1. Call meeting to order—all schools were
present except St. Thomas More and Cissna Park.
2. Mr. Buchanan of Watseka made a motion,
seconded by Ms. Pappas to approve the Minutes of December 19, 2007 meeting. The motion carried unanimously.
3.
Mr. Schuricht of Clifton Central made a motion, seconded by Ms. Pappas
to approve the Treasurer’s
Report-- The
motion carried unanimously.
4. A discussion of the remaining 2007-08 Calendar was held.
5.
Mr. Hawkins of Iroquois West and Mr. Bean confirmed that both Boards of
Education have approve the amended coop between Iroquois West, Tri Point and
Crescent in football for the 2008-09 school year. A letter will be sent to the IHSA informing them of the coop modification.
6.
The Honor Chorus was discussed. A question on the start time--7 pm or
7:30 pm—the correct time will be emailed and posted.
7.
A discussion on the Girl’s & Boy’s Basketball tournaments was
held. The original tournament options were
discussed. Some of the concerns
expressed by some schools were that the games were always at PBL/Iroquois West or
in the past GCMS. The reason for this
was central location.
There was also discussion of hosting at
the higher seed, this was done in the past and crowds were not good, travel was
a consideration and the tournament “feel” was lost.
There was discussion on why the games
were moved on the make up date of Saturday February 2nd. The main complaint was that Watseka had to
play in Paxton on their home court, instead of playing in Gilman. The decision to move the games and sites was
supported by the Principals in a 7-2 vote on Friday February 1st. Secretary John Overstreet informed the Principals
that the change was done to accommodate more schools with travel and two
games. The games were not moved to
allow any school, including PBL to have a home court advantage.
Review of the options:
Option 1—keep as is. There were some questions as to why this was
an option; the Athletic Directors felt that the current format was an option
that should be considered.
Option 2—establish a rotation,
beginning next year with a north, central and south option. This would mean that schools would only host
some games once in a three year cycle.
A question was raised by Mr. Buchanan as to why PBL was again the host
in the 2008-09 school year. The reason
was in part due to officials being already hired from the southern part of the SVC
area, also based on the girl’s rotation PBL and Clifton Central are the two
schools in the central rotation and Clifton Central was hosting the girls in
2009-10. PBL offered to be removed from
the rotation.
Option 3 and 4—play 6 games on the
first Saturday, some schools would have to play two games. This option would allow less school day
travel, more tournament feel, avoid the argument that schools were driving past
host schools to play somewhere else (something that could still occur in option
2). The main negative was “what if”
weather caused all 6 games, forcing
changes to the following week, which may result in changing of sites and games.
The host school(s) will become responsible
for hiring and contacting officials in future years in either option chosen.
The results of the survey of the
options showed option 2 with the most support.
Whether the tournament would conclude
at Parkland will be determined later.
The survey showed the majority of Principals, Athletic Director and
coaches support the games at Parkland.
Mr. Miller of Crescent made a motion,
seconded by Mr. Bean of Tri Point to narrow down the options to two, with
modifications. Option 2 (new option 1)
and Option 3 (now option 2) The modifications in option two changed the
rotation in the boy’s tournament and the modification in Option 3 changed the
final day of the boy’s tournament to Saturday.
See the revised options—click here.
Upon a roll call vote the motion passed
7 yeas (CPCI, Iroquois West, Momence, PBL, St. Joseph-Ogden, Tri Point and Watseka)
and 1 nay (Clifton Central)
These options will be presented the
coaches at the All Conference meeting and then discussed at the March 5th
Athletic Director’s meeting, with a possible vote by the Principals at their
March 12th meeting.
8.
A discussion the Scholarship procedure was held—see Scholarship start page. Principals
are asked to review the current methods/language and report any updates or
corrections at the March 12th meeting.
The Principals will meet at the April meeting
to review and select the scholarship winner.
9.
The Principals decided not to pursue an all-star basketball game with
the HOIC, sponsored by WGCY radio station, due to the short time frame and
conflicts at some schools. The
basketball coaches will be asked to input in their interest in an all-star game
in the 2008-09 school year.
10.
Mr. Hawkins will contact Shagbark about hosting the all conference
meeting—first choice Thursday February 28th, second choice Monday February
25th. More information will
be forthcoming.
The meeting adjourned at 10:40.