DIVISION III MONTHLY UPDATE
UPDATES ON MEMBERSHIP SERVICES AND GOVERNANCE ACTIVITIES

ISSUE #30 - June 2007

A tool to enhance communication between NCAA Membership Services/Governance and the Division III Commissioners.  Contact Shana Levine at slevine@ncaa.org to include an item.

ACTION REQUESTED

Sports Sponsorship and Demographic forms.

The Sports Sponsorship and Demographic forms are available online and are due August 15. The link to the login page is: https://web1.ncaa.org/mss/exec/login. Please note that institutions are required to update any information that has changed since it was entered last year.

Sport Update. In order to update information within a sport, you will need to click on the sport in the "Sport List." This will activate an update page. Please answer all questions on the page and verify the information. If your organization is dropping a sport, you will still need to update the participation count, squad size, number of actual contests for the previous year, and the reason. If you are adding a sport this year, you will need to enter your conference and projected contests. If the Sport List includes a sport that you planned to sponsor and did not meet participant and/or actual contests or discontinued the sport for any reason, please indicate that on the form using the most appropriate reason in the drop-down menu. Also, please enter the citizenship and ethnicity breakdown of participants and coaching staff for each sport sponsored in order to save. For student-athletes, the citizenship total must equal the ethnicity breakdown total and the ethnicity breakdown must match the participation count total. The system will not allow you to bypass this section.

Graduation Rate Disclosure – Deadline June 1.

The deadline for submitting graduation rate data by member institutions via the NCAA web site is June 1. Institutions that fail to submit their data shall not be eligible to enter a team or an individual competitor in an NCAA championship. [Contact: Maria DeJulio, mdejulio@ncaa.org, 913/397-7668 for questions related to the graduation rate disclosure]

LEGISLATION UPDATE

Deadline July 15 – Membership Sponsored NCAA Proposals.

July 15 is the deadline for institutions and conferences to submit legislative proposals. Membership sponsored proposals should be submitted electronically through the Legislative Services Database (LSDBi) on the NCAA’s Web site. Log-on with your LSDBi user name and password and click proposals, then Division III Amendment Submission. You will be prompted to enter your institutional user name and password. You can retrieve this information by clicking Get institution ID and Password at the bottom of the screen. Amendment Co-Sponsorship can also be submitted through this same process. [Contact: Jay Jones, jjlones@ncaa.org]

Division III Legislative Calendar

Entities Submitting or Reviewing Legislative Proposals	Timeline
Deadline for membership sponsored proposals.	July 15
Presidents Council review of membership sponsored proposals.	August Presidents Council meeting
Initial Publication of Proposed Legislation (IPOPL).	August 15
Membership sponsor modification period.	August 15 – September 15.
Presidents Council sponsorship of legislative concepts.	September 1
Second Publication of Proposed Legislation (SPOPL).	September 23
Amendment-to-amendment period.	September 23 – November 1
Deadline for Presidents Council or membership-sponsored resolutions.	November 1
Publication of Official Notice.	November 15
Membership vote at annual NCAA Convention.	Mid-January
Amendment becomes effective.	August 1 *

CONFERENCE AND MEMBER INSTITUTION EDUCATIONAL TOOLS AND OPPORTUNITIES

Division III Working Group on Membership Issues online information.

Meeting materials, supplements and other key documents for the Division III Working Group on Membership Issues are available via the Division III home page. (http://www.ncaa.org/wps/contentviewer?IFRAME_EMBEDDED=true&CONTENT_URL=http://www1.ncaa.org/membership/governance/division_III/Working_Group_Membership_Issues/Home_Page?ObjectID=46015)

Membership input is needed in this important conversation. If you have any questions about the materials posted on line, or the charge of Executive Committee or Division III Working Group on Membership Issues, please contact Dan Dutcher, Leah Nilsson, or any member of the Division III Working Group on Membership Issues.

2008 Draft Convention Schedule Highlights

The 2008 Convention will be held January 11- 14 in Nashville, Tennessee. Convention highlights include the following:

Friday, January 11.

· Academic Colloquium focusing on research related to collegiate athletics. (1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.).

· Potential Friday night keynote speaker.

Saturday, January 12.

· Association Wide Forum on Membership Issues (2:30 to 3:30 p.m.)

· Opening Business Session (4 to 5:30 p.m.) and Post Opening Business Session Reception for Delegates in Trade Show (5:30 to 6:15 p.m.).

Sunday, January 13.

· Division III Issues Forum (8:30 to 11:30 a.m.). This forum will continue the membership discussion with a specific focus on Division III.

· Division III conference meetings (1 to 5 p.m.)

· Honors Celebration (5 to 6:30 p.m.).

· Delegates Reception (6:30 to 8 p.m.).

Monday, January 14.

· Division III Business Session (8 a.m. to 3 p.m.). Some time during the business session will be devoted to the discussion of membership issues.

· Possible NADIIIAA Reception following the business session.

The Convention Planning Subcommittee will review the educational topics suggested via the NADIIIAA list serve and continue to develop additional programming for the Convention.

Sports Wagering Newsletter.

Attached is the latest installment of the Agent, Gambling and Amateurism Staff Newsletter. Also, the AGA staff encourages you to visit the new sports wagering Web site, www.dontbetonit.org. We are very excited about this interactive educational tool, and we think that you will find it to be a valuable addition to your overall programming.

KEY DATES IN JUNE AND JULY

June 3-8	2007 Regional Rules Seminar
June 7-10	NACDA Convention
June 12-13	Interpretations and Legislative Committee Meeting
June 20-21	Division III Commissioners Meeting
June 21-22	Division III SID Meeting
June 24-27	Championships Committee Meeting
June 26-27	Membership Committee Meeting
July 9-11	National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators – National Conference
July 20-23	Division III SAAC meeting
July 22-24	Division III Management Council

DIVISION III STAFF UPDATE

Jeff Myers has been promoted to associate director of membership services and will be the primary liaison to the NCAA Division III Financial Aid Committee. Jeff will oversee the annual financial aid reporting process, including educational initiatives related to that process. He will produce Division III legislative publications and also serve as a secondary liaison to the Interpretations and Legislation Committee and support the Division III Management and Presidents Councils. Jeff previously worked in the national office as an assistant director of enforcement. Prior to joining the enforcement division, Jeff practiced law in Dayton, Ohio first as a prosecutor and then in private practice. Jeff graduated from the University of Dayton School of Law and Earlham College where he competed in football and baseball as a division III student-athlete.

Comments or feedback are appreciated.  Contact slevine@ncaa.org.