Present at the meeting: NEW CLUB: Amplify Gymnastics, CURRENT CLUBS: The Flip Shop, Kansas City Trampoline Club, Tumble Town Midwest, Xtreme Trampoline, and St. Louis Elite the entire meeting by phone.

Possible 2 additional clubs in the St. Louis area: Excel Gymnastics, and Hi Energy.

1. No more USAG, only USA Gymnastics or USAGym

   • If you do not have a code of points, please download or purchase them.

   • Coaches & judges must prove current registration, safety certification, and background check at all sanctioned events.

   • Late entries for region 4, or national JO championships will not be accepted this season.

2. Missouri club membership 2012 season

   • $50 new clubs, $25.00 returning clubs

   • Non payment requires denial of services and events beginning September 1, 2011

   • Clubs are required to turn a club roster to the state director prior to the first event of the year.

   • Funding is available to Missouri athletes who are members of a USA Team that competes in international competition. (Payment is made following the competition for the USA.

   • Checks returned not payable from the bank, will disqualify a team from further events, until all matters are settled.

3. Missouri events

   • All sanctioned events must have the sanction of USA Gymnastics at least 45 days prior to the date of the event.

   • Must list equipment being provided.

   • New policy: Training sessions for level SR, JR, and 10 Add: level 9

   • Host club is responsible for spotters.

   • Send to the state director a list of out of state teams entered in your event.

   • Each team entering an event, must accompany their entry form with an updated USA Gymnastics athlete, coach, judge roster.

   • Use the uniform entry form, not your own, which includes club number.

4. Fees

   • New policy: Eligibility meets - $45 1^st event, $5 each additional event.

   • State Championship - $60 1^st event, $5 each additional event.

   • Admission is set by the event host, and must be included on the event information.

   • New policy: Each team (new clubs are exempt) is required to provide a judge for each discipline entered. The penalty is $3 per athlete per discipline that does not have a judge provided. Checks are to be made to: USAGym-MOT&T, and must be in the hands of the Missouri Director prior to a club’s athletes being allowed to warm up and compete in a sanctioned event.

   • New policy: Entry fee surcharge - $13.50 ($9.50 judges, $3.00 athlete fund, $1.00 coaches fund)

   • $1.00 National Scholarship (paid with sanction report to USAGym.

NOTE: Discussion regarding raising entry fee $5, with that money going to support judges, athletes, and coaches was in response to a shortage to pay judges in the amount of $1,418.50.

See Judges Pay Overage – 2011 Meets sheet

5. Awards

   • Eligibility meet awards are the choice of the host team.

   • Flight awards will be given after each flight. Top 3 overall awards will be presented for events with more than 1 flight.

   • State championship awards shall include:

Medals for top 3 places (A-1 supplier), Ribbons for 4-10, Team awards, Flight awards.

6. Meet schedule preparation

   • Connie Fortner will prepare the meet schedule at a cost of .75 per athlete. If you choose not to have Connie prepare your meet schedule, you must list who is preparing the schedule.

   • Meet schedules must be emailed to Regina Lance to be placed in the computer program, 10 days prior to your event.

7. Meet levels

- Trampoline – level 1 through Sr. Elite

- Tumbling – level 1 through Sr. Elite (Missouri adds level 3B)

- Double Mini-Tramp – level 5 through Sr. Elite

- Synchronized – level 1 through Sr. Elite - Each syncro pair may be boy/boy, or girl/girl, or boy/girl, however each athlete may only enter one syncro group. Athletes do not have to be from the same team, and matching attire is optional.

- At the State Championships, no mixed pair syncro, and only levels 9 and 10 compete and qualify.

7. Equipment requirements

   • Must meet current USA Gymnastics code of points.

   • Must have throw in mat for each trampoline, double mini-tramp, and a sting mat for tumbling. The tumbling floor must have sidelines marked.

   • Air time equipment, or a suitable substitute must be provided.

8. Missouri state championships

   • The state board and member clubs will host the state championships. The meet will be held at MSSU at the Legit & Platt Center. The state director will act as meet director, and be paid $750, plue $1 per athlete entered, and mileage @.43/mile, plus hotel.

9. State newsletter

- To be posted quarterly on the Missouri state website.

10. State website

Maintenance fee and web hosting $320/year

11 Coaches fund

- Profits from our Missouri state clinic will be used to fund coaches who represent the USA, on an official USA Team.

(Due to a loss in revenue to cover judge’s pay, coaches fund has been used to cover the shortage. The fund will be replaced.)

New policy: Coaches and judges, who are named to the USA delegation in

international competition as part World Championship team are eligible for funding.

12 Jump Start

- Jump Start also operated at a loss last season.

New policy: Entry fee for Missouri Jump Start testing for this season will be $20

13. Items to remember

    • Athletes cannot coach other athletes

    • All coaches must have a current pro number

    • If you are sending another coach in your place, they must have their pro number and proof with them.

    • No World championship or World Age Group on an Olympic year

    • Mobility – Athletes must enter at level 7 or below

    • Athletes may move up 2 levels during a local meet, with meet directors approval

    • Mobility forms must be turned in to the state director for level 8 and higher (Jr & Sr elite to Elite program director)

    • If you compete in another state, and wish to use that meet to mobilize, it is your responsibility to send a copy of the results with mobility form to the state director

    • Meet Directors – You must complete the sanction requirements including:

- checking athlete and coaches current registration

- completing ALL INFORMATION on the sign in sheet for coaches and judges

- forwarding email addresses for out of state teams to state director

- scores (results) must be posted at all meets

 14. Education

• Pre-placement process

• Go to USA Gymnastics website

• Must do U-100

• Fill out Application for University pre-placement

   15. Meet and event schedule (see attachment)

  16. Next meeting – at state meet, at nationals, in St. Louis ?