New Business

Time for new business!!

1) Presented by Gerald Miele to add subsection 11 to rule 3432 to read as follows:
B. Event Referee
  A. May bring an electronic format of the rulebook, but no other form of electronic communication system to the judges stand.
This will give the event referee the opportunity to have access to the rulebook during an event in an electronic so that he/she may make an informed decision prior to leaving the "field of play."

The debate was mostly against allowing it. One of the speakers was an individual who didn't even like the electronic version and that we should have printed copies. Voted down.

2. Presented by Mark Ladwig, Athlete Delegate
Requesting to adopt a fill-up rule for pairs and dance at Junior Championships. This would promote younger dance and pairs by having the maximum number of competitors at the U.S. Junior Nationals. Passed!

3. Wendy Enzmann proposed to amen rule 3432. IJS Duties of Event Officials - All Disciplines
Allowing a technical controller to to be an assistant technical specialist in discipline in which they are certified at a non-qualifying competition. This would expand the pool of technical panel members for non-qualifying competitions.  It was requested to be made urgent - then that was amended to have the date of June 1st.  Everyone wants to use it as soon as possible. 
PASSED!

4. Was a very confusing request about changes to MR 34.11- Basic Skills competitions We sent it to committee.

5. Request to create a competition rule that would withhold a sanction from any competition or event that limits photographing or video-taping by parents or legal guardians of their own skater. The guy asking for the rule seems to own professional level camera and wants to be able to use it at event - cuz the rest of the parents with smaller, easy to hide camera are doing it anyway. There are so many aspects of the organization that would be impacted by a decision/rule like this.
Referred to committee - where I hope it dies a fast death...

6. Request to require a formal business plan covering five years including a five-year LINE ITEM budget. Seriously?  That is just not realistic and cumbersome!  The individual who made the request then requested to refer her request, not to the finance committee, but to the board. The written proposal wasn't written as a rule, but more as an idea. Very general in its writing. Tom James, legal counsel suggested that the language be clarified and the maker of the motion agreed and we took a break while they worked on the words!

Break time!!!