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The below
mentioned Minutes are of a Colorado USA Wrestling (CUSAW) board
meeting. These minutes are unapproved
and can be changed in part or in whole at the discretion of the CUSAW
board of directors. At no time
should these minutes be interpreted as official CUSAW board meeting
minutes.
Colorado USA Wrestling
Board Meeting
April 13, 2008
Conference Call
Unapproved Minutes
Board Members
Present:
Chairman, Mo Babi; Secretary,
Tammy LeValley; Kids Director,
Patrick Jellum; Cadet Director,
Tom Cortez; Junior
Director, Dan LeValley; Women’s Director, Pat Babi; Equipment Director, Jason Babi; Folkstyle Director, Ted DeRousse; Events Director, Troy Rutz; Pairings
Director, Vicki Sigler;
Regional Training Site/JOP Liaison
Director, Rob Vialpando; League
Representatives: Patrick Jellum, Travis LeMay; Members-At-Large: David Falls, Barry Himmelman,.
Board Members Absent:
Treasurer, Dan Havens; Mat Officials Director, Rod Cozzetto; Coaches Director, Roy True; Grappling Director, Sheldon Marr; League Representatives: Terry
Lynn, Brian Velarde; Members-At-Large:
Troy Pickrell, Chris Burghardt, Chris Currier, Jeff Ross.
Welcome & Roll
Call:
- State
Chairman, Mo Babi, called
the meeting to order at 6:09pm.
He thanked Board Members for calling in.
- Secretary, Tammy LeValley, took roll call: 6 board members were present, a
quorum was reached.
Introduction of
Guests:
Review Agenda &
Meeting Time Frames:
·
All CUSAW
members were provided a meeting agenda by previous email. The following changes were added: Grappling Director report, and RTS/JOP
Director report. The agenda was
approved. (Motion: Travis LeMay / 2nd: Ted DeRousse / Unanimous
consensus).
Secretary’s Report:
1.
Secretary,
Tammy LeValley, asked for corrections to the 3-2-08 minutes be
discussed. No corrections were
made. The minutes were approved. (Motion: Jason Babi / 2nd: Rob Vialpando / Unanimous
consensus.)
Membership Report:
2.
Secretary,
Tammy LeValley, reported the following:
1.
Athletes – 1267
2.
Coaches – 246
3.
Clubs – 85
3.
2008
Schedule
1.
This was
discussed and included the following:
1.
April
18-19: a Freestyle/Greco qualifier
will be held at Denver East High School
2.
All weekends are full
3.
Tammy is waiting for Dan Havens to complete paperwork so that
Prairie View can submit their sanction event fee.
4.
Tammy is waiting for the 4 Corners dual tournament sanction event
paperwork to be submitted. She has
been in contact with Terry Lynn regarding this.
Chairman’s Report:
State Chairman, Mo Babi, reported the following:
·
Montrose
qualifier had small numbers but kids qualified and got matches.
·
The
Bradshaw family has medical needs, they are located on the Western Slope
and Mo proposed that CUSAW hold a fundraising tournament to help with
their medical expenses.
o
Motion: CUSAW will run a fundraising tournament
June 21st with all
proceeds going to the Bradshaw family for medical expenses. (Motion: Pat Babi / 2nd: Jason Babi / Unanimous consensus)
·
He is
working with our website provider, Joe Wolford in updating our website.
o
Mo wants to
have all of our USAW cards, registration, charters and sanctions
done with Joe.
o
This will
create a much lower processing fee ($0.60 compared to $4.75)
o
Faster turn
around time for CUSAW to receive funds (currently AIG is 4-6 weeks and Joe
has said we will have the money in 24-48 hours).
o
Mo will
continue to work on this venture.
Old Business:
·
Review of discussions with K.O. Sports regarding the singlets they
owe CUSAW.
o
Mo has received the balance of the singlets owed and given them to
Jason.
o
Jason has sorted them and they will cover our needs for
Cadet/Junior duals and Cadet/Junior Nationals.
New Business:
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USAW
Membership Cards
o
Mo got 300
athlete and 50 coaches hard cards from the USAW office. He used them at the Hall of Fame tournament,
Freshman/Sophomore tournament, Montrose qualifier, and has given them to
several local tournament directors to use.
o
Tammy
expressed her frustration as to Mo and Ted not contacting her concerning
membership/card questions at these
tournaments and in using “hard cards” when in fact the board had
previously voted not to use them and go online. She has a system in place for those
situations where league cards are converted, athletes/coaches do not have
access to computers and/or the internet for online cards,
athletes/coaches have problems in getting their cards online. She sends all tournament directors
information packets with directions prior to their tournaments and asks
them to contact her with any questions.
She had not been contacted regarding cards or memberships at these
tournaments by anyone and was unaware hard cards have been
circulating.
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Dan
LeValley expressed his frustration that out of 90 wrestlers that had
qualified for junior points 15 of them have no contact information as
they had received hard cards and they have not been put on the USAW
system. He can not send them their
information regarding duals and Fargo.
Mo requested Dan send him the list of these wrestlers and he will
get Dan their information and insured the board they will be accounted
for.
o
Both Tammy
and Dan are concerned regarding the wrestlers not being registered with
USAW for insurance purposes.
*Tammy and Dan dropped
off the call at 6:43pm. Minutes
were taken by Pat Babi at this time.
Cadet Director Report:
Cadet Director, Tom Cortez, reported
the following:
·
Champions Camp
o
Pretty much settled.
o
Clinicians are scheduled to include: Ben Cherrington, Tom Clum, Chris
Nissen, Leister Bowling, Kyle Sand and Steve Knight.
1.
There will be at least three of them there at
any given time.
o
Information has been put on the front page of the cowrestling.com
website.
o
Pre-registration fee or at the door is $75.00
o
Tentatively scheduled to have challenge matches on the 24th
and leave for Kansas City on the morning of the 25th.
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Cadet Duals
o
Hotel reservations and vans for duals have been made.
1.
Hotels will cost $58.65 plus tax (10 rooms)
o
Van - $545.00 (15 passenger)
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Registration money – Tom has most of it now and should have the
rest to be turned in shortly after the Denver East tournament.
·
Tom requested that his name be removed from the list as a contact
person for the Idaho Duals.
Kids Director Report:
Kids Director, Chris Burghardt, was not in attendance. Patrick Jellum reported the following:
·
He and
Chris have has some discussion regarding the different tournaments for
the kids. Patrick will be
officiating the Greco tournament at Denver East this weekend and they
will be able to talk to the parents of some of the kids and answer some
of their questions.
Women’s Director Report:
Women’s Director, Pat Babi, reported the following:
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Number of
wrestlers interested in nationals
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Colorado
had a very good showing at the Women’s National tournament in Oklahoma.
1.
There were
6-8 girls that placed in the various age division.
1.
Adeline
Gray took 1st place in her weight division and gained another
National Championship.
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There are
already 7 girls that have expressed an interest in the Women’s National
Camp in Fargo.
1.
There is a
possibility of an 8th athlete from Thunderridge.
2.
We have two
coaches.
Folkstyle Director Report:
Folkstyle Director, Ted DeRousse, reported
the following:
·
FR/SO tournament report
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The Freshman/Sophomore tournament went well.
o
The numbers were as good as or better than expected with very
positive feedback form coaches, athletes and parents.
o
He believes that we will need to have registrations on-line next
year in order to accommodate the weigh-ins to be done at the tournament
prior to the wrestling.
1.
It will make the bracketing and seeding flow better.
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Ted thanked Pet & Ina Gomez, Dino Aragon, and the entire Pueblo
West team of volunteers for their support.
·
Mo stated that a board member had brought to his attention the fact
that some of the parents from Pueblo West had questions about the amount
of money being taken by CUSAW from the gate and the concessions. He asked that Ted clarify the
issue. David Falls stated that he
also was not sure what was happening because he was being asked to give
the amount of money that was earned from the gate and the
concessions. Ted began to explain
that they were being asked so that the data could be reviewed and input
into a spreadsheet to help with the bid process for the tournament in the
future. Mo explained that they
also wanted to know to be sure that Pueblo had made at least $1500.00
since CUSAW had guaranteed that the host would make at least that
amount. If they did not, we as an
organization would make up the difference, and because we agreed to pay
for the mat and pairings officials.
·
Member-at-Large, David Falls thanked everyone for the great
tournament and stated that many of the coaches had requested that 8th
graders also be added to the tournament.
David also stated that it may help us in the future since not all
areas had their 8th graders or middle schools wrestling
completed at the same time. We
would need to discuss this in the future.
Ted DeRousse, Pat Babi and Vicki Sigler also expressed agreement
that we would need to review this issue.
*Tammy and Dan returned
to the call at 7:30pm. Pat Babi
turned the minutes back over to Tammy at this time.
Junior Director Report:
Junior Director, Dan LeValley, reported the following:
·
Report on
the Juniors
·
Information
provided to Montrose qualifiers, and local tournament placers
o
Letters
have been sent and deposits are coming in.
Events Director:
Events Director, Troy Rutz, reported
the following:
·
State events
o
He has sent contracts to the hosts of the qualifiers, this will
help all involved know their responsibilities and duties.
o
Faxed weigh-ins – he will handle these.
1.
Tammy will add the information on the website for coaches to
contact Troy for information concerning these.
·
Assignments for Denver East qualifier
o
The directors will register their athletes and hand out their
awards, making it easier to talk to those wrestlers and answer
questions.
o
He will send out an email for hotel room requests and job
assignments for the other board members.
·
Assignments for Rocky Mountain Regionals
o
Same as the Denver East qualifier
·
Assignments for Leadville qualifier
o
Same as the Denver East qualifier
Equipment Director Report:
Equipment Director, Jason Babi, reported the following:
·
2008
equipment
o
Has all the
singlets for duals and Fargo.
§
Wrestlers
will use these for the tournaments and be responsible to return them and
they must be clean.
o
Dual
equipment
§
Bids are
out and several have been submitted.
A few others should be coming in very soon.
o
Medals
§
Jason
discussed the possibility of providing local tournaments medals for a fee
1.
These
tournaments would not be stuck with unused medals.
2.
Possibly a
small money maker for CUSAW
Mat Officials Director Report:
Mat Officials Director, Rod Cozzetto, was not
in attendance. State Chairman, Mo
Babi reported the following:
·
Rocky Mountain Regionals Update Officials
o
Secured 30+ mat officials – we will be okay with this
·
Mat officials clinic report
o
Only three people attended:
Rod, Mo, and Chris Gonzales
Pairings Director Report:
Pairings Director, Vicki Sigler, reported
the following:
·
Rocky Mountain Regionals
o
Okay on pairers
·
Pairings clinic report
o
Only 4 people attended: Kim
from Brighton, Mrs. McElhany, Pat, and Vicki
Coaches Director Report:
Coaches Director, Roy True, was not in
attendance.
Regional Training Site/JOP Director:
RTS/JOP, Rob Vialpando, reported
the following:
·
Will check into the OTC usage.
Grappling Director:
Grappling Director, Sheldon Marr, was not
in attendance.
League
Representatives:
·
Terry Lynn
– not in attendance
·
Patrick
Jellum – left meeting
·
Travis
LeMay –
1.
At the
beginning of the meeting the Travis discussed his email to Mo concerning
his rescinding of his resignation
2.
Has spoken
with Jay Eide, director of the Pikes Peak League
1.
The league
is doing well.
2.
They are
planning on not offering the $10 league card and going to full CUSAW
membership for all their athletes and coaches for next year.
·
Brian
Velarde – not in attendance
Members-At-Large:
- Troy Pickrell –
not in attendance
- Barry Himmelman
– left meeting
- Chris Burghardt
– not in attendance
- Chris Currier –
not in attendance
- David Falls –
nothing further to report
- Jeff Ross – not
in attendance
Treasurer’s Report:
Treasurer, Dan Havens, was not in attendance. State Chairman, Mo Babi, reported the
following:
·
Doing well,
we have paid the deposit for the airline tickets to Fargo.
Additional Comments:
·
None
Executive Session:
·
None
Next meeting:
·
Friday, May
9th, in Leadville, after the Greco tournament.
·
Troy will secure a restaurant for the board to meet at.
Adjourn:
·
The board
meeting was adjourned at 8:28pm.
Colorado USA Wrestling
Board Meeting
March 2, 2008
Conference Call
Approved Minutes
Board Members
Present:
Chairman, Mo Babi; Secretary,
Tammy LeValley; Treasurer, Dan Havens; Kids Director, Patrick Jellum; Cadet Director, Tom Cortez; Junior Director, Dan
LeValley; Women’s Director, Pat Babi; Coaches Director, Roy True; Equipment Director, Jason Babi; Folkstyle Director, Ted DeRousse; Events Director, Troy Rutz; League Representatives: Patrick Jellum, Travis LeMay; Members-At-Large: David Falls,
Jeff Ross.
Board Members Absent:
Pairings Director, Vicki Sigler; Mat Officials Director, Rod Cozzetto; Grappling Director, Sheldon Marr; Regional Training Site/JOP Liaison
Director, Rob Vialpando; League
Representatives: Terry Lynn, Brian Velarde; Members-At-Large: Troy Pickrell, Barry Himmelman, Chris
Burghardt, Chris Currier.
Welcome & Roll
Call:
- State
Chairman, Mo Babi, called
the meeting to order at 7:25pm.
He thanked Board Members for calling in.
- Secretary, Tammy LeValley, took roll call: 11 board members were present, a
quorum was reached.
Introduction of Guests:
Review Agenda &
Meeting Time Frames:
·
All CUSAW
members were provided a meeting agenda by previous email. There were no changes made to the
agenda. The agenda was
approved. (Motion: Troy Rutz / 2nd: Dan LeValley / Unanimous
consensus).
Secretary’s Report:
1.
Secretary,
Tammy LeValley, asked for corrections to the 2-10-08 minutes be
discussed. Corrections were
made. The minutes were
approved. (Motion: Jason Babi / 2nd: Jeff Ross / Unanimous consensus.)
Membership Report:
2.
Secretary,
Tammy LeValley, reported the following:
1.
Athletes – 548
2.
Coaches – 165
3.
Clubs – 65
3.
2008
Schedule
1.
This was
discussed and included the following:
1.
March
14-15: a Freestyle/Greco qualifier
will be hosted by Montrose
2.
April
18-19: a Freestyle/Greco qualifier
will be held at Denver East High School
3.
April
4-5: tournament at Widefield
4.
May
23-24: tournament in Colorado
Springs
5.
Tammy has
not received a sanction form from Chaparral.
6.
Rocky
Mountain Regionals – Troy has received the fliers from USAW. Tammy will post the link on the
website.
1.
Travis
asked regarding the Cadets and Kids Festival. Troy said the details are on the flier
including these. Tammy will add
them to the schedule.
2.
March 30th
clinic
1.
Bronze
clinic – Mo will check with David on holding this
2.
Pairing
clinic – Mo will check with Vicki concerning this
3.
Officials
clinic – Mo will check with Rod concerning this
4.
Location
needs to be secured – same weekend as Chaparral Folkstyle tournament
1.
Mo will work
on this (south Denver and free)
5.
Lunch will
be provided to participants.
1.
Troy will
arrange this.
WSWL Fundraiser:
·
WSWL Representative, Brian Velarde, was not
in attendance.
o
Dan Havens spoke to Mary Jo of WSWL. WSWL is sending a $1500 check to Colorado
USAW to be used toward Fargo expenses.
Chairman’s Report:
State Chairman, Mo Babi, reported the following:
·
Explained
the Fargo transportation meeting conference call
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Flying – 82
tickets (includes 2 comp tickets) (41 per division – cadet & junior)
o
Cadets –
July 18-25
o
Juniors –
July 19-26
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