VATA Executive Council Meeting
October 4, 2001
McCue Center, University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

    

Present: J. Buriak, C. Willey, S. Powers, I. Rogol, D. Pawlowski, M.Brandenburger, T. Crider, S. Menegoni

The meeting was called to order by Jim Buriak at 10:10am.

  1. Approval of Minutes: Minutes accepted as written.
  2. Officer Reports
  1. President Elect – Jim Buriak
    2.

    Rod Poindexter has resigned as President-elect. Tim Laurent of Lynchburg College has expressed an interest in running. A call for nominations will be announced in the fall newsletter. The election of the president elect will occur at the annual business meeting in Williamsburg in January.

    Proposals for presentations at the January 11 – 12, 2002 meeting should be sent to Jim Buriak as soon as possible. Discussion continued relative to the January meeting.

    Scott Powers moved to approve expenditures for the Friday night reception to cover costs and funds to cover the coffee service and audio-visual services. Seconded by Dave Pawlowski, vote was taken and the motion passed.

    Dave Pawlowski suggested the organization seek a person to serve as Exhibitor Chair. Scott Powers indicated that the Public Relations Committee would take on this task if no interested was expressed.

    Michael Moore from Radford University has the new VATA web page up and running. Information on the winter meeting will appear on the web page.

  2. Treasurer's Report – Cheryl Willey
    3.

    Discussion of newsletter costs centered around the possibility of reducing costs a bit by using a lesser grade paper for any inserts.

    The organization treasury shows a balance of $14, 214.56 in the checking account and $18,910.80 in savings.

    Two additional display boards have been purchased for use by the membership.

    A discussion was held on the costs of the lobbyists. The question of continuing with this service at the current level was discussed.

  3. Secretary's Report – Sharon Menegoni

    Discussion on the format and timing of the newsletter

III. Committee Reports and Liaison Reports
    1. Legislative – Dave Pawlowski
      2.

      The committee has not met since January but all regulations have gone into effect as of June 6, 2001. Changes were made in the law in the last assembly session to tighten the exceptions area and to change the terminology of the delimitations for members of the advisory committee. Questions have arisen about the status of graduate students and state certification. Only those graduate students enrolled in graduate athletic training curriculums are exempt from state certification. The committee is still in need of a citizen member. Brent Arnold and Jon Almquist have been nominated to fill vacant positions on the advisory board. The board is still in need of a citizen member. The Board of Health Professions is notifying all relative constituent groups, for example, the VHSL, Board of Education, Superintendents organization, etc.

      The issue for the next year is determining the strategy for pursuing licensure or remaining with certification.

    2. Public Relations Committee – Scott Powers
      3.

      The Committee requests photos from the members to complete the three presentation boards. Presentations have been done for local coaches, and a group of physical educators, and the WVU student organization.

    3. Secondary Schools Committee – Chad Byler

                            VHSL has agreed to distribute information about the state certification law to all member schools. The VATA
                     sponsored a booth at the VIAAA state conference.

                    D. Membership Committee – Mike Cargill

                            No report.

                    E. Scholarship Committee – Tom Jones

                            No report

                    F. Nominations Committee -Jim Buriak
                      
                           Mark Brandenburger has been appointed as Region2 representative. A special election will be held at the January
                           meeting to fill the President-elect vacancy .

                           The position of secretary will be open in the spring. Paul Giannotti has expressed interest in the position.

                   G. Constitution and By-Laws -Jim Munier

                           No report but a need exists to modify the by-laws.

                   H. Ethics Committee -Ethan Saliba

                           No report

IV    New Business

    1. Proposal for a clinical education consortium was reviewed and discussed. Ian Rogul moved to start a college and university committee, motion was seconded by Scott Powers, a vote was taken and the motion passed. . It was suggested by the council that Jeff Konin be asked to present a proposal for a College and University Committee.
    2. District 3 Program Committee Representative: Region representatives are asked to solicit their members for interest in this position.
    3. VATA booth at the NATA convention: The VATA has been asked to set up a booth in the exhibit hall.
    4. NATA News information: The council would like to see information from the district in the monthly publication. Deadlines are at the beginning of each month.
    5. Honors and Awards: All members are encouraged to submit nominations for all NATA awards.

The meeting adjourned at 12:15 pm.

Respectfully submitted _________________________________________