Principals'
Minutes
January 9, 2002
1. The meeting started at 8:25, all schools were present except: Clifton Central, Blue Ridge and Hoopeston Area.
2. Mr. Maurer of CPCI made a motion to accept the minutes of the December 5, 2001 meeting. Mr. Gibson of Milford seconded. The motion carried.
3. The Treasurer's Report was presented. As of January 9, 2002 the Sangamon Valley Conference has a balance of $8659.70. This doesn’t reflect the payment of $369.50 to Triple Q Questions for Scholastic Bowl. Mr. Gibson of Milford made a motion, seconded by Mr. Hawkins of Iroquois West to accept the Treasurer's Report. The motion carried.
4. The SIA CAC Report was discussed. President Flaherty informed the Principals that a full SIA meeting would be held later this spring at a date to be announced.
Items discussed from the CAC report:
It was the CAC opinion that St. Thomas More would have to be voted on by both the SVC and the SIA.
The CAC was not opposed to the possible SIA Soccer Conference but recommended that instead of 2 four-team divisions, there would be one 8-team division with one champion. This will be discussed at the SVC February Athletic Director's meeting.
The CAC support for any possible coop between GCMS and Fisher and the effects on the schedule.
That Dale Doehring is going to retire from the Scheduling Secretary's job and a replacement would be needed.
Gave President Flaherty permission to invite Judah Christian to the February 6, 2002 Principals meeting should Judah Christian make an official inquiry into membership in the SVC.
Mr. Hawkins informed the Principals that there was a strong possibility that the coop in football between Iroquois West and Crescent Iroquois would not be renewed when it expired after the next two football seasons. Mr. Hawkins wanted to make sure that Iroquois West would placed in a division based on its enrollment alone when new alignments are made next fall.
5. A discussion was held on the Boy's and Girl's Basketball Tournaments for this year. The girl's tournament will be seeded Tuesday January 15th and the boy's on Wednesday January 23rd. These will be posted on the Internet at:
This site will include links to the pairings, results, sites, tournament reports and other information.
John Overstreet will contact the officials and inform them of their assignment. Each host school is responsible for paying the officials $50 per game.
Each school is entitled to $100 per one game night for expenses for ticket takers, scorekeepers…, in addition to the cost of the officials.
Each school is entitled to $150 per two game night for expenses, in addition to the officials.
Schools are to send rosters to Leonard McKean at CPCI by Thursday January 17th.
Pass lists need to be sent John Overstreet by Thursday January 17th. These then will be faxed to the proper site depending on the game.
Any decision not to travel to games due to weather is a local decision, but a final decision to cancel the tournament for the night(s) will be made by John Overstreet.
Complete information will be sent out with the pairings announcements.
6. The letter from the Midstate Conference concerning the IHSA decision to go to a geographic concept in seeding the football playoffs was discussed. It was the unanimous opinion to instruct President Flaherty to send a letter on behalf of the SVC to the IHSA in support of the position of the Midstate's letter.
7. The Principals gave radio station WGCY (Gibson City) to host the SVC Boys and Girl's All Star games at GCMS High School on Saturday March 23, 2002.
8. Mr. Hawkins asked Principals what their policies were concerning Extra-Curricular violations for battery and other felonies. Please send information to Iroquois West as soon as possible.
9. Mr. Thomas of Rossville-Alvin also asked for policies that concerned Drug and Alcohol violations. Please send information to Rossville-Alvin as soon as possible.
10. The meeting adjourned at 9:15.