TO:
PRINCIPALS & ATHLETIC DIRECTORS
FROM: DICK BAKER
DATE: 1/16/09
RE: CAL MINUTES OF 1/6/09 MEETING
1. All AD’s welcomed along with Greg Zagarella, Intern at Endicott, working with Elizabeth in Amesbury.
2. Treasurer’s report accepted. Balance of $40551.46.
3. December minutes accepted.
4.
Discussion on the Assistant Coach Award and Mike Leydon, JV Asst.
Baseball Coach, from NR approved. Dave Johnson
will make the presentation at
our March banquet.
5.
CAL Sports
Meetings & Banquet are all set for Thurs., 3/12 @ Nbypt HS beginning at 4 pm and please make sure you have
representation from your
school at each sport meeting. Banquet will be at the
Nbypt Elks with awards at 6:30 & food at 6:40.
6.
All coaches
meetings & CAL Events cross-checked. Only changes are:
a. CAL/NEC Ice Hockey
@ Reading Rink – Sat., 2/21 @ 7 pm
b. CAL/NEC Gymnastics
Open - @ Sterling YMCA, Bev – Sat., 2/7 – 7 pm
7.
Report given from Dave D, Jon L, & Dan T
on the National AD Convention:
a. Weather – rain
b. Dave & Dan
attended a field day on equipment, fertilizing & turf (12 year span)
c. Jon attended the XC
Footlocker Championship as well as many workshops.
d. All info is up on
the web-site and they will have handouts at our Feb. Mtg.
8. Hardy Nalley, selected unanimously as the Elliott Roundy award winner for 2009.
9.
Request for agenda items for our Principal/AD Mtg on Wed. 4/29 @ noon @
Calitri’s. Fan behavior, Schedules, & MIAA Annual Mtg
will be included. Please
forward any other Items you would like to see.
10. All reminded that any changes made with Spring Schedules need to be sent to the Commissioner of that sport.
11. Fall Schedules handed out for FH, CC, Golf, Girls
& Boys Soccer, & Girls Vlbl. All of these will be acted on in Feb. Please make the
following
corrections: Golf – block 8 should be Thurs 10/1; CC (use schedule e-mailed on 1/8) – block 3
– Ips & NR & Ames @ Masco,
and on block 6 –
eliminate M/E @ Ips; FH – block 5 moved to
Sat 10/17; & Soccer – All Star games
are on Sun., 11/1.
12. Motion to reconsider
the 2009 V Football Schedule accepted.
After checking with Bill Gaine to confirm that 5 teams in a division
is acceptable, the
following motion was accepted: Nbypt will remain in Div. II and
will play everyone in Div. I, so that games vs Nbypt
will count toward the
Div. I champion. Original schedule with changes was updated and e-mailed to everyone
– dated 1/8/09, and is the
approved schedule.
13. The following proposal
to the Commissioners Job Description accepted:
#1 – Add
the following sentence at the end: All information
discussed during the evaluations shall be considered privileged and
confidential
information not to be discussed to officials,
press, or anyone once the meeting is adjourned. Each sport director
is
to make sure this is covered with all coaches and commissioners.
14. Final Fall Standings agreed to and will be handed out at our Feb. meeting along with the Hyland points.
15. Discussion on Fan Behavior and the following was accepted
and will be enforced at all CAL schools:
a. No foul
language
b. No negative
name & or # calling
c. No reference
to officials
d. No
noisemakers
16. New Business:
a. Elizabeth
announced that her husband is going in for Heart surgery & she will be in and out of school. Our very best was wished
to
her and her husband.
b. The following
co-ops & Middle School waivers were unanimously accepted as renewals:
1
– Boys Ice Hockey – Pent. Host with Gtwn guest
2
– Boys Ice Hockey – Ames. Host with Whittier guest
3
– Football – M/E Host with Rockport guest
4
– Boys Ice Hockey – Rockport Host with M/E & Ips as guests
5
– Girls Ice Hockey – Masco Host with NA, Gtwn, HW, & Lynfd
6
– Girls Ice Hockey – Wil for Middle
School Girls – Grades 7 & 8
7
– Cross Country – Wil for Middle School Grades 7 & 8
8
– Boys Ice Hockey – NA for Grade 8
c. MSSADA
Conference ‘07 pictures handed out.
d. Flyers for MS
Workshop (3/10/09) & New & Aspiring AD Workshop(4/7/09) handed out – both held at MIAA in Franklin.
e. Rockport will
be added for MS sports next year – 09-10.
f. Discussion on
golf fees that schools have to pay – course, balls, etc….
g. District A
report: make sure you have completed your hotel reservations and that you have paid your
dues (to Bill Johnson)
and
registered with Thom Holdgate. All info is up on the MSSADA web-site.
NEXT MEETING:
TUES., 2/3 - @ 10:30 AM AT CALITRI’S
REST., R1S, DANVERS
DICK NEAL, MIAA EX. DIR. WILL ATTEND