Principals' Minutes
March 6, 2002
1. The meeting started at 8:25, all schools were present except: Clifton Central, Momence, Fisher and Blue Ridge.
2. Dr. Hedeman of Uni High made a motion to accept the minutes of the February 6, 2002 meeting. Mr. Hawkins of Iroquois West seconded. The motion carried.
3. Mr. Bogner of Gibson City Melvin Sibley presented the Treasurers’ Report. The SVC has a balance of $12,375.47. Mr. Colba of Tri Valley made a motion to accept the Treasurers’ Report, Mr. Mulvaney of Armstrong seconded. The motion carried.
4. John Overstreet presented a basketball tournament update. Discussion was held on the need to change the amount that hosting schools receive. This will be reviewed later.
5. A discussion was held on the SVC Basketball All Star game and the selection process. Questions have been raised on the number on the West Girl's squad and the fact that Blue Ridge has 7 girls on the team. Mr. Hawkins made a motion to direct the Athletic Directors to present a recommendation on changes in the selection process by the May 2002 meeting. Mr. Mulvaney seconded. The motion carried.
6. A discussion was held on the comments made on www.cornbeltsports.com by the Blue Ridge head girl's basketball coach. Dr. Schroeder commented that some of the comments were directed at individual students and reflected poorly on the conference. Several Principals were unaware of the site and asked Dr. Schroeder to forward copies to John Overstreet for the April 3, 2002 meeting for further discussion.
7. The application of St. Thomas More was discussed. Concerns expressed were their future size, recruitment of student-athletes and the effects on scheduling in other sports. There was concern that by adding 1 or 2 schools to the Sangamon Valley Conference, non-conference games would be lost and the effect on long time rivals and potential gate.
The concern that even if the SVC votes to allow St. Thomas membership, the SIA would still have to vote yes. It was agreed that any motion to accept new schools would be dependent on a yes vote from the full SIA membership.
Also, the need for review of not only St. Thomas More, but all schools every two years was discussed.
No action was taken, due to not all schools being
present. A vote will be taken at the April 3, 2002
meeting.
8. A discussion was held on Judah Christian's application. The main concern was the loss of non-conference games.
No action was taken, due to not all schools being
present. A vote will be taken at the April 3, 2002
meeting.
9. The scholarship committee (Colba, Schroeder and Mulvaney) gave an update. No formal action was taken but thoughts expressed were:
Having 5 scholarships valued at $500 each. The five would be 1-vocational, 1-fine arts, 1-academics, 1-boy's athlete and 1-girl athlete.
5 committees of 3 Principals would be established to review the applications.
The formal criteria would be finalized hopefully by the April meeting, in order to allow for the scholarships to be given this year.
10. A reminder about nominations for the Bud Maynard Award was given. Please bring nominations to the April meeting.
11. A reminder that the SVC All Academic Team nominations will be due in April. Criteria for the award are to be a senior, 3.5/4.0 GPA and participate in an SVC sponsored activity.
12. The meeting adjourned at 9:50 am.