IHSADA ADvisor - Sept./Oct.

ADvisor

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE IOWA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION

SEPT/OCT 2022

Greeting from the IHSADA!

We are so excited to welcome you all back to the 2022-2023 school year, and hope this message finds you all rejuvenated from your summer months and encouraged to be back in the action. The Iowa High School Athletic Directors’ Association is here to serve you and be a resource on your journey!

I’d like to take a minute to introduce myself to those of you who may not know me. My name is Erin Kirtley and I’m proud to lead this great organization as your President through the 2022-2023 school year. I have served for the past year as Associate Director for the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. Prior to the IGHSAU, I was the Activities Director and Athletic Trainer at Panorama Secondary Schools since 2013. My undergraduate degree was from Iowa State (Go Cyclones!) and Master’s degree from Oklahoma State (Go Pokes!) – both with an emphasis in athletic training and health promotion. While my path has been non-traditional, it has prepared me well for demands that come with the world of athletics today.

If you have not already joined the Iowa High School Athletic Directors’ Association, we strongly urge you to become a member. By joining, you also receive membership to the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) and access to tools and resources provided to athletic administrators on a state and national level. Check out the IHSADA and NIAAA websites for more information about those organizations, and the benefits you’ll receive when joining.

Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the opportunities to gather on conference, district, state, and national levels this year. All five district meetings take place at the end of September and beginning of October.

The National Convention is in Nashville this December 9th -14th, and our IHSADA State Convention will once again be in Coralville from March 24th -27th. More information about all these events can be found at ihsada.org.

We recognize that you are all the heartbeat of your activities department, and the lifeline that connects all your schools’ programs. There are fewer people that hold the ability to have such a meaningful impact on so many people within your school and community, and we know that none of you take that responsibility lightly. The IHSADA Executive Board is full of leaders that want nothing more than to support each of you on your journeys in the hope that one day, you will also feel the calling to serve in these roles during your careers.

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to share your joys, concerns, challenges, and celebrations as we move through this exciting time. Thanks to you all!

Cheers!

Erin Kirtley, CAA

Harley Schieffer

The IHSADA is well underway in 2022-2023. Here are the athletic administrators who will make it happen and some thoughts of how the IHSADA has grown as an organization. ● Erin Kirtley of the IGHSAU becomes the 54th President of the IHSADA and has launched an aggressive agenda for 2022-2023. How fitting that Erin will become the first female President of the IHSADA in the year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Title IX. Congratulations Erin!! ● Brent Buttjer of Dallas Center-Grimes will serve as the 1st Vice President, and Matt Weis of West Delaware is our 2nd Vice President who has the primary duty of developing the 2023 State Convention Program. These three leaders will make a great leadership team!! ● IHSADA Membership is off to a great start. At press time we have 342 members prior to the start of our 5 district meetings. We are ahead of last year’s pace by 120 members which is great to see. Please remember that in 2020 that the IHSADA moved to become a Dual Member State rather than a Modified Dual Member State, which means, if you join the IHSADA, you automatically join the NIAAA at a cost of $160.00.

36 of 50 states are Dual Member states.

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Retired Athletic Directors are asked to register for membership and state convention attendance using the following Final Form-AMP link to the IHSADA Retired AD Registration Form. We are using a separate retired athletic director registration form because of the need to gather relevant information directed toward the retired athletic director. We have grown to 63 Lifetime members and last year we had 36 yearly members for a total of 99 members. That represents a growth of 6 members from last year.

Our goal is to increase our membership of Retired ADs and to increase the involvement of the Retired ADs with the IHSADA. Please reach out to newly retired and those athletic directors who have not joined the IHADA and invite them to join this great organization. There is much to be learned from those who have preceded you!!

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Here is a link to the District Alignment for each of our schools. This alignment is used by the Boys & Girls organizations and the IHSADA to identify schools divided into 5 districts. Some athletic directors may choose to attend another district where they feel more comfortable and more applicable and that is perfectly fine.

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On August 2nd, 2022 the IHSADA hosted their annual IHSADA Golf Outing at the Blank Golf Course in Des Moines. Over 36 foursomes gathered on a beautiful August day and enjoyed great fellowship, great weather, and some friendly golf competition.

Mike Linde, IHSADA Business Manager, is the organizer of the tournament and did an outstanding job!! All the profits this year IHSADA Golf Outing were directed to a re lief fund for Lisa Brinkmeyer, the IGHSAU Assistant Director. Lisa is undergoing treat ment for cancer. Lisa attended the event and addressed the golfers with heartwarming words. Thank you to all for participating in the golf outing and to all members for your generosity.

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Evaluator Approval Course: I am excited to announce that the 2022 IHSADA Evaluator Approval Course has been scheduled for Thursday, November 10th and Friday, November 12th. This is a change to a Thursday/Friday format from the Friday/Saturday format used last year. Our Executive Board felt that this professional development offering should avoid the use of a weekend. We will use a 9:00 AM start for our Thursday meeting schedule which will allow the class to end by 3:00 PM on Friday. This is a one hour Certificate Renewal course especially designed for Activity/Athletic Administrators. This is a great opportunity for those seeking renewal credit and for those looking to grow professionally!!

“Good Work”

As I read through previous newsletters, I made reference to a quote last year from Dr. Kevin Elcho, a sports psychologist, from the University of Alabama.

Dr. Elcho stated that the workload of an Athletic Administrator is heavy and he described the work as “Good Work”. “Good Work” is serving others and making a difference in the lives of many. “Good Work” is serving as a leader of your school and community. “Good Work” is being the face of your school district. You have been asked do more as an Athletic Administrator over the past two and half years than ever. Our Athletic Administrators have responded and you have met every challenge!! That is “Good Work”!!

This is the third year that I have made reference to the wording of Dr. Elcho in this newsletter and it resonates with me again this year. It carries more meaning for me than ever!!

Harley

CAA 2nd Vice President I was born and raised in Miles, IA and am a 1998 graduate of East Central High School. I attended the University of Northern Iowa majoring in Elementary Education. I took a teaching position in 2005 at Central City CSD and became the AD there in 2009. I then received my Masters Degree in 2016 from Drake University and took the AD/Assistant Principal position at West Delaware in the fall of 2017. During my time at West Delaware we have hung 29 state qualifying banners and won 8 state titles. I’m excited to run the chairs in the IHSADA and look forward to this year’s State Con-

Matt Weis,

West Delaware

JASON SCHROEDER, CMAA AND THE THE NORTH SCOTT CSD

Quality Program Award With the addition of new LTI courses and the need to develop additional instructors, the Executive Board decided to add this appointed position to the Executive Board.

CAA Assistant Leadership Training Coordinator I was born and raised in Ottumwa graduating in 1996. I received my AA from IHCC in 1998 and my BA from Buena Vista University, Ottumwa Center in 2001 in Secondary History Education and a minor in Special Educa-

Mike Egbert, Valley, WDM

I began teaching/coaching at Ottumwa in the Fall of 2001; received my MA in Education in 2006 from Olivet Nazarene University; and my Administration Endorsement from the University of Colorado in 2009. My first AD job was at Clarke of Osceola as AD/Asst. Principal in 2012, before returning to Ottumwa to be 9th grade Dean of Students. Several administrative jobs in Ottumwa included Asst. AD and AD. I am currently in my first year at Valley High School as the Athletic/Activities Coordinator. I am excited to serve the membership in my new role for this upcoming year!

ATHLETIC MANAGEMENT

The IHSADA Membership and data collection process will change this year as the IHSADA have established Final Forms/AMP, a data management organization, to help manage our data collection process.

Here is the link to Final Forms-AMP (Athletic Management Processing) which will: Manage our membership registration for our regular members and our retired members.

Be used to register for Leadership Training & Evaluator Training Course as well as other data collection throughout the year.

Become a communication tool for the IHSADA Newsletter ADvisor and other communications with our membership.

Be available to each of our members to be able to communicate with other members individually or by particular groupings. An example of communication groups would be your particular conference, district, and other created groups.

The goal of the IHSADA when adopting Final Forms-AMP was to Streamline Forms and Communication with one centralized system.

Whenever a new technology is being implemented, there is a learning curve for our membership as well as our administrative team. If you experience difficulties with Final Forms-AMP, please give me a call and I will work toward a resolution.

If you want to become more familiar with Final Forms-AMP, here is a link to the Final Forms-AMP Website. Final Forms-AMP provides these services to the IHSADA at no charge.

Record number of Association members in 1988-89 Answer: 446 However, upon further review, the total membership in 1997-98 was: 474

2022-2023

Note location changes from past years

NORTHWEST

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 28th, 9:00 AM @ Northwestern College, Orange City

SOUTHEAST

MONDAY, OCT. 3rd, 9:00 AM @ Stone Creek Golf Club, Williamsburg

SOUTHWEST

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5th, 9:00 AM @ Cass County Building, Atlantic

CENTRAL

THURSDAY, OCT. 6th, 9:00 AM @ Jethro’s in Ames

NORTHEAST

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 12th, 9:00 AM @ Waterloo Marriott, Waterloo

Harley Schieffer, Executive Director Erin Kirtley, CAA, President Brent Buttjer, 1st Vice President Matt Weis, CAA, 2nd Vice President Dale Ludwig, Past President Mary Schultz, Secretary Jeff Bissen, Treasurer Mike Linde, Business Manager Nate Boock, Social Media/Website Manager Scott Garvis, CMAA, NIAAA Liaison, Certification Dave Huff, CMAA, Historian Mark Hulshof, Assistant Historian Gary Schroeder, CMAA, Assistant Historian/ Newsletter Editor/Retired AD Liaison Chris Deam, CMAA, LTI Coordinator Mike Egbert, CAA, Assistant LTI Coordinator Al Lammers, Evaluator Training Co-Coordinator Tom Lipovac, Evaluator Training Co-Coordinator/ Mentoring

District Directors NW Senior Director – Chris Koch NW Junior Director – Mary Schultz SW Senior Director – Derek Fink SW Junior Director - Zach Clark, CAA CEN Senior Director – Matt Eichhorn, CAA CEN Junior Director – Dustin Smith NE Senior Director – Adam Riley NE Junior Director – Justin Putz SE Senior Director – Nathan King SE Junior Director – Curt Johnson MS Senior Director – Madison Melchert MS Junior Director - Josh Frey

Executive Board and District Directors Meeting September 14, 2022 @ IGHSAU I.

Call to order 9:35 In attendance:Schieffer, Kirtley, Buttjer, Schultz, Weis, Boock, Hulshof, Lammers, Linde, Huff, Garvis, Lipovac, Clark, Schroeder, King, Deam, Putz, Ryan, Ludwig, Johnston, Egbert, Fink, Bissen, Riley, Melchert, Kock, Eichhorn

II.

Secretary A. Minutes: Bissen motioned, Lindi second; motion carried B.

Schultz went through IHSADA folder

III. Treasurer report A. 41,733.23 B.

Schwab account

C.

Summer retreat

D. Huff motioned, Buttjer second, motion carried IV. President’s report A. Calendar B.

Make sure District AD meetings are correct

C.

Some of the executive board will attend all meetings

D. Eval approval training in November will be held at IGHSAU E.

Kirtley went over dates

F.

Second VP candidates 1.

Duties of 2nd VP

2.

Josh Porter, Tonya Moe, Brian Petersen, Jason Schroeder, Adam Riley

3.

Adam has to find a baseball coach: not interested at this time

4.

Finalize by November

V. Exec Dir report A. Final Forms for registration process 1.

Data management

2.

Membership

3.

100 members greater than what we had last year at this time

4.

338 signed up

5.

$45,265 committed for membership ($20,000 yet to be collected)

6.

Forms will be added to F.F.

7.

Include NIAAA membership number access for Deam

B.

96 retired members

C.

IGHSAU: committed 2 for state convention and 2 for national convention

D. Strategic Plan update 1.

Need to review

2.

Start thinking about 3rd plan

VI. Scholarship A. Students

B.

1.

Won’t be on Final Forms

2.

Garvis can create form for scholarships if the board wants

3.

Garvis will distribute

4.

ADs need to be IHSADA members

5.

Iowa won female national student scholarship

National convention 1.

Add a button for IGHSAU

2.

Garvis is getting this out

VII. District Directors

A. Conference reps-update your district B.

Communicate with them to pass along information

VIII. Issues Assembly A. Current format is not effective B.

Looking for ideas on what to do in this part of the convention

C.

When looking at issues, what are the resolutions?

D. Spring/Summer overlap issues 1.

IHSAA is going to discuss this with a rep council

2.

Overlap will occur wherever you move things

3.

Smaller schools will have a different view than larger schools

4.

Number of games

5.

Reviewing start or end of seasons

E.

Fink suggested giving stakeholders a place to discuss issues

F.

Understanding layers

G. Something that districts could discuss, exec board reviews and follows through, and bring back to convention in issues assembly session IX. Welfare Report A. Schroeder has not heard of any AD news

X.

B.

Plant to Todd Browman’s family, Dave Lansing

C.

Contact Gary if you know of anything/anyone

Strategic Plan A. Need to review sections at meetings and see where we are B.

Ideas for next one

C.

Operations, programs, and finance are the 3 sections of the current strategic plan

D. Needs to be put on board agendas this year XI. LTI report A. Deam and Egbert state coordinator’s summit in Indianapolis B.

Looking for instructors

C.

Conference: Friday, Saturday, throwing ideas around for Monday; Monday: teach 1 or 2 classes

D. LTI 638 brand new course-national conference teacher agreed to come to our conference to teach it E.

628-Stecker and Gordon will teach

F.

Good year to implement class on Monday

G. Talk to Julie at Final Forms to register for LTI at conventions H. Harley will send an email out about what courses are being offered for knowledge sake, not necessarily registration XII. Eval Approval A. Nov 10 and 11 B.

Start at IGHSAU 9:30 till 4, move to Norwalk at 5, then back to IGHSAU at 9:30

C.

1 hour credit offered for renewal for coaches evaluator only, not teacher evaluation; not an original evaluator course

D. Link needs to be sent out E.

3rd year; 30 ADs have gone through program

XIII. Mentorship A. Lipovac set up mentors B.

501 free of charge for new ADs

XIV. Historian Report A. Admin Asst-use spreadsheets in district folders to record for awards B.

ADOY-MS and HS awards

C.

Hall of Fame

D. Service Awards E.

Admin Asst

F.

Emeritus and Emerita-Gary reviewed

G. Bob White Award H. Nov.-pick out NIAAA awards-Garvis XV. Website A. All up to date B.

Links to awards and scholarships will be posted

C.

Boock trying to add school’s social media accounts

XVI. Student Scholarships A. District directors take care of scoring B. XVII.

Renaming needs to be addressed 5 State Exchange

A. Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana B.

Weis, Buttjer, Schieffer attended

C.

Indiana this year

XVIII.

Pin Proposal A. Pin for those that have served on the board or as district directors B.

$1.49 each

C.

1000 pins lasted 3.5 years

D. Buy 1000 pins for association pins: Motion by Bissen, second by Weis, motion carried XIX. NIAAA news A. Blackburn retiring-donation given B.

Risen-new exec director

XX. District Directors A. Assignments for convention B.

Tickets

C.

Name cards

D. Greeters E.

Meeting on convention Friday

XXI. Executive board meeting Thursday night of convention XXII.Final Forms…sign up for beneficiary for term ins policy XXIII.

State Convention A. Clarified questions on program B.

Heather is contact for Hyatt

C.

Contracts signed for 23, 24, 25, 26

D. Harley, Erin, Mike…communicate with Hyatt Nov. 1 at 10 E.

Programs-Heidi and Mary; communicate with printer

F.

Winker-U of I volunteers for convention

G. Erin write a letter for the program H. Hall of Fame night

XXIV.

1.

adjusted so the program does not go so long

2.

Decide on videographer

Convention attendance A. Room rate same B.

Badges

C.

Possibility of QR codes

D. Talk to Julie about sign up list XXV.

Golf Outing

A. Biggest one we have had yet B. XXVI.

Corresponding date next year National Convention

A. Nashville B.

Dec.9-13

C.

Banquet on Tuesday, Dec. 13

D. Rooms for scholarship people E.

Sunday night Iowa Party-suite at the hotel

F.

Saturday night-Garvis reception-suite at hotel

G. Convention gift: Buttjer-Tuesday afternoon H. Delegates: Kirtley, Buttjer, Weis, Schultz, Schieffer I.

3 scholarships; 2 from IGHSAU

J.

Hall of Fame candidate: Moklestad

K.

Attending: Erin, Buttjer, Dale, Schultz, Deam, Egbert, Weis, Schieffer, Garvis, Bissen

XXVII.

Next mtg: Executive board Nov. 14 4:00 pm Jordan Creek Marriott; D.D. Nov. 15 9:30 a.m.

XXVIII.

Adjournment at 2:00: Motion to adjourn Linde; second Egbert; motion carried.

STATE QUALIFIER MEDAL [designed for those who qualified but did not medal in state competition] Any student/group that earns a trip to a state sanctioned event through prerequisite competition (ie. Sectional, District, Regional), is eligible to receive a State Qualifier Medal. NOTE: A student/group from a shared program will also be eligible for a State Qualifier Medal contingent on prerequisites.

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An individual/group that does not require any prerequisites but earns a “I” rating, an outstanding performer designation or a first place finish is eligible to receive a State Medal.

Special Executive Board Meeting May 25, 2022 @ IGHSAU I.

Called to order at 9:00 In attendance: Bissen, Schultz, Schieffer, Kirtley, Weis, Johnston, Ludwig, Buttjer, Linde, Deam

II.

Survey results-convention days

A. As of 6:15 PM on 5/23, there are 138 responses to the survey 1.

68 favor the Saturday thru Monday Option

2.

63 favor the Sunday thru Tuesday Option

3.

3 favor a Thursday thru Sunday Option (Write In)

4.

2 favor a Wednesday thru Friday Option (Write in)

5.

2 had no preference

B.

Discussion of pros and cons

C.

How will this work for vendors 1.

Other states around us have convention same time

2.

May affect funding coming in

D. Pull one of the meals into the vendor hall 1.

Sandwiches

2.

Cocktail tables

E.

Year to be determined

F.

Motion by Kirtley to move from Sat-Mon; second by Bissen; all in favor; motion carried

III. Hyatt contract extended to 25-26 IV. Stecker confirmed as representative for Section IV; will be brought up in July Section IV meeting V. Summer retreat in July VI. Meeting adjourned at 9:40

Abby Hughes Glenwood High School

2022 Student Athlete NIAAA National Scholarship Essay Winner Ever since I was a little girl, I've had a love for sports and competition. I admired the high school and collegiate athletes. My vision of a high school athlete was a perfect person, I had always hoped to be just like them someday. Sitting here today, I know that if the younger me was still around, she would be in awe of who I've become both on and off the track and court. High school sports have impacted my life in countless ways through teaching me to be a good person, how to lead, how to overcome adversity, and what it takes to achieve success.

Through sports that I played at a young age, including volleyball, basketball, and track I learned that success is not easy to achieve. I have always been athletically talented but I quickly learned that shooting a basketball, hitting a volleyball, and running hurdles takes a lot more repetition and practice than my raw athleticism had given me. As a freshman I also found that my height and size made it a challenge for me to become a difference maker on the basketball court.

I quickly learned that in order to be successful at the varsity level, I needed to become stronger and have variability in my game so that I was not one dimensional. I started weight lifting and working on more skills daily. This created a pattern in my life that continues on today. When I want something, I have learned through sports that I must get it myself and that I can only achieve it through hard and disciplined work. I have learned to value the process and to love the feeling I get after a hard day at practice. My deflating freshman basketball season, due to a severe concussion early in the season, gave me the motivation to be stronger and faster in all my sports.

Four years later, I am the starting point guard on our state runner-up basketball team and have committed to SDSU to run hurdles. I learned the importance of doing the little things correctly and working hard to achieve my goals outside of sports, in my jobs, and times I've spent volunteering.

Through high school sports I also learned the importance of being a positive leader and good friend. The underclassmen look up to me for guidance on how to act and how to be good at their sport. As a freshman, I watched closely at how the seniors acted in certain situations. I embraced the characteristics that looked appealing to me and took note of the characteristics that I knew I did not want applied to me. As a senior leader, I have been a positive role model and leader both on and off the court.

Sports have taught me how to rise up and be confident in my leadership skills that transfer to everyday real life.

Sports have also taught me how to overcome adversity and to keep a good mind set. Through situations when I had a less than desirable race or game, I learned to not focus on the bad but how to get my mindset back on track in order to use failure to thrive. Having a consistently steady mind is a hard thing to learn as a highschooler, but controlling my attitude and learning to overcome adversity by controlling my thoughts is something only sports could have taught me.

The life skills that high school athletics have taught me is incomparable to anything anyone else could teach me. Sports have impacted my life through teaching me the value of hard work, leadership, achieving a good mindset, and valuing others. I will forever be grateful for the lessons sports have given me. The hardships have been worth it to take me to this point in my life. Everything I have learned noticeably carries over to everything I do daily with striving to be the best person I can be!

Previous National Winners: 2011, Marshall Moyer, Burlington HS/2009, Taylor Smith, Central Decatur HS

Exec Board Meeting-Summer Retreat July 16, 2022 @ AmericInn, Stuart I.

Call to order at 9:14 In attendance Kirtley, Boock, Deam, Schultz, Huff, Garvis, Ludwig, Buttjer, Weis, Linde, Bissen; zoom-Schieffer

II.

Secretary Minutes-Motion by Bissen, second by Linde, motion carried

III. Bissen explained bank merger A. $3000 before today B.

$7000

C.

Waiting on Kelly O’Donnell’s checks from the convention

D. Need bigger sponsors for convention-think about companies that we pay a lot into E.

Linde will send a list of past sponsors and levels

F.

Motion by Huff, Second by Buttjer; motion carried

IV. Iowa Rep for Section 4: Aaron Stecker agreed to rep Iowa A. 3 year term B.

Approved in July meeting

V. Bank A. Merger B.

New credit cards

C.

Members have cards

D. Keep receipts VI. Exec Dir Report A. Renner will join later to talk about Final Forms B.

Registration opened Aug. 1

C.

Harley will send introductory email

D. Eval Train open Sep 15 E.

Convention open Nov 15

F.

Student scholarship: Garvis will send email

G. Natl Conv Scholarship due Nov. 15 H. Kirtley will look for female AD’s for IGHSAU I.

Try to get people to register

J.

Fees stay the same-been same since 2016

VII. Newsletter A. Need more contributors B.

Make sure new people are getting it

C.

Could we use conference liaisons or district directors for this?

D. Know that someone is good at something ask them to contribute

E.

Duties for directors on the website

VIII. New AD workshop A. Harley, Deam, Lipovac go to this B.

Information to school from boys union

C.

Need manuals by Aug. 22

IX. District Directors-information updated on spreadsheet X.

Conference reps A. Updated spreadsheet B.

Need positions filled

C.

Utilize this group of leaders better

D. Buttjer is in charge of conference reps

E.

Handbook addition

XI. Final Forms-Renner presentation A. Vendors-Mike and Julie have been working together for 8 months B.

Drive membership

C.

Logistics of events

D. Goal for year is to incorporate awards E.

User base of 527; 297 are current members

F.

Clocks indicate time left for renewal-start Aug. 1

G. Email to members when it is time for renewal

H. Emergency contacts available on registration screen I.

Keep track of certifications

J.

If have a current account, log in using that account

K.

Events, finance, groupings

L.

Membership process

XII. Mike Blackburn NIAAA retiring A. $100 donation B.

Motion by Bissen, second by Linde; motion carried

XIII. Retired AD report A. Retired AD committee has not met for a while due to COVID

B.

Normal meeting September

XIV. Website A. Nate will update everything with Directors B.

Golf tourney info

C.

Nate is going to follow schools on Twitter in hopes they will follow us back

XV. Historian update A. Huff shared spreadsheet with description of what awards we get with timelines B.

Includes state and NIAAA

C.

Maybe change process of Hall of Fame; rubric to go by for recipients

D. Volunteer service award-nominate early in year-Hulshof will do this

E.

Add a category at the national level

XVI. Calendar A. Dates lined up with B.

Navy jackets first meeting; Kirtley will contact Hulshof

C.

Background options; Linde will contact business about a background for headshots

XVII.

Golf Outing A. Sponsors B.

Emails out to potential sponsors

C.

Raffle

D. Putting contest

E.

Donations to cancer awareness and Lisa; cover cost first and determine how to divide the other donations

F.

Erin will contact Lisa to see if she is able to make it

G. Need door prizes XVIII.

District meeting A. Kirtley will attend all B.

LTI info: Deam may need someone to do NW

XIX. Convention A. Attendance B.

Went over corrections in program

C.

District issues-bring up in Sep meeting

D. Contracts with Hyatt E.

July 27 meet with Heather to sign contracts

F.

Hall of Famers: Recorded in morning, Bingham $1200-Motion by Linde, Second by Weis second; motion carried

G. Ask Bingham to create highlight video XX. 5 State Exchange A. Ludwig attends B.

No new information

XXI. Section IV update A. Garvis and Buttjer attended

B.

Glenwood winner section IV winner

C.

Good content

XXII.National Convention- Dec. 9-13 A. Who attending B.

Banquet and give-aways are in evening of 13th

C.

Opened up for registration this week

D. Use card, keep receipts, and reimburse E.

Positions paid for: 1.

Director

XXIII.

2.

President

3.

1st VP

4.

2nd VP

5.

Secretary

6.

Treasurer

7.

NIAA liaison/LTI rotate

8.

Business/Historian rotate

Awards and nominations A. New NIAAA awards for older members B.

XXIV.

Not part of Final Forms yet Recruitment of 2nd VP

A. Josh Porter B.

Tonya Moe

C.

Brian Petersen

D. Jason Schroeder E. XXV.

Adam Riley LTI classes

A. Send survey out to see where interest is B.

New classes with national faculty

XXVI.

Eval Training is a Thurs and Fri

XXVII.

Mentors-list coming from Tharp

XXVIII.

District issues A. Sportsmanship B.

Officials recruitment

C.

All three associations work together

D. Overlap of baseball and state track E.

Behavior at events

XXIX.

District Directors meetings at same time as Exec Board at 9:30

XXX.

Meeting adjourned at 12:10; Linde motion, Ludwig second; motion carried

...and I Quote I always turn to the sports pages first, which record people’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.

Chief Justice Earl Warren

...From the ARCHIVES 40/40 Bob Sweeney FOUNDATION

At the 2005 convention, I introduced the 40/40 plan as one of my agenda items as President.

Goal was to raise $40,000 by the time we were 40 years old * Money raised from a surcharge on membership, $15 per member would go to 40/40 * Lifetime membership for $500 per member (eventually established at $300 per retired AD * Bob and Kathy Sweeney donates $500 check to kickstart the 40/40 program * Look for other funds to support the program, i.e. corporate sponsor or two

Programs for the Professional Development Scholarships for LTI classes to help some AD(s) get started taking classes Scholarships for AD(s) to attend state conventions (if their school wouldn’t finance and/or support) Scholarships for some AD(s) to attend the National Convention

Student Scholarship Award one or two scholarships to students each year (AD support of student/athletes) Project has existed for a number of years with

Convention financial assistance If needed, possible source of monies to assist with speaker expenses Possible special presentation and/or programs for the convention

Lifetime membership A method to keep retired AD(s) as members and possibly staying active in the IHSADA Program perk: a pass to lifetime members to allow them to attend high school athletic events free

Quotations From Chairman Powell: A LEADERSHIP PRIMER Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off. Good leadership involves responsibility to the welfare of the group, which means that some people will get angry at your actions and decisions. It’s inevitable-if you’re honorable. Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity. You’ll avoid the tough decisions, you’ll avoid confronting the people who need to be confronted, and you'll avoid offering differential performance because some people might get upset.

Ironically, by procrastinating on the difficult choices, by trying not to get anyone mad, and by treating everyone equally “nicely” regardless of their contributions, you’ll simply ensure that the only people you’ll wind up angering are the most creative and productive people in the organization.

Rainy day fund In case we needed additional funds down the road we could turn inward for assistance before asking “corporate” to bail us out first

From THE LEADERSHIP SECRETS OF COLIN POWELL

Convention Change June 9, 2022 @ IGHSAU I.

Called to order 10:02

F.

In attendance: Schieffer, Kirtley, Buttjer, Weis, Schultz, Huff, Schroeder, Deam, Linde, Lipovac II.

Banquets

G. ADOY H. Female AD Social VIII. Monday (same as old Tues, plus LTI)

A. Pres to Fri B.

C.

A. Popcorn sessions

HOF to Sat 1.

Video tape HOF

2.

3 minute limit

3.

Only on stage to collect the award

4.

Brent will check on videographer

ADOY on Sun

III. Sunday A. 11-1 grab and go lunch 1.

Vendor door prizes-Spread out during lunch

2.

Announce from different locations

IV. LTI on Fri afternoon and Sat morning

B.

Brunch-speaker and baton

C.

LTI

IX. Make sure IGHSAU and IHSAA are in mini sessions X.

Golf Outing A. Fundraiser for Lisa B.

Vendors

C.

Mike working with AMP to get info out

XI. Hyatt Contract extension A. Harley talked to Heather B.

Scheduled through 23-24

C.

Contracts being prepared for 25-26

XII. Tentative schedule by summer retreat

V. Friday

XIII. Final Forms

A. LTI B.

District Issues

President’s Banquet 1.

Introduce HOF

2.

Introduce ADOY

VI. Saturday A. LTI B.

Brunch

C.

1st General session-Keynote

A. Most forms to Julie B.

Harley meeting before release

XIV. Summer Retreat A. July 15-16 B.

Any add-ons: contact Erin

XV. National Conference will open in July

D. 2:30-3:15, 3:30-4:15 Mini sessions

E.

HOF

F.

Vendor Social with Cornhole

VII. Sunday A. 9:00 Admin asst B.

9:00 Updates from IGHSAU/IHSAA/IHSADA/ Legislative

C.

11-1 Vendor hall lunch

D. 1-2 service awards E.

2:30-4:15 popcorn sessions

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Sports Law Issues Impacting School Athletics Programs

By Lee Green J.D. on May 20, 2015

Hazing in Athletics Programs Hazing continues to be a widespread problem in school athletics programs and one of the most highly litigated claims against districts and athletics personnel, with courts typically imposing liability either because of the failure to create an anti-hazing policy or for developing a policy that is substantively inadequate or ineffectively implemented.

Since the beginning of 2014, more than 150 incidents of alleged hazing in school athletics programs have been reported by national media, including many involving physical abuse or sexual assaults resulting in criminal prosecution of the direct perpetrators for felony assault or sex crimes, some involving prosecution of school personnel for failure to report child abuse, and almost all leading to civil suits. Using the same standard employed in sexual harassment cases, courts have tended to find school and athletics personnel vicariously liable in those situations where the official had knowledge that hazing was occurring and exhibited deliberate indifference to immediately correcting the situation.

It’s fascinating to read stories, many of them legendary, about the late Houdini. That masterful magician was probably a better locksmith than he was a magician. He had a standing challenge that he could get out of any locked jail in sixty minutes, providing they would let him enter in his regular street clothes and not watch him work.

One of the stories is about a little town in the British Isles that decided to challenge (and perhaps embarrass) the great Houdini. This town had just completed an escapeproof jail, and so the townsfolk invited Houdini to come to see if he could break out.

He accepted the challenge.

He was allowed to enter the jail in his street clothes. People said they saw the locksmith turn the lock some strange way, and then with

the clang of steel, everybody turned their backs and left him alone to work. Houdini had hidden a long flexible steel rod in his belt, which is what he used to try to trip the lock. He worked for thirty minutes. He kept his ear close to the lock-forty-five minutes, and then an hour passed; he was exhausted.

He leaned against the door, and to his amazement, it fell open. They had never locked the door! It was their trick on the escape artist!

The door was only locked in Houdini’s mind. That’s the only place it was locked!

Some of you think that you can’t overcome your problem. The only place where it is impossible is in your thinking. That’s the only thing that’s locked!

From Robert Schuller’s Life Changers

ihsada Minutes I.

May 16, 2022 @ IGHSAU

Call to order by Kirtley at 10:04 In attendance: Schieffer, Schultz, Kirtley, Weis, Garvis, Bissen, Buttjer, Deam, Ludwig, Boock, Lipovac, Schroeder, Hulshof, Egbert, Lammers

II.

Section IV Representative A. Harley explained the term of service and prospective candidates: Brent Cook, Brad Rose, Aaron Stecker B.

Discussion of information given to candidates

C.

All meet criteria for candidates; all qualified applicants

D. Kirtley: motion to recommend Aaron Stecker; second by Matt Weis; motion carried unanimously E.

Harley will contact Stecker and submit name to NIAAA

III. State Convention Days A. 12 states Sat-Mon; 11 states Sun-Tues; others go within the week B.

Harley has a survey ready to go

C.

Affect attendance if we move it back a day

D. Send survey to check on opinion of membership E.

Show membership what each day would look like

IV. Discussion and finalization of the Extension of the Hyatt Contract for 2025 & 2026.

A. Comparison to Illinois: ours is cheaper for Hyatt B.

Contract is similar to previous years

C.

Marriott in Des Moines approached Harley

D. Cost was the lowest in Coralville after looking at other locations in the state E.

Coralville checks off all the boxes for hotel accommodations, social venues, convention needs

F.

Need a least a year and a half reserved for this big of an event

G. Kirtley motion to extend contract for Hyatt, use 2024 to review for the 2027 convention; Second by Schultz; motion carried unanimously

H. Harley will contact Hyatt I.

Harley will bring contract to summer retreat

V. Summer Retreat A. July 15-17 B.

Kirtley will send link for booking rooms

C.

Reply to Kirtley on email

D. Harley at Nat’l Exec Dir Convention that weekend (will not attend) VI. Meeting adjourned at 10:50; Ludwig motion to adjourn; Second by Deam

In what year was a JH/MS AD added to the Executive Board?

A Lighter Side...

Answer found elsewhere in the newsletter