End of Isolations and New Business Starts

Meanwhile back at the ranch...
George is at the mic

 Request that the Competition Task Force continue their work - to introduce a U.S. Novice Singles final/championships held in conjunction with an existing sectional as their endpoint. With the current proposal the top two Novice skaters from each sectional go to Nationals to compete as a Junior. Lynn Goldman as chair of the Task Force accepted and the governing body approved the motion. 

 Then just as Rick Perez thought it was done, a slow walker isolated No. 438 - it removes the sit spin as an option for the Novice Men's Short Program - leaving only the camel spin as the only option. It was voted down and leaving the new rule in place. 

 Finally, the vote was announced for the new President of U.S. Figure Skating is Anne Cammett.

 Time for New Business 
No. 501 amend rule 2463
Under A - Skaters who are tied at the same qualifying tier (sectional or regional) will be selected by random assignment or draw. It clarifies the seeding issues for referees. 

 No. 502  
Amend the chart for 6.01 for single panel. Silver level judges could single panel up to Pre-Juvenile MIF and FS test while Gold level judges would be able to single panel up to Juvenile MIF and FS tests. An amendment was made to refer it back to the appropriate committees and that was accepted. 

 No. 503- asking to consider new rule that the Nominating Committee extend their timeline until the Governing Council. Currently, they are done February after the slate is posted. 

 No. 504 - is similar to No. 503 and has to do with the nominating committee. If an individual is nominated for one office but then runs for another. Since it is a bylaw change it has to be referred to committee. Approved

 No. 505 regards having budget chart for new task force initiatives over $10,000 when being presented. George requested a quad chart that covers list of goals, metrics for success, a schedule and how much it costs. He says that without the chart, it makes evaluating proposals difficult.
Lainie DeMore brought up that this amendment would slow down task force operations because we would have to get approval for money before we can even get approval. We would lack agility. As Sam said, we doubt that the Russian and Japanese Federation have these issues. Troy Goldstein made a motion that it was be referred back to the Finance Committee. 

 Mark Ladwig shared that $360K was given to athletes this year by the Memorial Fund.

 In Memoriam video, of course, made us all cry.

 And then we broke for lunch. 

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