Action Items

DC Meeting – March 21, 2016

Georgian Court University

[Items highlighted in green require action before the June DC meeting. Items highlighted in blue shall be included on the agenda at a future CACC meeting. Items highlighted in yellow are those which were voted on during the meeting].

Sandy Michael made a motion to accept the January 16, 2016 Director’s Council minutes. Laura Liesman seconded. Motion passed: 12-0.

Ben DiNallo made a motion for all CACC Championship Tournaments (minus baseball/softball/golf) to be moved to Saturday-Sunday dates (basketball & volleyball on Saturday-Sunday; soccer on Friday-Sunday) to reduce missed class time, increase crowd size, and maintain the pre-determined site philosophy. Effective date: August 1, 2016. Laura Liesman seconded. Motion passed: 11-1-1.

Ben DiNallo made a motion to play the 2016-17 CACC Golf Championship on the fall dates which coincide for the Northeast-10 Championship (most likely the last weekend in September). Linda Andrzjewski seconded. Ben DiNallo amended his motion, changing the effective date for a fall golf championship to the 2017-18 academic year. Linda Andrzjewski seconded. Motion passed: 9-1-3.

Ben DiNallo made a motion to accept the slate of proposed championship/tournament dates with approved changes. Lynn Tubman seconded. Motion passed: 13-0.

Ben DiNallo made a motion to eliminate the CACC golf outing event. Laura Liesman seconded. Motion passed: 5-2-6.

Management Council: Laura Liesman is interested in serving as the AD nominee. Tom Shirley and Lynn Tubman voiced their support of Laura’s nomination. Ben DiNallo nominated Lori McGuinness as the SWA nominee. Sandy Michael will speak with Art Grugan and Ronnie Palmer will reach out to Deron Grabel to discuss their potential application as our FAR nominee.

Wilson proposal: Tom Shirley requested the proposal be altered to specify that the $1,500 in goods be given to each AD, not each coach. Furthermore, the group requested that shipping be free for those goods and that Wilson provide a list of which goods can be purchased with the $1,500.

Tom Shirley made a motion to accept Wilson’s proposal with the requested changes. Laura Liesman seconded. Motion passed: 13-0.

Uniform Patches: The conference office will reach out to member schools to assess the demand for patches. Doug DeBiase will reconvene the Logo Committee to discuss CACC logo size parameters.

Sandy Michael requested the basketball championship times be reviewed.

AT Best Practices: The conference office will send an email to the ATs apologizing for the confusion regarding the expectations of the best practices manual.

Tom Shirley made a motion to accept the 2017-18 budget proposal. Ben DiNallo seconded. Motion passed: 13-0.

Perhaps a conference policy should be developed, detailing how basketball regional webstreaming expenses should be covered in future years.

Sandy Michael recommends FLSA be discussed by the Presidents Council at their April 18th meeting.

Summary of Actions

CACC Director’s Council

Monday, March 21, 2016 – 9:00AM

Georgian Court University

Present:

Bloomfield: Sheila Wooten

Caldwell: Mark Corino

Chestnut Hill: Lynn Tubman

Concordia: Ivan Marquez and Brian Snow

Dominican: Kelly-Ann Di Giulio Light

Felician: Ben DiNallo and Lori McGuinness

Georgian Court: Laura Liesman, Mary Williams, and Ben Salsby

Goldey-Beacom: Chuck Hammond

Holy Family: Sandy Michael

Nyack: Keith Davie

Philadelphia: Tom Shirley

Post: Ronnie Palmer

Sciences: Cindy Rabideau

Wilmington: Linda Andrzjewski

CACC Staff: Commissioner, Dan Mara; Assistant Commissioner, Doug DeBiase; and Associate Commissioner, Ellen O’Brien

Meeting commenced at 9:13AM

  1. Director’s Council Meeting – January 15, 2016 (Supplement #1)
  2. Sandy Michael made a motion to accept the January 16, 2016 Director’s Council minutes. Laura Liesman seconded. Motion passed: 12-0.
  1. CACC Intra-Conference Transfer Policy Review (Supplement #2)
  2. Keith Davie suggested the CACCadhere to the NCAA policy rather than continuing to uphold the more stringent CACC Intra-Conference transfer policy. Laura Liesman pointed out that statistics are unavailable regarding how many student-athletes were deterred from transferring within the conference due to the mere existence of the policy. Most CACC Athletics Directors tend to sign individual releases for student-athletes wishing to transfer rather than signing blanket releases. After further discussion, the Directors Council agreed to maintain the policy in its current state.
  1. Division II Shared Responsibility - Mark Corino (Supplement #3A-B)
  2. Mark Corino voiced concern regarding coaches reporting directly to the NCAA about eligibility concerns. It was suggested that a more formal process be implemented, where eligibility concerns are funneled through the conference office and then to the NCAA.
  1. 2016-17 Championship Dates (Supplement #4)
  2. The Championships Committee proposed that all CACC Championship Tournaments (minus baseball/softball/golf) be moved to Saturday-Sunday dates (basketball & volleyball on Saturday-Sunday; soccer on Friday-Sunday) to reduce missed class time, increase crowd size, and maintain the pre-determined site philosophy. Keith Davie received permission from Dr. Scales for CACC championships to be played on Sundays. Tom Shirley feels that leaving a week in between quarterfinal and semifinal rounds in basketball is too large of a time gap. He proposed the quarterfinals be moved to Tuesday, however, that leaves the last Saturday of the regular season open.
  3. The discussion switched over to preseason expenses and the cost to the institution to feed teams during those few weeks. GCU has their preseason meals subsidized.
  4. Wilmington will sponsor women’s tennis in Fall 2016. With the addition of Wilmington, the women’s tennis format will be reviewed. The women’s tennis tournament schedule for 2016 would be as follows: Potential play-in game on Tuesday, October 18; Semifinals on Saturday, October 22nd; and Finals on Sunday, October 23rd. The soccer tournament schedule for 2016 would be as follows: Quarterfinals on Monday, October 31st (W) and Tuesday, November 1st (M); Semifinals on Friday, November 4th; and Finals on Sunday, November 6th. The volleyball tournament schedule in 2016 would be as follows: Quarterfinals on Tuesday, November 15th; Semifinals on Saturday, November 19th; and Finals on Sunday, November 20th. Ben DiNallo made a motion for all CACC Championship Tournaments (minus baseball/softball/golf) to be moved to Saturday-Sunday dates (basketball & volleyball on Saturday-Sunday; soccer on Friday-Sunday) to reduce missed class time, increase crowd size, and maintain the pre-determined site philosophy. Effective date: August 1, 2016. Laura Liesman seconded. Motion passed: 11-1-1.
  5. Ben DiNallo made a motion to move the first round of the men’s and women’s basketball tournament to the Tuesday preceding the semifinals. Chuck Hammond seconded. The rationale for Ben’s motion is to prevent teams from having a week off between quarterfinals and semifinals. However, it was noted that this motion conflicts with the previously passed motion which had a rationale of reducing missed class time and attracting more fans. Sandy Michael suggested that regardless of sport, all teams be scheduled to play on the last date of the regular season. This is not feasible in all CACC sports, where an odd number of teams sponsor the sport. Ben DiNallo withdrew his motion.
  6. Ben DiNallo made a motion to play the 2016-17 CACC Golf Championship on the fall dates which coincide with the Northeast-10 Championship (most likely the last weekend in September). Linda Andrzjewski seconded. Tom Shirley recommended this action be postponed one year to ensure Goldey-Beacom has a baseball team that meets sponsorship requirements. Ben DiNallo amended his motion, changing the effective date for a fall golf championship to the 2017-18 academic year. Linda Andrzjewski seconded. Motion passed: 9-1-3.
  7. The Directors Council agreed upon April 30th as the championship date for track and field in 2017.
  8. Ben DiNallo made a motion to accept the slate of proposedchampionship/tournamentdates with the approved changes. Lynn Tubman seconded. Motion passed: 13-0.
  1. SAAC Update
  2. Ben Salsby (CACC SAAC Chair/GCU Student-Athlete) introduced himself to the group and provided an update about GCU SAAC as well as the NCAA Leadership Forumwhich he is attending in April.
  1. CACC Golf Outing
  2. Ben DiNallo made a motion to eliminate the CACC fall golf outing event. Laura Liesman seconded. Motion passed: 5-2-6.
  1. Management Council Nominations
  2. Jim Crawley has resigned as the CACC Management Council representative. The CACC needs a nominated AD, FAR, and SWA to each complete an application by April 1st. Then, at the April Management Council meeting, one of the three CACC candidates will be selected to replace Jim and serve through January 2021. Laura Liesman is interested in serving as the AD nominee. Tom Shirley and Lynn Tubman voiced their support of Laura’s nomination. Ben DiNallo nominated Lori McGuinness as the SWA candidate. Sandy Michael will speak with Art Grugan and Ronnie Palmer will reach out to Deron Grabel to discuss their potential application as the FAR nominee.
  1. Financial Aid legislation – Chuck Hammond (Supplement #5)
  2. Linda Andrzjewski shared that the Legislation Committee is moving forward with the following three financial aid concepts: 1) Only count athletics aid towards individual and team equivalency limits; 2) Eliminate term-by-term awards with the exception of midyear enrollees; and 3) Permit aid increases at any time for any reason. The ADs agree that regardless of what is exempted in NCAA terms, schools will be tied down by discount rate limits at each institution. The group is not in favor the third proposal. All three proposals will be voted on individually. Linda will voice the groups’ concerns at the June Legislation Committee meeting. With the Legislation Committee’s support of proposal #1, Goldey-Beacom does not need to move forward with their proposal.
  1. Committee Nominations – Progress Update – Distributed at Meeting
  2. As of 3/20/16, nominations were still needed for the following: Constitution and Bylaws Committee – One (1) FAR; Marketing Committee – One (1) AD; SAAC Committee – One (1) AD; and Scheduling Committee – One (1) AD.
  1. Wilson Softball Proposal (Supplement #6)
  2. The CACC currently uses Worth as the conference softball, which is also the official softball of the NCAA. Wilson has submitted a proposal which would cost $74 per dozen ($16 less than Worth) and include 16 dozen game balls for the conference softball tournament, $1,500 in free goods for each school, and $2,500 to the conference office. Worth does not provide any of these incentives. Tom Shirley requestedthe proposal be adjusted to specify that the $1,500 in goods be given to each AD, not each coach. Furthermore, the group requested that shipping be free for those goods and that Wilson provide a list of which goods can be purchased with the $1,500. Tom Shirley made a motion to accept Wilson’s proposal with the requested changes. Laura Liesman seconded. Motion passed: 13-0.

Lunch break from 12:01PM – 12:19PM

  1. Volleyball rescheduling/Rescheduling in all sports
  2. The Directors Council previously agreed that Friday/Saturday matches in volleyball may not be changed. The conference office has since received two requests to alter playing dates. One instance involved maintaining the originally scheduled date, but switching home and away. The other instance was to move a Saturday match to another date. Ronnie Palmer followed up regarding the second scenario, explaining that the head coach and assistance coach had a wedding commitment on that Saturday. When the Executive Committee ruled against the scheduling request, they were not aware that both coaches were attending the wedding. Sandy Michael feels that wedding commitments should be considered extenuating circumstances and the ADs agreed. Ronnie will resubmit the information to the conference office and the schedule change request will be approved.
  1. Uniform Patches – Keith Davie
  2. Keith Davie inquired about the potential of the conference office to purchase a large number of CACC uniform patches in order to reduce costs. Many schools are using sublimation for uniforms, however, the conference office will reach out to member schools to assess the demand for patches. Doug DeBiase will reconvene the Logo Committee to discuss CACC logo size parameters.
  1. Softball/Volleyball Rules Changes (Supplement #7A-B)
  2. Softball: Effective 2018, foul poles need to be painted and dugout fences need to be six feet tall.
  3. Volleyball: A video challenge system will be an option for schools/conferences in 2016. No specifics in regards to camera locations, size, etc. have been provided.
  1. Basketball Tournaments Review – CACC, East Region
  2. CACC Tournament: Dominican College, Bridgewater TV, Ben DiNallo, Chris Granozio, and Tim McCaffrey should all be commended for the efforts during the CACC Basketball Championships. Several ADs agreed that the studio reporters should be reviewed for next year. The basketball banquet was a success in terms of venue and attendance. BTV is interested in broadcasting at least one fall and one spring CACC championship in future years. One concern regarding the championships at Dominican was the fact that the concession stand was not open either day.
  3. East Region: Holy Family did an excellent job hosting the Men’s East Regional. The games were broadcasted by Pack Network. Doug DeBiase provided the pregame and postgame shows and Ben, Chris, and Tim did the play-by-play, color, and sideline interviews. It was requested that the advancement process for officials throughout the regional be reviewed. Rather than having an in-region assignor evaluate the officials during the tournament, an evaluator (not assignor) from outside the region was selected to determine which officials advanced. The women’s regional at Bentley went well despite the fact that the three CACC teams bowed out in the first round. Sandy Michael and Sheila Wooten agreed that Bentley did not make the regional tournament a “special” event for the student-athletes and fans.
  1. Spring Tournament Preview
  2. Men’s Golf (April 18-20)
  3. Host: Wilmington @ Back Creek. Goldey-Beacom graduate, Michael Tobiason will be present at the banquet to be inducted into the CACC Hall of Fame and speak to the student-athletes.
  4. Men’s Tennis (April 23-24)
  5. Host: Chestnut Hill
  6. Softball (April 28-30)
  7. Host: Georgian Court
  8. Track and Field (May 1)
  9. Host: Georgian Court
  10. Women’s Lacrosse (May 3, May 7-8)
  11. Host: Georgian Court
  12. Baseball (May 7, May 12-14)
  13. Host: Wilmington
  1. Championships Committee Report (Distributed at Meeting)
  2. At their meeting, the Championships Committee discussed (specifically in basketball) selecting host sites based purely on the merit of the bid submission and without regard to a rotation. The Committee also reaffirmed their support for predetermined sites for all CACC Championships. Sandy Michael requested the basketball championship times be reviewed. With the adopted changes in tournament schedules, basketball final games (on Sunday) should be at 12PM & 2PM or 1PM & 3PM. In regards to soccer, the times should be 11AM and 1:30PM if being played on a field without lights.
  3. Laura Liesman noted that there were only eight men’s basketball coaches on their postseason conference call. Current language states that schools need to be represented on the conference call, however, the group agreed that head coaches should participate.
  1. DII ADA – Mark Corino
  2. Mark Corino has a conference call with the D2ADA the first week in April and will send an update to the conference via email. Two or three institutions have yet to pay their NACDA membership dues, which precludes student-athletes from those school from being considered for certain awards.
  3. Gladstone Harris (BC) and Jason Crafton (NC) were submitted by the conference to receive MOAA grants and both have been approved.
  1. Peer Review Update
  2. All peer reviews for the 2015-16 academic year have been completed bringing the total to ten. Next year’s reviews will include Nyack, Philadelphia, and Chestnut Hill, followed byWilmington in 2017-18. The conference needs to continue growing the pool of individuals to serve on peer review committees (ie. Direct Reports, FARs, etc.). Nominations must be submitted by the presidents.
  1. NCAA Committee Reports
  2. Linda Andrzjewski (Legislation Committee): Topics being reviewed include the coaches recruiting test, student-athletes receiving prize money, student-athlete promotion of fundraisers, and Go Fund Me.
  3. Tom Shirley (Championships Committee): Topics being reviewed include playing seasons and facility regulations (ie. Soccer field length, seating in gyms, etc.).
  4. Lynn Tubman (Nominating Committee): Sandy Michael has been appointed as East Region Women’s Basketball Chair. Laura Liesman is an alternate for the Nominating Committee. Jim Moore is on the Women’s Soccer Rules Committee. The Nominating Committee has a call on 3/22 and Laura is on the ballot for Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct and Jim Moore for Women’s Soccer Regional Chair.
  1. Best Practices Document – CACC Athletic Trainers (Supplement #8)
  2. The group agreed to set aside the CACC Best Practices document and to focus on the development of a CACC ATOperations Handbook instead. Bridget Muniz (Post) along with a few other ATs aim to have a draft of the handbook completed by April 15th The conference office will send an email apologizing for the confusion regarding the expectations of the best practices manual. The AT/SID meeting is May 17th (not May 10th) at Holy Family.
  1. 2016-17 CACC Budget Proposal (Distributed Prior to Meeting)
  2. The budget proposal was distributed on Thursday, March 17thand has been approved by the Directors Council Budget Committee. The NCAA grantitem has been adjusted to include $24,000 for meeting sports sponsorship in men’s and women’s track and field. The rent increase is due the addition of an adjacent office meeting room. The projected surplus this year is $55,000. Tom Shirley made a motion to accept the 2017-18 budget proposal. Ben DiNallo seconded. Motion passed: 13-0. A conference call will be scheduled with the Presidents Council Budget Committee to review the proposal.
  1. Sport Sponsorship Update (Supplement #9)
  2. Wilmington may not sponsor track and field in 2017-18. Caldwell won’t sponsor men’s lacrosse until 2018-19. Philadelphia will sponsor women’s golf in 2016-17. Bloomfield will sponsor women’s bowling in 2017-18.
  1. Conference Grant Reminder – Distribution June 2016 (Supplement #10)
  2. The CACC had a record number of teams qualify for basketball regionals this year. The NCAA requires regionals to be webstreamed, but only cover costs for one region each year. The CACC typically spends $3,000 of grant money to cover those costs. However, this year’s expenses could have reached $10,000 if CACCteams had advanced. The CACC has never charged individual schools for regional webstreaming, however, the ECC and NE-10 do. Perhaps a conference policy should be developed, detailing how these expenses should be covered in future years.
  1. Old/New Business
  2. Mark Corino initiated a discussion regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act and concerns with part-time coaches. Sandy Michael recommends this be discussed by the Presidents Council at their April 18th meeting.
  1. Spring Meeting – The SANDS, Bethlehem, PA - June 1-3, 2016
  2. The Directors Council meeting will begin at 10AM on June 2nd.

Meeting adjourned at 2:29PM