NCAA Convention: Future Date Recommendation
The
NCAA promotions and events staff, working with the governance and membership
services groups, have been exploring potential dates and sites for future NCAA
Conventions.
The
goal of the Convention is to provide an Association-wide platform that supports
the NCAA Strategic Plan and the business functions of the NCAA while
facilitating positive cross-divisional membership interaction and providing
learning opportunities, thus increasing attendance at the Convention. It is an opportunity to re-emphasize the
link between intercollegiate athletics and higher education.
Feedback
is requested on the following options for 2009 and beyond:
Option 1:
·
The Convention
dates move to the third week of June beginning in 2009. This concept would allow the NCAA
Convention to potentially tie into other NCAA meetings or NCAA-related meetings
being held. This would allow the
national office the opportunity to partner with others to maximize resources,
increase negotiation power for sleeping room rates and hotel concessions, and
broaden the delegate base.
·
This move would
likely require some adjustment to the current legislative cycle. If there appears to
·
This would allow
for additional sites to
·
May need to hold
two Conventions in 2008 during the transition year for legislative purposes
(e.g. January, 2008 and June 2009).
·
Potential dates
would be:
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o
o
o
o
o
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Option 2:
·
Dates remain
consistent with Bylaw 5.1.1.1 – There shall be an annual Convention of
this Association during the second week of January or at such other time as may
be prescribed by the Executive Committee.
o
Under this
option, the national office would send out an RFP for 2009-2014 using dates
during the second week of January, but with slight modification in years that the
Convention conflicts with the observance of Martin Luther King Day.
o
This date formula
may cause overlap between future Bowl Championship Series (BCS) dates and Convention
dates.
Option 3:
·
Dates would move
to the third or fourth week of January careful to not conflict with the observance
of Martin Luther King Day. This
eliminates the conflict with BCS dates but does conflict with start dates at
many campuses. An RFP would be sent
out for 2009-2014 with the following potential dates:
o
January 14-17 or 23-26,
2009
o
January 13-16 or
22-25, 2010
o
January 12-14 or
21-24, 2011
o
January 20-23 or
27-30, 2012
o
January 16-19 or
25-28, 2013
o
January 15-18 or
24-27, 2014
NCAA
staff is in the process of sending requests for proposals to cities for bids on
the three date options presented above.
It is necessary to have the dates for NCAA Conventions 2009 and beyond
determined as soon as possible since hotel properties and convention center
space is already booked through 2012 and beyond in many instances.
The
National Collegiate Athletic Association