outreach to coaches? associations and other organizations to promote the NCAA Matching Grants for Advancement of Minority Women Coaches. The committees also agreed to apply funds formerly used to host the summit towards the matching grant program.

d. Executive Committee Subcommittee?s Five-Year Budget Plan. The committees reviewed the Executive Committee Subcommittee?s five-year budget plan and noted budget allocations have been made through the third year of the five-year plan. The committees agreed to devote time during their summer meetings to prioritize budget requests for future years. Both committees will finalize 2004-05 and 2005-06 budget requests during the fall meetings.

e. Grant program for Champs/Life Skills initiatives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The committees heard a summary of the percentage of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) that participate in the NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills program. The committees provided suggestions to increase participation numbers at HBCUs.

f. Women Sport Foundation Eliminating Homophobia in Athletics Kit. The committees reviewed the ?It Takes A Team: Making Sports Safe for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Athletes and Coaches? education kit developed by the Women?s Sports Foundation (WSF) Project to Eliminate Homophobia in Sport. The committees encouraged the national office to inform NCAA member institutions that this resource is available for purchase through the WSF.

g. NCAA Diversity Education Program. The committees reviewed the three advanced diversity education workshops conducted during the 2003 NCAA Convention addressing race, gender and sexual orientation issues. The committees agreed to annually conduct the fundamental and advanced sessions during the NCAA Convention.

Committee Chairs: Marilyn McNeil, Monmouth University

Eugene Marshall Jr., Ramapo College of New Jersey

Staff Liaison(s) Rochelle M. Collins, Education Services

Laronica Conway, Public Relations

Julie Cromer, Membership Services