REPORT OF THE
NCAA DIVISION III NOMINATING COMMITTEE
ACTION
ITEMS.
1. Committee
appointments.
a. Recommendation. Approve the following committee
appointments. Terms begin
Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee:
(1)
American Southwest Conference: Tyler Winford,
(2)
Atlantic Women’s Colleges
Conference: Alecia Weddle,
(3)
Capital Athletic Conference: Jessica Huntley,
(4)
College.
(5)
(6)
Little East Conference:
(7)
(8) Skyline Conference: Steven Suggs, Stevens Institute of Technology.
(9)
b. Rationale. In order to comply with gender and diversity requirements the committee
recommends the appointees as listed above. The committee noted the Administrative committee's concerns regarding institutional representation and will give that concern more consideration in future deliberations.
2. Impact
of NCAA Bylaw 21.8.1.3 (Vacancies) on committees with less sports sponsorship.
a. Recommendation. Grant a waiver of Bylaw 21.8.1.3 to the Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey Rules Committee to allow a member of the same conference to immediately follow an outgoing conference member without waiting for one year to elapse. [NOTE: The committee recommends that the requirement be waived only for a member of the same conference, not a member of the same institution.]
b. Rationale. Due the small number of institutions that sponsor ice hockey, it is difficult to fill vacant positions on the Ice Hockey Rules Committee, particularly members representing women’s interests. A waiver of Bylaw 21.8.1.3 will aid with filling the vacant positions.
3. Nominating Committee Operating
Policies and Procedures.
a. Recommendation. Approve the amended Nominating Committee Operating Policies and Procedures which includes an exception for current CEOs serving on the Nominating Committee from the policy that prohibits current Nominating Committee members from being considered for committee vacancies. [Attachment B]
b. Rationale. The committee’s Operating Policies
and Procedures include a provision that prohibits current committee members from
consideration for committee vacancies.
The committee recommends inclusion of an exception for the CEO committee
member (at the conclusion of the CEO’s term on the Nominating Committee)
to
allow consideration for vacancies on other committees. In 2004, in an effort to encourage more
CEO involvement in the committee structure, legislation was adopted to appoint
CEO committee members to two-year terms.
Prohibiting the CEO member of the Nominating Committee from immediately
seeking service on another committee is counterproductive to initiatives
outlined in the Division III strategic plan to
increase the number of CEOs serving in the Division III governance structure.
4. Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
(SAAC) selection process.
a. Recommendation. Amend Bylaw 21.8.6.10 (Student-Athlete Advisory Committee) to indicate that student-athlete representatives shall be selected by the SAAC from a slate of nominees, subject to review by the Division III Nominating Committee and ratification by the Division III Management Council.
b. Rationale. The committee recommends that the SAAC review the slate of nominees and make selections for vacancies. Due to the unique composition of the SAAC, the Nominating Committee believes the SAAC can better determine the current compositional needs of the committee. Division I and Division II SAACs are charged with making the selections for the SAAC. The Division III SAAC will review this recommendation at its July 2005 meeting and will report its recommendation to the Management Council.
Committee chair: Paul Moyer, Moravian College, Middle
Atlantic States Conference
Staff
Liaison: Sharon
Tufano, committee coordinator