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saac-meeting-minutes-for-jan-25-09.doc

ATTENDANCE

Baseball
Will Campbell    Yes
Jeff Lorick    Yes
Basketball-Men
Jerome Meyinsse    Yes
Will Sherrill    No
Basketball-Women
Jayna Hartig    exc.
Monica Wright    exc.
Cross Country-Men
Alex Bowman    No
Trey Miller    Yes
Cross Country-Women
Susan Brooks    Yes
Lyndsay Harper (alt.)    No
Katie Read    No
Field Hockey
Lauren Elstein    Yes
Inge Kaars-Sijpesteijn    No
Lucy Meyers (alt)    Yes
Football
B.J. Cabbell    No
Pat Slebonick    Yes
Golf-Men
Will Collins    No
Kyle Stough    No
Golf-Women
Calle Nielson    No
Kristen Simpson    Yes
Lacrosse-Men
Danny Glading    Yes
Mark Wade    No
Lacrosse-Women
Ainsley Baker    No
Catherine Chambers    Yes
Rowing
Summers Nelson    No
Norah Phillips (alt.)    No
Augusta Stratos    Yes
Soccer-Men
Neil Barlow    No
Soccer-Women
Sinead Farrelly (alt.) Yes
Nikki Krzysik    No
Jen Redmond    No

Softball
Nicole Koren    Yes
Karla Wilburn    Yes
Swimming & Diving-Men
Pat Reams    Yes
Lee Robertson    Yes
Swimming & Diving-Women
Mei Christensen    Yes
Megan Evo    Yes
Kristen Wallace    Yes
Tennis-Men
Houston Barrick    exc.
Reese Milner    exc.
Tennis-Women
Jenny Stevens    No
Neela Vaez    No
Track and Field-Men
Andy Fahringer    Yes
Ayeni Opeyemi    Yes
Track and Field-Women
Amy Bilmanis    Yes
Meghan Briggs    Yes
Billie-Jo Grant    Yes
Volleyball
Shannon Davis    Yes
Brittani Rendina    No
Wrestling
Nick Nelson    Yes
Mike Sewell    No

saac-meeting-minutes-for-jan-25-09.doc

I. Pres. Catherine Chambers (w lacrosse) called the meeting to order; welcomed Craig Anderson (Compliance Director) and invited Life Skills Director, Phil Gates to speak:

II. Mr. Gates:
1.  introduced Dean Allen Groves, Associate Vice President and Dean of Students in the Office of the Dean of Students.  Dean Groves spoke and welcomed any and all student contact:  Phone number:  434/924-7429; cell: 434/964-6780; awg8vd@virginia.edu. The Dean of Students Office participates in Disciplinary Action, Resident’s Life, Orientation of First Year Students, Transfers, and the On-Call Program, which is 24/7 where they receive calls for students who may be in trouble; located on second floor of Peabody Hall.  Dean Groves is an alumnus of the University of Virginia’s law school.
http://www.virginia.edu/deanofstudents/meetthedean.html
http://www.virginia.edu/deanofstudents/
2. reminded about: Feb. 8: Nat’l Girls & Women in Sports Day Celebration will be to honor the retirement of Barbara Kelly at the W-Basketball game.  Barbara Kelly is an Assistant Athletics Director with the Athletics Department and was instrumental in the beginning of Women’s Athletics.
3. thanked Community Service volunteers:
a. Billie-Jo Grant (w track & field), Yemi Ayeni (m track & field) and Dan McMahon (m swimming) who went to Orange County Elementary School to talk to grade school children about what it was like to be a student-athlete at UVa.;
b. UVA football players Jimmy Howell, Austin Pasztor, Patrick Slebonic for going to Augusta County Library  to read to area children (for pictures, copy and paste: http://www.flickr.com/photos/augusta_county_library/sets/72157612902781925/ )
4. asked if anyone wants to represent UVA Athletics at the ACC IAC Leadership Conference
 (sponsored by the ACC and coordinated locally by the UVA VP for Student Affairs Office) “Civility in a Global Society: Going Pro”
Friday–Sunday (February 20-22, 2009)
In Blacksburg, VA 24061
No volunteers came forward.

III. President Reports
If you need further information about any of the following, please contact
Pres. Catherine Chambers (w lacrosse) @ 303/883-0451 or cmc4sx@virginia.edu.
•    ACC SAAC Conference Call – call failed
•    ACC Sportsmanship award – make sure you work with your coaches to complete the nominations;
•    Athletics Advisory Counsel meeting – Pres. Chambers will attend on Monday, Feb. 2;
•    Student Services Meeting  — Pres. Chambers addressed the Group on Tuesday, Jan. 27.
•    Head Coaches Meeting – Pres. Chambers addressed the meeting on Wed., Jan. 28.

IV. Secretary Trey Miller (m cross country) proposed that SAAC undertake some kind of Shoe Donation Program
Met with enthusiastic support.  Outline of program implementation will follow.  If questions, please contact Trey Miller (m cross country) @336/978-1486 or wom2c@virginia.edu.

V. Pres. Chambers reported on the 7 Society’s Request for a proposal on how to spend $14,777.77 to benefit the University community.
Susan Brooks (w cross country) suggested putting sports or other university events on an electronic marquee; contact @703/955-0666 or skb5z@virginia.edu and Catherine Chambers (w lacrosse) @303/883-0451 or cmc4sx@virginia.edu. Further investigation indicates that the cost is prohibitive (@$240,000).

VI. Lee Robertson (m swimming) spoke about the Student Athlete UGuides program of JPJ tours and asked for
Anyone interested in leading tours of the athletics facilities?
Contact Lee Robertson (m swimming) @540/476-1162 or ljr2t@virginia.edu.

VII. Secretary Trey Miller (m cross country) proposed installing alert lights on the crosswalk between Klockner/Track/Baseball and UHall.
The SAAC endorsed the proposal.

VIII. Athletics 50 Meal Plan
Billie-Jo Grant (w track & field) brought up this proposal again and asked that it be brought to the Student Services Group; SAAC Reps thought it was a good idea.

IX. Mr. Gates reminded about African American Heritage Month and alerted about the Athletics event celebrating the Contributions of African Americans to Athletics; it’s tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, Feb 17.  Will show a documentary with a moderator and a light meal.
Contact Phil Gates for more information @ 434/982-5781 or pag4b@virginia.edu.