NJCAA Region 8

Council for Athletic Affairs

Spring 2024 Meeting
June 4, 8:30 a.m. | June 5, TBA
Tallahassee Community College

Prior to the start of the business meeting agenda, we will recognize our CAA meeting sponsors.
To provide engagement opportunities between sponsors and attendees, we will take a 15-minute break on Tuesday at both 10:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.

AGENDA

(Printable Agenda)

Sponsor Presentations: BSN Sports | eTeamSponsor | Opendorse

Call to Order (Ross)
1. Invocation
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll Call
4. Housekeeping
Welcome: Dr. Jim Murdaugh, President, Tallahassee Community College
Approval of Agenda (Ross)
Approval of Fall 2023 CAA Meeting Minutes (Ross)
Executive Director's Report (Warren)
1. 2024-25 FCSAA Marketing Fee: E-Board Recommendation is to remain at $125 for 2024-25.
Associate Director/Athletic Commissioner’s Report (Chaney)
1. 2023-24 Athletics Year in Review
2. 2024-25 FCSAA Sport Offerings
3. 2024-25 FCSAA Sport Procedures
4. Review of NJCAA Bylaw Changes
5. Summer Reminders
  1. NJCAA Admin Portal: review rosters and mark your non-participants, End-of-Year Processes
  2. Section 16 & Participation Reports
  3. NJCAA dues increase passed - membership/coaches association renewal email has been sent.
NJCAA Updates
1. Region 8 Men’s Director (Hitt)
2. Region 8 Women’s Director (Sanders)
3. NJCAA Committee Reps (Hitt, Kandler, Lytle, Mohr, Ross, Sanders, Winterling)
Member College/Conference Updates
Approval of Consent Agenda
1. Committee Reports
  1. Sport Medicine
  2. Sports Information
  3. Equity
  4. DI Volleyball
  5. DII Volleyball
  6. DI Soccer
  7. DII Cross Country
  8. DI Men’s Basketball
  9. DII Men’s Basketball
  10. DI Women’s Basketball
  11. DI Baseball
  12. DII Baseball
  13. DI Softball
  14. DII Softball
  15. DI Golf
  16. DI Tennis
  17. Beach Volleyball
2. Sport Updates
New Business for Discussion
1. Feedback on the two-conference model in 2023-24 (Ross)
2. DI Softball: Possible mirroring of DI BB regionals (Kimmelman)
3. FCSAA Coaches' Polls (Ross)
  1. E-Board Recommendation: eliminate polls in sports (and divisions) with only one conference. A consensus could not be reached on remaining sports.
4. Games vs. JV/Preps (Winterling)
5. FCSAA Digital Network Streaming Plan for 2024-25 (Chaney)
  1. E-Board Recommendation: to allow a plan to be presented for FCSAA Championships to be PPV beginning in 2024-25
6. FCSAA Sports Officials (Chaney)
7. NJCAA Amateurism (Ross)
8. Departmental GPA Request from COP (Chaney/Warren)
Awards
1. FCSAA Hall of Fame Elections (Lytle)
  1. E-Board Recommendation: maintain current requirement of "graduating from a community/state college" due to this being an Association-wide award that includes academic division activities.
2. End-of-Year Awards (Lytle)
3. FCSAA All-Academic (Chaney)
  1. Old Business: All-Conference Academic platform was eliminated at Fall 2023 CAA meeting.
4. NJCAA All-Academic (Chaney)
  1. Reminder: Prep/Remedial courses are now countable.
  2. All 3.0 team GPAs should submit via the NJCAA platform then forward to the confirmation as your submission for FCSAA team consideration.
5. FCSAA Sport Halls of Fame (Chaney)
Region 8 Leadership Elections (Chaney)
Action Items
1. Equity Committee (Gill)
2. CAA Handbook: Section 12/Equity (Chaney)
3. DI MBK: Qualifying for the FCSAA Tournament (Moore)
4. DI WBK: Qualifying for the FCSAA Tournament (Stebbins)
5. DI MBK: Media Timeout Policy (Ross)
6. CAA Handbook: Section 4/Sport Chair (Chaney)
7. CAA Handbook: Section 5/Sport Committee (Chaney)
8. CAA Handbook: Section 6/Approving Athletic Policies (Chaney)
9. CAA Handbook, New Section/Amendments (Chaney)
10. June BOR Agenda Items (Chaney)
NATYCAA Update (Scarpino/Thor)
1. 2024 Convention: Las Vegas
2. 2025 Convention: Orlando
Calendar
1. FCSAA Summer Workshop: Date TBD (Topic: Sportsmanship Policy)
2. Fall CAA E-Board: Date TBD (Zoom)
3. Fall CAA: Date TBD (Zoom)
Good of the Order
Adjournment