1. President Elect - Rod Poindexter reported on the VATA Conference – Conference will be held on January 11-12at the Williamsburg Hospitality House. Most of the evaluations received following the 2001 conference were positive. A discussion followed on the generalities of the conference. Rod will look into the possibility of a luncheon on Saturday during the meetings. Todd Dunning a representative of Johnson & Johnson has indicated an interest in being an exhibitor in 2002.
   
2. B. Treasurer's Report – C. Willey reported that the organization continues to be fluent. There is a checking account balance of $21, 155.42 and a savings account balance of $15, 713.29. In addition, the sum of $20,000 has been invested through Wachovia Bank.
   
3. C. Secretary's Report – No report

1. Legislative Committee (Rod Poindexter)

1. Information on the proposed regulations can be found on the State of Virginia web site under the Department of Health Professions and the Board of Medicine.
2. The legislation/regulatory law will go into effect on June 6, 2001

1. Public Relations Committee (Scott Powers)
1. Scott reported on various activities which have been held commemorating Athletic Training Month in the Commonwealth.
2. A discussion was held as to whether the organization should purchase additional display boards to ease the difficulty of making sure that appropriate persons have access to display boards for important events. A motion was made by R. Poindexter and seconded by M. Cargill to purchase two additional display boards. A vote was taken and the motion passed.
2. Secondary Schools Committee

The display board will be at the Athletic Directors’ meeting and the state coaches meeting in July in Hampton.

D. Membership Committee (Mike Cargill)

1. The organization currently boasts 775+ members as determined by using the national directory information (as of March 29).
2. A discussion was held regarding the VATA web site and the need to have current timely information posted there. The committee decided to place an ad in the spring newsletter searching for a webmaster to attend to maintaining the organization’s web site.
3. The membership list will be made available to our bronze patron in accordance with the by-laws. A discussion followed regarding guidelines for the distribution of the member list. The discussion will be continued.

E. Scholarship Committee

1. Tom Jones reported via letter that 32 applications had been requested and mailed. At the time of this meeting only two completed applications had been received. The deadline for completed applications is April 15.

F. Nominations Committee (Jim Buriak)

1. Chuck Carter has resigned as the District 2 representative (Richmond, Spotsylvania, central Virginia area). A new representative is needed.

G. Constitution and By-Laws (Jim Munier) – no report

H. Ethics Committee (Ethan Saliba) – no report

1. News from regional representatives. – Ian Rogul is working with the VHSL to promote full time ATCs in high schools across the Commonwealth.
2. High School Career Fair – The VATA has been contacted to display at a high school career fair at Brunswick Academy on April 10. The Council notes that while it would like to accommodate requests for representation at events such as this a timely request must be made.

The meeting adjourned at 12:12 pm.

Respectfully submitted _________________________________________