MJWL Minutes

League President Lenny Bachicha called the meeting was called to order at 9:25 am.

League Secretary Tricia Trujillo read the minutes from the 08/24/08 meeting.  Changes to the minutes included a proxy for the Strykers Team instead of an unexcused  absence at the 08/24/08 meeting.

ROLL CALL:
Teams absent; Arvada West, Jefferson, Monarch, Pinnacle, & the Silverbacks.  Team Brush proxied.

OLD BUSINESS:
Schedule;
The schedule was discussed at length.  League President Lenny Bachicha asked teams to come to the next meeting with dates to host duals finalized.  Changes to team names and other scheduling and team issues were also discussed and are as follow; Skyview team will now be called The Academy Wildcats.  City of Greeley Rodarte Center team will no longer be called Team Action and instead will be called The Predators. Frederick Wrestling Club agreed to allow The Predators to ride with them for the 2008-2009 season.  Team Erie asked the League if they could return to the League as a rider team.  Ft. Lupton agreed to take Erie on as a rider team for the 2008 - 2009 MJWL season.  Chad Duncan from the Sterling Wrestling Team approached the League about joining the MJWL for the 2008 - 2009 season.   Mtn. View made a motion to allow Team Sterling to join the league, motion was seconded by Boulder.  Motion was carried. Sterling Wrestling will ride with the Brush team for the 2008 - 2009 season.

By-Laws;
Proposed amendments to the by – laws included the following; figuring out a way to keep children from disrupting table help at duals and tournaments teams suggested trying to find babysitters for the duals.  Teams decided that a proposed change to the by – laws requiring teams to provide table help babysitters would not be necessary.  Teams were asked to have parents volunteers help with babysitting duties for those parents who are helping out at the tables during duals and tournaments.   Ft. Lupton made a motion to adopt a proposed change to the MJWL by – laws requiring each team to provide a League Certified Referee to be used for MJWL League events only, motion was seconded by Academy, motion was carried. 

NEW BUSINESS:
USA Wrestling:
Mo Babi addressed the League concerning membership into USA Wrestling.  The total cost of card is $10.00 and may be traded in at the end of the season toward the purchase of a full card.  The USA card would include insurance and would cover each child at any USA Wrestling sanctioned events.  Coverage under the card would be effective until August 31st, 2009.  USA would not require the League to sanction every tournament.  In the event of an injury, the insurance coverage would not expire after the first year, coverage would continue to be in place until the injury is completely healed or until medical coverage is no longer necessary.   The medical deductible would be $500.00.  Coaches would have to go through a background check and all administrators, elected board members, and volunteer coaches would continue to be  covered through the insurance.  A $20.00 fee would be charged for teams to receive an insurance certificate from USA Wrestling.  Teams questioned how the purchases of the USA card would benefit the State of Colorado.  Mo Babi assued teams that a portion of the money will go Colorado USA Wrestling.  Mo also explain to teams that the MJWL membership would help to increase the membership numbers for USA Wrestling and for Colorado USA Wrestling.    Mr. Babi also assured teams that the MJWL would not be governed by the USA Wrestling By-Laws.

Big Horn Nationals:
Bill Gossett from the Big Horn Nationals tournament addressed the League.  Mr. Gossett reminded teams that once again, the Big Horn Tournament directors would honor the weigh- ins from the MJWL duals scheduled for that day.  Mr. Gossett also announced that there will be a new rookie division for all age groups except the 6 and under age group and the High School Division.   Big Horn Nationals is a one day tournament.

Insurance;
Teams discussed the possibility of getting the USA Wrestling card or staying with Camp Team.  Discussion centered on coverage costs and coverage parameters.  Changes that were made to the Camp Team coverage areas follow; all participants must sign a liability waiver and have a complete team roster in to the League by December 15th.  Academy made a motion to stay with Camp Team Insurance, the motion was seconded by Thompson Valley, motion was carried.

CSYWC
Tom Blair addressed the League concerning changes to the CSYWC weight classes.  The CSYWC Board agreed to adopt a new weight class proposal.  The new weight class change added two new weights and separated weights at an approximate 5 pound difference rather than the standard 6 pound difference.  Tom also discussed breaking news from the CSYWC Board.  Dates for the 2010 tournament will be February 6th and 7th 2010 at either the Island Grove Event Center or UNC, Dates for the 2011 tournament will be on March 5th, & 6th, 2011 at the Douglas County Event Center.  Tom Blair made a motion that the League adopt the proposed weight class changes adopted by the Western Suburban League, and the CSYWC.    Brighton seconded the motion Discussion followed.  The League did a roll call vote.  Motion was not carried by a vote of 19 - 7.

Email Addresses
Denise addressed the League concerning E-mail addresses and team contact information.  Denise once again reminded teams that they needed to get their new team yahoo email accounts set up and active.  Teams were asked to follow a certain format so that group emails would be easier to send out to teams.  Accounts needed to be set up as follows; teamname_mjwl@yahoo.com.  Once teams had the accounts set up, team representatives were asked to email the information as well as main contact information to the MJWL Board before the next meeting. 

Next meeting October 19th, 2008
Frederick made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Ft. Lupton.  Motion was carried.

Meeting was adjourned at 11:55

Minutes submitted by League Secretary Tricia Trujillo