2003-2004 Annual Meeting

Women’s Meeting

The meeting was held Friday, December 12, 2003

In attendance: Daniel Sharadin, Commissioner; Tom Tracey, Director of Officials; Mike McDowell, Director of Communication; Derek Ellingson, Queens College; Luis Nicolao, Princeton University, Carl Quigley, St. Francis College, Dave Fritz, Grove City College; Kristine Dickey, Marist College; Scott Russell, Harvard University; Todd Clapper, Brown University; Alan Huckins, Hartwick College; John Zeigler, Bucknell University; Keith Bullion, Salem International University; Scott Reed, George Washington University; Bob Filander, Washington & Jefferson University; Joe Tristan, Penn State Behrend College; Aaron Cavagnolo, Wagner College; Matt Anderson, University of Michigan; Barry King, Indiana University; Loren Bertocci, Officiating Technical Director; John Benedick, MIT.

The meeting began with a discussion of the various proposals. A complete description of each proposal can be found by clicking on the link below.

Varsity Proposals
Women’s Varsity Proposal 1
Withdrawn by Todd Clapper.

Women’s Varsity Proposal 2
Todd Clapper made a motion to change the current Northeastern Division schedule to include a double round robin within the New England Teams and a double round robin within the Up-State NY teams, with one round robin crossover tournament and one championship. Kristine Dickey seconded. Motion passes by 75% and goes into effect immediately.

Women’s Varsity Proposal 3
Luis Nicolao made a motion to increase the ECAC Championship field to eight teams. Todd Clapper seconded. Motion passed unanimously.

Women’s Varsity Proposal 4
Withdrawn by Scott Reed.

Women’s Varsity Proposal 5
Scott Reed made a motion to base the selection of the ECAC Championship upon the final standings at Easterns from the previous season. John Zeigler seconded.

Scott Reed proposed an amendment to the proposal to use the polling committee to select any necessary at-large teams if fewer than eight teams that competed at Easterns the previous year plan to attend the ECAC Championship. Amendment passed.

Motion passed.

Women’s Varsity Proposal 6
Luis Nicolao made a motion that the seeding at Easterns be based upon the finish at the previous year's Eastern Championship, removing the decision from a committee. Scott Reed seconded. Motion failed.

New Business
Matt Anderson made a motion that the Eastern Championship field be composed of the top two teams from each division and four at-large teams. Barry King seconded. Motion passed.

By acclimation, the poll committee will select the four at-large teams. The conference call will take place the Monday following the division championships. The poll committee will consist of Mike Schofield (chair), Todd Clapper (Northeast), Alan Huckins (Northern), Matt Anderson (West), Luis Nicolao (Southern).

Barry King made a motion that two non-partial coaches be added to the committee for purposes of seeding the championship, selected by the chair. Alan Huckins seconded. Motion defeated.

A discussion of realignment caused by the departure of the MAAC schools (in 2005) followed. The recommended formats: 1) The West remaining intact and the remaining schools combining to form one division divided into two regions. 2) Queens and Hartwick merge into the Northern Division and Salem International joins the Southern division, giving the varsity three divisions. Division names remained undecided.

Men’s Meeting

The meeting was held Friday, December 12, 2003

In attendance: Daniel Sharadin, Commissioner; Tom Tracey, Director of Officials; Mike McDowell, Director of Communication; Derek Ellingson, Queens College; Luis Nicolao, Princeton University, Carl Quigley, St. Francis College, Dave Fritz, Grove City College; Scott Russell, Harvard University; Todd Clapper, Brown University; Alan Huckins, Hartwick College; John Zeigler, Bucknell University; Keith Bullion, Salem International University; Scott Reed, George Washington University; Bob Filander, Washington & Jefferson University; Joe Tristan, Penn State Behrend College; Loren Bertocci, Officiating Technical Director; John Benedick, MIT; Mike Schofield, U.S. Naval Academy.

A complete description of each proposal can be found by clicking on the link below.

Varsity Proposals
Men’s Varsity Proposal 1
Mike Schofield made a motion to change the 12 team format in the Southern Division (format displayed at the link above.) Scott Reed seconded. Motion passed 7-4 and will go into effect in 2005.

A flaw was found in the format proposed and a friendly amendment was proposed by Mike Schofield to fix the problem. Scott Reed seconded. Motion passed.

Men’s Varsity Proposal 2
John Zeigler withdrew the proposal and a recommendation was made that the commissioner add another level of analysis to the schedule to prevent a team from playing its fourth game of a weekend versus a team that has yet to play.

New Business
Mike Schofield made a motion to change the current 12 team championship format so that one round is contested on Friday, two on Saturday and one on Sunday. Scott Reed seconded. Motion passed and will go into effect in 2004.

On the suggestion of Dave Fritz, the body made a request that the league office track misconducts involving over-physical play.

General Meeting

The meeting was held Friday, December 12, 2003

In attendance: Daniel Sharadin, Commissioner; Tom Tracey, Director of Officials; Mike McDowell, Director of Communication; Derek Ellingson, Queens College; Luis Nicolao, Princeton University, Carl Quigley, St. Francis College, Dave Fritz, Grove City College; Kristine Dickey, Marist College; Scott Russell, Harvard University; Todd Clapper, Brown University; Alan Huckins, Hartwick College; John Zeigler, Bucknell University; Keith Bullion, Salem International University; Scott Reed, George Washington University; Bob Filander, Washington & Jefferson University; Joe Tristan, Penn State Behrend College; Aaron Cavagnolo, Wagner College; Matt Anderson, University of Michigan; Paige Cull, Villanova University; Loren Bertocci, Officiating Technical Director; John Benedick, MIT; Mike Schofield, U.S. Naval Academy.

The membership considered the following proposals (a complete description of each proposal can be found by clicking on the link below). The result of voting on these proposals included the online ballots submitted earlier to the office.

General Proposals & Varsity Proposals

General Membership Proposal 1
UCLA Women's Water Polo Club made a motion to move the deadline for proposal submittal ten days earlier and establish a second deadline for rebuttal proposals. Motion failed.

General Membership Proposal 2
The CWPA Office made a motion that in order for a policy or rule to be changed, a minimum of 50% of the league membership must cast a vote.

Keith Bullion moved to amend the proposal to apply to club teams' intra-division legislation only. Todd Clapper seconded. Amendment passed.

A mail ballot will be distributed to club teams with the amended proposal. Amended proposal passed in session. (15-2-0)

General Membership Proposal 3
The CWPA Office made a motion that a proposal must be sponsored by two institutions. Motion passed.

General Membership Proposal 4
The CWPA Office made a motion to change the mileage required for officials to receive the travel stipend to thirty miles (one way). Motion passed.

General Membership Proposal 5
Mike Schofield proposed to establish a scholar athlete award. Motion passed.

General Membership Proposal 6
Jim Wilson from Dartmouth proposed to adjust the referee pay scale to $75 per game for varsity and $50 per game for club. Motion failed.

General Membership Proposal 7
The CWPA Office and Loren Bertocci proposed to establish a CWPA Referee/Coach Symposium. Motion passed.

It was decided that by acclaimation the symposium would take place on the Sunday following the NCAA Championship with the annual meeting now scheduled to take place on the Monday after the symposium.

General Varsity Proposal 1
Motion withdrawn by Bob Filander.

Annual Report
The Commissioner gave a presentation outlining the annual report for the organization. The report included an update on the league's three-year strategic plan. The Commissioner noted that the total funds received will be slightly less than the total of the league’s expenses this season due to a number of factors explained in the report. However, since we are a non-profit organization and as such are not in business to earn a profit, this does not present a problem. As an organization, we are charged with ensuring that the funds received are used for services and benefits to the membership.

New Business
The CWPA Office made a motion that a committee be created and charged with establishing a set of rules that the CWPA coaches desire to be enforced. The committee will consist of three men's and three women's coaches. The commissioner will solicit nominations via email and select the committee based upon the nominations.

Elections were held for the Board of Review. Derek Ellingson, Alan Huckins, John Benedick, Loren Bertocci and Andrew Selder were named.

Elections for the Board of Directors were postponed until nominees could be solicited via email. The election will be conducted via mail ballot.

Club Ballot Results
The results of the voting for proposals concerning Collegiate Club teams is listed below. The votes are given according to the following order: In favor-Against-Abstain.

Club Proposals
General Club 1 Failed 7-17-1

General Club 2 Passed 16-6-3

Pacific Coast 1 Passed 3-0-0

Men's Club 1 Passed 3-1-1

Men's Club 2 Passed 10-6-0

North Atlantic 1 Passed 1-0-0

Women's Club 1 Passed 5-0-3

PC Women 1 Failed 0-1-0