SAAC Minutes April 29, 2003

Chairs: Andrea Krol & Todd Doram

I. Team Reports

A. Final Team Check-ins, almost all sports concluded their season

within the last 2 weeks.

-WTrack: hopefully sending at least one person to nationals

-Crew: last regatta of the season this weekend

-Lacrosse: won championship game last Saturday against Linfield

B. Introduction of new reps for next year

II. Announcements

A. Mike Sherman from Club Sports

-First year of Club Sports' athletic council

-First time a rep came after being welcomed to attend SAAC meetings

B. Women's J.V. Soccer Program to begin in the fall, moving to a varsity

program in 2004. Opening head coach position within the next week.

-Lights will be installed on the football field this summer

-Track is also hoping to host a couple of home meets next year,

making it a two-day event by using an off-site location for the field events.

C. Student Athlete Handbooks for next year, included:

1.Cover Letter in Handbook-learning how to prioritize schoolwork while in season, and making sure that professors are informed ahead of time when athletes will miss class due to sporting events. Odessa is working on this letter this summer, so please email her directly if you would like to help, oweber@lclark.edu

-General times for practices

-Role of SAAC

-List of SAAC members & their majors

-Schedule/hours of the athletic facilities

-Training room hours and personnel

-Employment options within the athletic department/contact info

-List of athlete mentors

-Include a list of club sport offerings, and contact info

-If there is anything you feel we left out, or you would like to assist with its production, please email Andrea or Todd, krol@lclark.edu or tdoram@lclark.edu

D. Conference SAAC Meeting

-Spirit T-shirts

-Becoming more involved within the surrounding community (i.e. volunteering in elementary schools)

E. Gambling among LC student-athletes

-Although these emails were sent out as a joke, if there are problems, please talk to Judy or Steve directly

III. Reflections

A. Thank you to KC and Sara for creating a definite focus for SAAC's future

B. National Girls and Women in Sports Day

-Letters to sponsors need to be sent out this summer, so please

contact Andrea if you would be interested in helping, krol@lclark.edu

C. Appointing a Community Service Representative in the future

-Besides the can food drive in the fall, SAAC did not carry out any other community service activity this year

D. Sports Action Plan

-Had a slow and tough start, but we will resume this plan in the fall