1. Meeting Called To Order

2. Introductions - Members in Attendance: Please see attached listing

3. Financial/Membership Update - Ken Kavanagh, Treasurer, Bradley University

Financial Statement Attached (For the period January 1 - November 30, 2003)

Cash on Hand of $42,942.83

For '03-'04 we have on board to date 68 out of 89 Institutions and 6 of 8 Commissioners as Paid Members (compared to 62 of 87 and 3 Commissioners in '02-'03)

This is a RECORD START and a strong overall representation (76% of the 97 total eligible members) in comparison to active participation of I-A and I-AA.

Expressed goal to still get all eight I-AAA Conference Commissioners as paid members for '03-'04. More importantly, to get them actively engaged with the mission of our organization. In regards to the 21 outstanding AD's, it was assessed that at least six institutions were in the process of submitting their dues. Further, that having each Executive Committee member with an assigned "Contact Tree" institution that has yet to join to make a personal call in the immediate future - mentioning the upcoming Scholar-Athlete Teams as one of the benefits of membership.

Continued recommendation was made to utilize testimonials from some of our members and to include them in the upcoming "President's Correspondence" prior to the Scholar-Athlete Team nomination deadline.

It was recommended that a written or verbal survey be taken of anyone not yet on board as to there reasoning.

Dialogue occurred regarding whether or not we should continue our annual dues at $375 or to perhaps lower it to another amount unless a need arose to further fill our coffers. Most appeared inclined to stay the course, as well as to identify additional potential ways to spend our resources (i.e., I-AA has established a post-graduate scholarship program, whereby, two individuals are each awarded $5K).

4. Legislative Update -

Discussed on-going Management Council meetings highlights:

*Recent Approved legislation for the Comment Period- (edited for these minutes, full proposals can be reviewed from our January TCG Newsletter or found on www1.ncaa.org/membership/governance/division_I/management_council )

Mike Moore gave a brief review of what was going on at the ManCo sessions.

Dialogue involved possibly developing the position of our Association on current proposals and forwarding such perspectives to ManCo and/or possibly drafting legislation ourselves and getting the eight I-AAA conferences to help spearhead the initiatives and to also share our viewpoints with the other I-A and I-AA conferences.

Outstanding issues included: Exempted tournaments, foreign tours, women's basketball grants, recruiting issues (i.e., eliminating media guides effect on SID staffs to produce web based alternatives)

5. Standing Committees Updates -

Legislative Review Committee:

Cheryl Levick (Santa Clara - West Coast Conference) is the Chair for 2003-04

Please continue to follow the informative monthly Newsletter via The Compliance Group and let Cheryl or Nan Lueckert (TCG) if you have any questions or would like to see something discussed or researched for future editions. Likewise, let Cheryl or Mike Moore know if you have a concern/potential proposal that you believe of importance to our membership.

Scholar-Athlete Team Committee:

Pat Meiser-McKnett (Hartford - America East) is the Chair for 2003-04.

We had a relatively good start in the program's first year with twenty male and thirty-four female nominations. Reminders discussed about limitation of no more than two nominees, per gender, allowed per institution and that March 1st was still the deadline to become a paid member to have a student-athlete eligible for the team.

Lifetime Achievement Award Committee:

Nine (9) member body will be assembled and chaired by current Past-President Mike Bobinski (Xavier). Criteria for committee composition and award selection will be forwarded for a vote of the full membership at the annual meeting in June.

6. OLD BUSINESS

Men's Basketball Exempted Event legislation - still no answer as it remains in Court, as the stay on the lawsuit was granted that places all in limbo for now - expected late February decision. - concerns still exists about NCAA losing another anti-trust case versus those worried about the power conferences securing all the desirable exempted tourney slots. I-AAA Association consensus was to continue to SUPPORT limiting restrictions on the events given the proliferation of new tournaments (some providing "4 for 1" exemptions) and the critical opportunities these games provide to upset power conference foes on neutral floors.

* I-AAA All Sports Trophy - Mike Carter (Oral Roberts) has been chairing a committee researching the topic. I-AAA member and current NACDA President Judy Rose (Charlotte) requested that we continue working through the NACDA channels. Mike Moore will be attending the annual MACDA mid-winter meetings and will relay our concerns with the existing arrangement. Preliminary discussions within Mike Carter's committee expressed no desire to re-invent the criteria, rather, to provide a subset I-AAA ranking of our top institutions to generate positive acknowledgment and publicity for the best within our grouping. An updated report will be given in Dallas.

7. NEW BUSINESS

8. FUTURE MEETING DATES

It was previously determined to maintain two meetings per year until further notice.

NACDA - Annual Meeting - Saturday, June 12, 2004 Dallas, TX NCAA Convention -January, 2005 -Dallas, TX

Future NACDA Conventions - Orlando (2005), New Orleans (2006) and Dallas (2008). The destination for 2007 has yet to be decided.

Participants (23): 21 institutions/2 conferences

Ron Bertovich - Mid-Continent Conference: Commissioner
Curt Blake - Rider University: AD
*Mike Bobinski - Xavier University: AD
Gary Cunningham - University of California, Santa Barbara: AD
Joe D'Antonio - Providence College: Assoc AD
Don DiJulia - St. Joseph's University: AD
Tim Dillon - Canisius College: AD
Joe Gottfried - University of South Alabama: AD
Bud Haidet - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: AD
Mike Hermann - Niagara University : AD
Tom Hickman - Winthrop University: AD
Bill Hogan - University of San Francisco: AD
Mike Jacobsen - Utah Valley State College: AD
Ken Kavanagh - Bradley University: AD
*Cheryl Levick - Santa Clara University: AD
Jack McDonald - Quinnipiac University: AD
Pat Meiser-McKnett - University of Hartford: AD
Mike Moore - Indiana U.-Purdue U.-Indianapolis: AD
*Tom O'Connor - George Mason University: AD
Valerie Richardson - West Coast Conference: Asst. Commissioner
Jim Schaus - Wichita State University: AD
William Weidner - University of Texas-Pan American: AD
Stan Williamson - Campbell University: AD

*Represents Members unavailable to attend session due to Management Council