My understanding - To vote this ("High School division) in this year the language in the proposal must remain EXACTLY the same as presented. Get that done first YES or NO for this year. There can be discussion about future changes to this division but Not by ammending the current proposal and still having it take place in the 2009/10 season or this year. At our district meeting - many people had valid questions and concerns about the current language and it intent. Future changes and the language will occur if the proposal passes. There is no reason to spend an excessive amount of hours on any particular topic if it has no chance of taking affect until the following season. Could we as a body have a written suggestion box that we could submit our ideas on proposed ammendmended changes.

For example: I am going to vote yes for the proposal in its current form. So that it takes affect this year.

My ammended suggestions that I drop in the box for this topic would be - Allow the 14 year olds who meet the age criteria to sign up for subdistrict, district and state for either the 14 & under division or the highschool division one or the other. Another question I would have is - if there is an eighth grader who is no longer 14 & under I assume he or she is automatically in the HS division. It can happen and I think it has happened that there have been a few eighth graders that are in the 16 & under group or HS age group this case. The current language has something about competed in HS in the current year - It doesn't say freshman, JV, varsity competition, etc. The weight classes of this change will be just another component of the discussion. Such as adding a 245lbs, or HS weights only, etc. But I like the idea personally of having a written signed, club name, and suggestion box - this would mean the board has a lot of extra reading - during their FREE TIME. The suggestion box might make the meeting go a little quicker. Allow 10 - 15 minutes of discussion - when the time is up move on in the meeting or drop you ideas in the suggestion box when the meeting is adjourned.