SAAC Meeting Minutes- January 27, 2008

February 4th, 2008

- ACC Compliance Panel: There will be a host of NCAA compliance representatives coming to UVA to ask a panel of student-athletes questions. If anyone is interested in being on the panel, it will be from 12:00-1:00 on Thursday, February 14th. We need a couple more volunteers! Please email bgrant@virginia.edu if you are interested in participating.

- Very few athletes complained about the SHOTS ticketing policy. Only a couple student athletes were unable to get tickets. A few athletes said they do not know enough about how the system works. Please ask you team how they feel about the SHOTS system, if anyone has had trouble with it, or if they do not know how it works.

- U-guides are going to start partnering up with student-athletes to give tours of JPJ and Scott stadium twice a week starting in March. SAAC members will be asked to volunteer to give a couple tours a year. Ryan Hurley will be in contact about a training session to be held in the next couple weeks for the student-athletes interested in participating.

- Canned Food Drive Update: University Athletics will not support community service events at athletic events because they would have to support ALL service events. Therefore UVA was unable to have the canned food drive.

- Still OK with semi-formal for the banquet? Date is now April 28th.

o All teams said that semi-formal dress was OK for this years banquet.

- Face book: Continues to be a pressing issue in NCAA athletics

o NCAA is thinking about not allowing any student athletes to use facebook to alleviate problems with photos.

o “You diligence” is one of the many companies trying to help athletic administrations police facebook- check out the link.

http://www.sportsmediatraining.com/2_YouDiligence_twoSided_lores.pdf

- If you are interested in the College Guide Program/ Teach for America there is an information session Tues from 7:30-8:30, contact Phil Gates for more information.