REPORT OF THE

NCAA DIVISION III NOMINATING COMMITTEE

1. ACTION ITEMS.

a. Committee Appointments.

Recommendation. Approve the following committee appointments. Terms begin at the close of the 2006 NCAA Convention, unless otherwise noted. [Attachment A]

(1) Division III Management Council (three January 2006 vacancies; one reappointment):

(a) Larry Glover, director of athletics, Fisk University, Great South Athletic Conference.

(b) Kristen Hall, director of athletics, Bard College, North Eastern Athletic Conference.

(c) Jack Ohle, president, Wartburg College, Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

(d) Reappointment – Kevin McHugh, director of athletics, The College of New Jersey, New Jersey Athletic Conference.

(2) Division III Budget Committee (two January 2006 vacancies):

(a) Keith Beckett, director of athletics, College of Wooster, North Coast Athletic Conference.

(b) Dianna Torres, senior woman administrator, City College of New York, City University of New York Athletic Conference.

(3) Division III Championships Committee (one January 2006 vacancy): Jeffrey Martinez, director of athletics, University of Redlands, Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

(4) Division III Financial Aid Committee (two January 2006 vacancies; one reappointment):

(a) Richard Woodland, director of financial aid, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Camden, New Jersey Athletic Conference.

(b) Debra Murphy, president, Nichols College, Commonwealth Coast Conference. [NOTE: Presidents appointed to general committee are appointed to two-year terms.]

(c) Reappointment – Paul Boyer, director of financial aid, Williams College, New England Small College Athletic Conference. [NOTE: The committee recommends a one-year reappointment for Mr. Boyer to give the committee continuity through the Level I and Level II reviews but to then eliminate the duplicate conference representation.]

(5) Division III Interpretations and Legislation Committee (one January 2006
vacancy; one reappointment):

(a) Terry Rupert, director of athletics, Wilmington College (Ohio), Ohio Athletic Conference.

(b) Reappointment – Kent Reeves, director of athletics, East Texas Baptist University, American Southwest Conference.

(6) Division III Membership Committee (two vacancies – one immediate, one January 2006; one reappointment):

(a) Immediate vacancy replacing Machli Joseph – Christyn Chambers, assistant director of athletics, Swarthmore College, Centennial Conference.

(b) Page Cotton Jr., director of athletics/men’s soccer coach, DePauw University, Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.

(c) Reappointment – Susan Hoffman, senior woman administrator, State University College at Brockport, State University of New York Athletic Conference.

(7) Division III Nominating Committee (three January 2006 vacancies):

(a) Sue Lauder, director of athletics, Fitchburg State College, Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference.

(b) Sanford Ungar, president, Goucher College, Capital Athletic Conference. [NOTE: Presidents appointed to general committees are appointed to two-year terms.]

(c) Dennis Collins, commissioner, North Coast Athletic Conference.

(8) Committee on Women’s Athletics (one immediate vacancy replacing Sean
Frazier): Matthew Newman, director of athletics, Cazenovia College, North Eastern Athletic Conference.

b. Division III Financial Aid Committee composition.

(1) Recommendation. Refer a request from the Nominating Committee to the Financial Aid Committee to review its composition to determine if a minimum

number of public/private institution financial aid officers should be legislated in NCAA Bylaw 21.9.6.6.1 (Composition).

(2) Rationale. The Nominating Committee recommends that the Financial Aid Committee review its composition to determine if any of the five legislated financial aid officer positions should be designated for private/public institutions to give the committee the appropriate public/private institutional perspectives. If the Financial Aid Committee determines that legislated positions are appropriate, the Nominating Committee requests that the financial Aid Committee recommend an amendment to bylaw 21.9.6.6.1.

c. Legislated chancellor/president positions on Division III general committees.

(1) Recommendation. Amend:

(a) NCAA Bylaw 21.9.6.6.1 (Composition – Financial Aid Committee) to increase the number of committee members to 12 and designate the new
position as a chancellor or president position.

(b) Bylaw 21.9.6.8.1 (Composition – Membership Committee) to increase the number of committee members to 10 and designate the new position as a chancellor or president position.

(2) Rationale. The committee recommends the addition of a position dedicated to a president or chancellor for the Financial Aid and Membership Committees based on:

(a) A commitment to the Division III Strategic Plan that has a goal to
increase the number of presidents and chancellors serving in the governance structure.

(b) A desire by the committee to increase the voice of chancellors/presidents and not to decrease that of the athletics administrators on the select committees and within the governance structure.

(c) Requests from the committees to appoint a president or chancellor to the committee to provide a presidential perspective to the committee. [NOTE: The Nominating Committee believes that a legislated chancellor/president position will encourage presidents and chancellors to submit nomination materials.]

The committee is aware of the Executive Committee action to reduce costs for committees but believes the addition of two committee members would benefit the work of the committees within the Division III governance structure. If the Management Council does not support the additional members, the committee recommends that one of the at-large positions on each committee be designated as a chancellor/president position.

(3) Budget impact. Approximately $1,200 per member per in-person meeting.

2. INFORMATIONAL ITEM.

· Nomination solicitation strategies.

a. NCAA Gender and Diversity Audit Report. As part of its ongoing review of strategic planning initiatives, the Nominating Committee reviewed the September 2005 Gender and Diversity Audit Report (Attachment B). The committee noted a decrease in the actual number of committee members from 251 (2004) to 247 (2005). [NOTE: This decrease is due to unfilled committee positions.] The committee noted an increase in the number of female committee members from 102 to 104. The committee also noted a decrease in the number of ethnic minority committee members from 28 to 25. Although the committee does not appoint committee chairs, the committee noted a decrease in the number of female committee chairs from 14 to nine from 2004 to 2005. The committee continues its commitment to increase the number of women and minorities in the structure and will discuss the strategic plan initiatives at its February in-person meeting.

b. Communication with conference commissioners. The committee approved a communication that was included in the October Division III Commissioners Monthly Update. The committee requested the assistance of the commissioners to identify women and minorities at their member institutions who would be interested in committee service. The committee requested that the commissioners encourage the identified individuals to complete nomination materials for future committee vacancies. Finally, the committee requested feedback from the commissioners on ways to improve the committee appointment process.

Committee chair: Paul Moyer, Moravian College, Middle Atlantic States Conference

Staff Liaison: Sharon Tufano, committee coordinator