Sportsmanship
and Citizenship Advisory Committee Minutes
Held September
28, 2010
The meeting
was called to order at 10:05 a.m. with the following members present: Lin,
Shelby, Holm, Boschert, Waters, Cooper, and Mahon representing the Student
Advisory Committee. Staff members
present were West and Calfee.
Motion Shelby, Second Lin to approve
minutes from the 2009 Sportsmanship/Citizenship Advisory Committee
Meeting. Motion passed 6-0.
The 2010 Junior
High Sportsmanship Essay contest was the next item on the agenda. West introduced the possibility of MSHSAA
sponsor Farmers Insurance involvement with the Essay Contest. Mr. West indicated that the MSHSAA’s CFO
Craig Long is working with Farmers representatives on securing a saving’s bond
prize but not sure if that will come to pass for the 2010-11 Essay Contest.
Next the
committee looked at the deadlines for the district winners. Previously the district coordinators
established their own deadlines for district winner submissions. However, this year the committee would like
to try a deadline established by the MSHSAA.
The committee feels with this firm deadline will help with confusion on
the local level. The committee agreed on
November 22, 2010 as the deadline for schools to have their local winners submitted
to their district coordinators. Also,
the committee established the deadline of December 20, 2010 to have their
District Winners to the MSHSAA for state judging.
Lin brought
up the issue of how to handle any late submissions. The committee came to the consensus in order
to keep participation at a premium submissions are accepted until District
judging has begun or taken place. Holm
and Waters wanted to confirm the materials that will be sent to participating
schools, information needed from local winners, and finally the information
MSHSAA needed from them once the district winners were selected. Calfee indicated the schools would receive
the following materials: supply of entry forms, supply of judging forms,
posters, and administrator’s information.
Calfee went on to discuss the district coordinators should receive a
copy of local winner’s essay, along with the entry forms from all of the
entries. The district coordinators
should then pass on the following items to the MSHSAA for State judging:
district winner essay, entry forms from all of the entries, and finally the
rank order of the entries.
Lin went on
to request from the MSHSAA that district coordinators still receive email
contacts to principal and athletic directors to distribute reminder emails and
additional promotion. Lin and Waters
also requested that Calfee send another judging form and the administrator’s
checklist.
West moved on
to the MSHSAA Sportsmanship Summit business.
First the committee discussed the 2010 Summit Summary. Mahon and Shelby noted
the attendance was good for the Summit.
Also, the speakers all received good ratings with Mills, Hooton and the
Speaking Specialists receiving high and positive responses from the delegates
West wanted
the committee to look at the summit date for this previous year and upcoming
years as the date relates to the membership dead periods. Shelby notes that his school did not attend
this year’s summit due to other conflicts not related to the schools dead
period. Cooper added that during the
dead period parents often plan family vacations. West moved on to the broader topic date
suggestions for the summit. Holm
suggested moving the summit to May or sometime in the spring. West noted that the MSHSAA administers
multiple championships in May, as well as Dr. Urhahn is hesitant to have student’s
miss valuable school time in the spring.
Holm then brought the idea of having multiple summits throughout the
year maybe one in fall and one summer.
Shelby stated he liked the current timeframe in August as this prepares
the students for the school year and practices have just begun for the
fall. The committee came to a consensus
to stick with the second Saturday of August to avoid any dead period issues
plus it is a good time to refocus students on sportsmanship issues.
Shelby and
Mahon agreed that the rotation of Summit locations is going well. Mahon stated that the idea of moving the
Summit to areas of state would give schools an opportunity to attend the
summit. As seen plotted on the Missouri
map that is truly what is happening. For
the most part St. Louis and surrounding communities were the bulk of attendees
at the 2010 Summit. The committee came
to a consensus that the current location rotation benefited the Summit, and
would like to continue the rotation of Springfield, Kansas City, St. Louis, and
Columbia.
West moved on
to the current format of the Summit.
West questioned the committee on changing the format to something
similar to NFHS Student Leadership Conference held in Indianapolis. Mahon questioned West on his vision for the
MSHSAA Summit, and how to implement this vision. West discussed placing the larger group into
eight smaller groups with the delegates intermingling within the groups. The overall vision of this plan is for
students and adults to share ideas on the following general topics: 1. Positive
Values, 2. Sportsmanship and Respect, 3. Healthy Lifestyles or teamwork.
Shelby also
noted that asking University of Missouri and Missouri State University students
to serve as facilitators would aide in the interaction process. Students enjoy and focus more positively when
those mentors are involved in the process.
Finally, the
committee came to a consensus on a rough time schedule of the 2011 Summit. The following schedule was decided upon:
8:30 – 9:30
Keynote Address
9:40 – 10:40
Breakout One
10:50 – 11:50
Breakout Two
12:00 – 1:00
Breakout Three
1:15
Lunch
1:45 Sponsor Presentations and Thank
you’s
2 Keynote Address (same a morning keynote)
The committee
moved on to the keynote addresses. West
mentioned the idea of having the Keynote speaker address the delegation in both
the morning and afternoon. In the
morning the speaker will get the crow pumped up about the day’s activities, and
in the afternoon wrap up the day’s activities.
West mentioned the following possible speakers: Harvey Alston, Joe
Edelmann and Mark Scharenbroich. The
committee came to a consensus that Harvey Alston would be a great choice for
the 2011 Summit with the new format.
Next the
committee moved on to the 5-Star leadership program. West reviewed the 5 points in becoming a
5-Star leadership school. Holm indicated
that the kits arrived to the schools this week.
Next the
committee moved on to the Student Advisory Committee. West indicated to the committee that the SAC
has secured a presentation spot at the MIAAA conference in April. West inquired to the committee if there were
any particular topics that the students should touch on in their presentation
to students or adults:
Students: 1.
Texting while driving, 2. Student leadership possibilities – Choices, 3. You
can be a leader, 3. Respect - coaches,
parents, officials, teachers, 4. Promote traditions – mentoring.
Shelby
introduced the idea of the SAC presenting at parent meetings at membership
schools as well.
Next regular
scheduled meeting set for September 20, 2011
Next meeting
scheduled for August 12, 2011 the evening prior to the Sportsmanship Summit.
2011
Sportsmanship Summit Scheduled for Saturday, August 13, 2011.
Motion Shelby, Second Holm to adjourn
the Sportsmanship/Citizenship Committee Meeting, Motion passed 6-0.