MSWA 2008 Open Meeting

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Sterling Inn Banquet & Conference Center

 

Meeting called to order @ 1:32 pm

Reports of Officers:

Lem Schutt: Junior Olympic team took 4th place.  Mike Leholm named outstanding wrestler for the tournament. 

Wayne Tomala:  Website is running well.  Middle School National team qualification procedures did not result in increased participation from MSWA wrestlers.  Will try this for one more year and re-evaluate.  Perhaps this is an event we no longer want to support.

Old Business: None

New Business:

Motion 1:       Motion made that age groups will be based upon the date that the wrestler is on the day of the competition in question.  Wrestlers may be required to move up in division if birthday falls during the season.

Vote:              Motion passes 8-2

 

Motion 2:       Motion made that MSWA adopt weigh-ins the night before competitions at satellite locations, to be determined by the MSWA Executive Board.  Thos weighing in the night before will be required to pre-register and pay at that time.  All paperwork must be turned into pairing first thing in the morning of the tournament.

Vote:              Motion passes unanimously.

 

Motion 3:       Motion made that proceeds of MSWA Kickoff Tournament be allocated to MSWA Middle School National Team to reduce cost of the trip.

Vote:              Motion passes unanimously.

 

Motion 4:       Motion made to adjust weight classes in Madison weigh in or blocked in which wrestlers in a given age group will be ordered be weights and placed on up to eight man charts, as determined by weight deviation of no more than a percentage to be determined by the board (at or near 12%).  For weight classes with 6 or fewer participants, charts will be a round robin format.

Vote:              Motion passes unanimously.

 

Motion 5:       Motion made to change sanctioning procedures so that all event sanctions will be done on a league play basis so as to reduce costs.

Vote:              Motion passes unanimously.

League Schedule is as follows:

Folkstyle Season

December 7, 2008:            Kickoff @ HF2

January 11, 2009:               Roseville

January 18, 2009:               Ferndale

January 25, 2009:               TBD

February 1, 2009:               Anchor Bay

February 8, 2009:               HF2

February 15, 2009:             Folkstyle States @ Roseville

Freestyle Season

February 22, 2009:              Yale

March 1, 2009:                    Roseville

March 8, 2009:                    TBD

March 15, 2009:                  No tournament

March 22, 2009:                  Yale

March 29, 2009:                  Anchor Bay

April 5, 2009:                       Freestyle States @ Anchor Bay

 

MSWA Meeting Schedule

Friday November 7, 2008             HF2                  7pm                Mandatory    Flyer meeting

Saturday December 6, 2008          HF2                  4pm                Mandatory    Kickoff Setup

Friday January 9, 2009                  HF2                  7pm

Saturday February 14, 2009          Roseville        12pm              Mandatory    State Setup

Friday March 20, 2009                  HF2                  7pm

Friday April 3, 2009                      Anchor Bay   6:30pm           Mandatory    State Setup