NMAA Board Summary 12-6-07

The Board of Directors met in regular session at the NMAA on December 6, 2007.

Gary Tripp, NMAA Executive Director, reviewed the fall state championships.

Mr. Tripp went on to inform the Board that the NMAA Foundation awarded grant money to several schools to help them begin programs and that the NMAA would adopt the NFHS coaches education curriculum in the near future.

The Board of Directors voted unanimously to allow softball to start practice on the Monday of Week 32.

The Board of Directors voted unanimously to require member schools to declare their tennis line ups from strongest to weakest by the Sunday of Week 43 to alleviate stacking issues.

The Board of Directors voted unanimously to keep the wrestling classifications at three as recommended by the Wrestling Sports Specific committee.

NMAA Assistant Director, Dusty Young, presented the RFP (Request For Proposal) packet to the Board for the State Cross Country, Wrestling, and Softball Championship locations. The Board voted unanimously to permit the NMAA to send out the RFP's.

The Board of Directors approved the revision to Bylaw 2.2.1.B to read as follows:
NMAA 2.2.1.B. Role and Purpose of the Board – Current Rule
B. Role and Purpose of the Board
The Board is responsible for the fair and uniform application of federal, state and local laws as well as the rules and regulations of the Association in the operation of interscholastic activities/athletics within New Mexico schools. The Board serves as a policy-making body of the NMAA and adopts the philosophy and vision of the Association and annually sets the goals of the organization. The Board approves and oversees the fiscal operations of the NMAA. It exercises leadership primarily though the formulation and adoption of policies. The Board hires, sets the duties, evaluates and establishes salaries for the Executive Director. The Board also approves the budget as submitted by the Executive Director as it relates to the salaries of all staff. The Board acts upon items which are to be submitted to the membership through the referenda process.

NMAA 2.2.1.B. Role and Purpose of the Board – Proposed Rule
1. The board is responsible for the fair and uniform application of federal, state and local laws as well as the rules and regulations of the Association in the operation of interscholastic activities/athletics within New Mexico schools.
2. The board adopts the philosophy and vision of the Association and annually sets the goals of the organization.
3. The board exercises leadership primarily through the formulation and adoption of policies.
4. The board hires, sets the duties (except as stated in NMAA 2.2.2), evaluates, and establishes the salary for the Executive Director.
5. The board oversees and approves the fiscal operations of the NMAA including NMAA 2.4 – Article IV – Fiscal Matters, and NMAA Section 5 – Finance.
6. The board has the authority to authorize proposals for amendments (referenda) to the Constitution, By-laws, and Sports Regulations as stated in NMAA 2.7.
7. The board has authority for classification, alignment, and championships (qualifying, selection, seeding, etc.) as stated in NMAA Section 4 – Classification and Alignment and NMAA Section 7 – Sports Regulations.
8. The board has the authority to review decisions of the NMAA review committee as stated in NMAA 13.2.

The Board of Directors approved the New Mexico High School Coaches Association All-Star dates for the 2008 All-Star games.