The 2024 Annual Fall Convention will be held at the Sports and Rec Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute on September 10, 2024 at 10:00 AM. Lunch will be served at the conclusion of the meeting, courtesy of MF Athletic. Please RSVP online via this link.
Coaches are required to bring the 2024 Delegate Authorization Form to the convention or send it directly to the commissioner via e-mail or text.
CONVENTION AGENDA (Download Full Agenda here)
Date: Tuesday September 10, 2024
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: WPI Sports and Rec Center, Room RC61, Worcester, MA
GPS Address: 100 Institute Rd, Worcester, MA 01609
NEICAAA Fall Convention Proposals and Agenda 9/10/24
I. Welcome!
II. Roll Call
III. 2023-24 Recap
IV. NEICAAA Finance Update
V. Constitutional Updates and Votes
Constitutional Votes require a 2/3 majority of those present and voting (Article XVI, Section 1)
a. Approve Minutes of the Fall 2023 and Summer 2024 Convention
b. Propose the Following Officer Slate:
1. Shawn Green - Commissioner
2. Steve Vaitones – Assistant/Associate Commissioner
3. Richard Hart - President
4. Ruben Sança – Treasurer and First Vice President
5. Katie Moulton – Second Vice President
6. John Copeland – Executive Committee Member
7. Kristen Morwick – Executive Committee Member
8. Carolyn Martin – Executive Committee Member
9. Mark Connolly – Executive Committee Member
c. Dues – Motion to return to original $500 per school annual dues
d. Indoor and Outdoor Championship Finals – motion to require schools to declare for finals so Games Committee can advance others if needed in order to maintain full fields .
e. Outdoor Championships 2025 – UMASS has 9 lanes. Do we want to for this year only, take 9 to finals and maybe expand fields to 36?
f. Other Discussion Items
i. Constitutional Review/Update Committee
ii. Corporate Sponsorship Committee
iii. Social media coordinator
VI. Championships
a. Cross Country:
Hopkinton Fairground, Hopkinton, NH, Sat., October 12, 2024
i. One NEICAAA Championship Race for women men with TEN runners per team (12pm)
ii. One NEICAAA Championship Race for men with TEN runners per team
Women's 5k at Noon
Men's 8k at 12:45pm
iii. One Combined Sub Varsity Race for both genders at 1:30pm IF FIELDS ARE FULL! Otherwise we will run everyone in the Championship races
iv. Discuss adding Open Race for Alumni – possibly in 2025
v. Meet will be up on Direct Athletics in the next 48 hours
b. Indoor Track & Field Championship:
Reggie Lewis Center – Friday and Saturday March 7-8, 2025
c. Outdoor Track & Field Championships: UMASS – Amherst - Friday and Saturday, May 9 - 10, 2025
VII. Other Business
VIII. Please follow our social medial channels
IX. Lunch sponsored by MF Athletic!
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