REPORT
OF THE
NCAA DIVISION III
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
1. ACTION
ITEMS.
a. Committee
Appointments.
Recommendation. Approve
the following committee appointments.
Terms begin
(1) Division
III Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee (immediate vacancy): Chuck Lindemenn, commissioner, Northwest
Conference, replacing Shawn Eichorst.
(2) Committee
on Women’s Athletics: Jenny
Warmack-Chipman, senior woman administrator/head volleyball coach,
b. Regional
and Gender Requirements for Division III General Committees.
(1) Recommendation. Amend the following bylaws (composition
requirements) to reduce the legislated regional and gender requirements:
(a) Division
III Championships Committee -- NCAA Bylaw 21.8.6.2.1 – The Championships
Committee shall consist of nine members, including the chair of the Management
Council and two other Management Council members. The committee shall include at least four
three men, at least four three women, at least one
student-athlete and at least one member of an ethnic minority. At least two one committee
members shall represent each of the four regions specified in
Constitution 4.12.1.1. Terms of the
Management Council members shall coincide with their terms on that body.
(b) Division
III Committee on Infractions – Bylaw 21.8.6.4.1 – The committee
shall be composed of five members.
At least one of the positions shall be allocated for a member of an
ethnic minority. Two One
positions shall be allocated for a men man and two
one for a women woman.
(c) Division
III Membership Committee – Bylaw 21.8.6.8.1 – The mMembership
cCommittee shall consist of nine members. One shall be a Management Council member,
at least one shall be an faculty athletics representative, at least one shall
be a senior women woman administrator, at least one
shall be a conference administrator and at least one shall be a member of
an ethnic minority. At least two
one members shall be appointed from each of the four geographical
regions per Constitution 4.12.21.21.
(d) Division
III Nominating Committee – Bylaw 21.8.6.9.1 – The Nominating
Committee shall consist of eight members, including at least two former NCAA
officers or former members of the NCAA Council or Management Council, one
current member of the Management Council, and one chief executive officer who
is a current or former member of the Management Council. A maximum of four members may be at
large. The committee shall include
at least four three men, at least four three women,
and at least one member of an ethic minority. At least one member shall be
appointed from each of the four geographical regions per Constitution 4.12.1.1.
(e) Division
III Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee – Bylaw 21.8.6.3.1 –
The committee shall be composed of six members, including one member from the
Management Council and one student-athlete who shall be a member of the
Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
The committee shall include at least two men, at least two women, and
Aat least one of the positions shall be allocated for a member of
an ethnic minority.
(2) Rationale. The committee is requesting the
reduction of gender and regional requirements in order to assist with
maintaining compliance with the legislation. It has been necessary in the past to
count the Management Council representatives in the gender and regional
requirements. These strict
requirements have, at times, limited the Management Council representatives who
could serve or has caused the committee not to meet the legislated
requirements. These changes would
ease this situation while still maintaining balanced committee representation.
During
its review of the composition bylaws, the committee also noted some inconsistencies
in the legislation and the changes above reflect the recommendations of the
committee. In particular, the
committee recommends that the Membership Committee include a legislated
position for a conference administrator since conferences are involved in
membership issues. The committee
also recommends the elimination of the Nominating Committee requirement that
the chief executive officer (CEO) be a current or former member of the
Management Council. The committee
believes this requirement is not an essential criterion for the CEO member
since the committee composition already includes two former officers or Council
members.
c. Reinstatement
of Districts Legislation.
(1) Recommendation. Adopt noncontroversial legislation to
reinstate the districts legislation that last appeared in the 2000-01 NCAA
Manual (Attachment B).
(2) Rationale. Reinstatement of the legislated
districts will assist with determining eligibility and committee appointments
for those committees whose legislated composition is determined by districts,
primarily sports rules committees.
The reinstatement of the districts legislation was adopted by the
Division I Management Council in October 2003.
2. INFORMATIONAL
ITEMS.
a. Division III
Student-Athlete Advisory Committee terms.
The committee reviewed the three-year term limit for Division III
Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) members. The committee determined that it would
not recommend any changes to the term limits at this time. In addition, the committee made the
following recommendations:
(1) All institutions should
be encouraged to submit SAAC nominations when appropriate vacancies exist. Solicitation notices will be sent to the
conference commissioners, directors of athletics, senior woman administrators,
faculty athletics representatives and campus SAAC advisors.
(2) Conference offices
should communicate with the SAAC liaisons if there are communication issues
between SAAC members and their conferences and partner conferences.
(3) A
notice should be sent to conference offices reminding them that the NCAA will
provide reimbursement for expenses for SAAC members to attend conference and
partner-conference meetings.
b. Online nomination
process. The committee reviewed
the online nominations process and requested that staff:
(1)
Include
information on specific committee Web pages detailing committee duties,
anticipated meeting dates and committee service time commitments.
(2)
Include
a link to the committee Web page and the staff liaison’s e-mail when soliciting
nominees.
(3) Include a checkbox on
the online form indicating that the nominee has reviewed the committee’s
duties and responsibilities prior to submitting nomination materials.
(4) Forward vacancy
notifications to sports committee members to assist with soliciting
nominations.
Committee
chair: Karen Johnson,
Staff Liaison: Sharon
Tufano, committee coordinator