MINUTES OF THE

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

DIVISION III MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

Teleconference February 9, 2006

Participants:

Christyn Chambers, Swarthmore College

Page Cotton, DePauw University

Kristen Hall, Bard College

Susan Hoffman, State University College at Brockport

Mark Majeski, Willamette University

William Mandel, Western New England College, chair

Chris Martin, College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

Christopher Ragsdale, University of La Verne

Leah Nilsson, NCAA, recording secretary

Susan Peal, NCAA

Caitlin Collier, Menlo College, was unable to attend.

[Note: These minutes contain only actions taken (formal votes or stated "sense of the meeting") in accordance with NCAA policy regarding minutes of all Association entities. While certain items on the committee's agenda were acted on at various times throughout the meeting, all final actions within a given topic are combined in these minutes for convenience of reference.]

The NCAA Division III Membership Committee teleconference was called to order at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time by Ms. Peal. All were present as noted above.

1. Review Minutes from January 26-27 In-Person Meeting. The committee reviewed the minutes from its January 26-27 in-person meeting.

It was VOTED

"That the January 26-27 in-person meeting minutes be approved."

2. Follow-Up from January In-Person Meeting.

a. 2006 NCAA Convention Provisional/Reclassifying Member Education Session. The membership committee decided that it should continue to require a convention education session for provisional and reclassifying athletics directors. This session will be conducted Sunday morning prior to the Division III issues forum and should include fresh material during each year of a four-year rotation so that an institution does not hear the same program twice. The issue to require chancellor or president attendance will be decided at the June in-person meeting.

b. Division III Strategic Initiatives Grant Program. The committee received an update regarding provisional institutions and allocation of Division III grant dollars under the new conference-based program. Provisional institutions will not count towards the size of the conference (which determines its total grant dollar allocation from Division III) but may receive funds if a conference decides to grant dollars to a provisional or reclassifying institution.

3. University of Texas at Tyler – Membership Committee Response. The committee received an update on the correspondence sent to Texas-Tyler regarding its response to Texas-Tyler’s January 12 letter describing the intent to request a waiver of the fourth year of provisional membership. The committee noted that if Texas-Tyler intends to submit substantively the same waiver request submitted previously, the request should be written as an appeal of the previous decision and should be directed to the NCAA Division III Management Council and the NCAA Division III Presidents Council, if necessary. If the waiver request is different than a previous request, the Management Council has the authority to consider it.

4. Reclassifying Institution – Application with Delayed Starting Date. The committee considered an anonymous request by a Division I institution that is considering reclassification to Division III. The Division I institution requested that it be allowed to apply for reclassification prior to the June 1, 2006, deadline in the membership moratorium and then delay its start of the reclassification program until June 1, 2007. The committee agreed the institution should be given this opportunity as the moratorium was designed to accommodate all institutions that decided to reclassify by the June 1, 2006, deadline.

5. Consider Presentation College Request for Additional Week in Basketball Season. The committee considered a request by Presentation to allow its basketball team to engage in a twentieth week of athletically related activity to accommodate the Unites States Collegiate

Athletic Association national championship. The institution stated the 2006 event was moved back one week from its normal date and the institution was not aware of this date change in time to adjust its practice schedule. The committee discussed the October 11, 2005, timing of notification to the institution, the Division III philosophy statement regarding emphasis on regular season competition and related enforcement provisions if an active member institution were to exceed its playing season by one week.

It was VOTED

"That Presentation be permitted to conduct a twentieth week of the 2005-06 basketball season, conditioned on the institution conducting a 17-week season for the 2006-07 year (in accordance with the standard two-for-one penalty for NCAA Bylaw 17 violations). Further, the decision letter to the institution shall include the language from the philosophy statement describing the Division III commitment to place primary emphasis on regional in-season competition and conference championships."

6. Future Meeting Schedule.

a. Teleconference at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time, Thursday, March 9;

b. Teleconference at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time, Thursday, April 13;

c. Teleconference at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time, Thursday, May 11; and

d. In-person meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, Thursday and Friday, June 22-23.

7. Adjournment. The teleconference adjourned at 2:12 p.m. Eastern time.

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