REPORT OF THE
NCAA
DIVISION III MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
1. ACTION ITEMS.
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Conference Membership
Request – Great South Athletic Conference.
(1) Recommendation. That the Great South Athletic Conference
be granted member conference status.
(2) Rationale. On its review of the aforementioned
conference's application, the NCAA Division III Membership Committee agreed
that the conference should be granted member conference status, noting that the
conference clearly demonstrated that institutional chief executive officers
have the ultimate authority and final responsibility for the operation of the
conference, and that the conference student-athlete advisory committee is
established.
2. INFORMATIONAL
ITEMS.
a. Conference
Autonomy Survey.
The committee updated the results of its conference policy survey
based on responses receives since the June preliminary publication of
results. The summary results are
provided in Attachment A. Complete
results will be forwarded to the NCAA Division III conference commissioners and
will be made available to the NCAA Future of Division III, Phase II Oversight
Committee to aid in the discussions on conference autonomy. [Attachment A]
b. Sports-Sponsorship
Summary. A summary of provisional member sports
sponsorship, as requested by the NCAA Division III Management Council at its
July meeting. [Attachment B]
c. Secondary
Infractions Proposal.
The committee reviewed the Management Council action to require
institutions to submit either an annual report of Level II secondary violations
or annual confirmation that the institution did not commit any Level II
secondary violations. The committee
determined that it was appropriate to establish that requirement as a condition
and obligation of membership.
d. NCAA
Membership Quarterly Reports.
The September quarterly membership reports are presented for
informational purposes. [Attachment C]
Staff Liaisons:
Leah Nilsson, Membership Services