1.0 President's Welcome
1.1 Introductions
In Attendance: Ross Metcalfe, Mark Diboll, Cam Kelbert, J.J. Ross, Ken Friesen, Mark Miles, Don Thompson, Brian Plett, Dale Ready, Don Hurton, Rhonda Young, Tom Parker, Kellee Taylor, Morris Glimcher, Carey Lasuik, Jacques Dorge, Mark Miles

Regrets: Don Hurton, Tony Carvey, Shana Robinson

2.0 Adoption of Agenda
2.1 Additions/changes to Agenda.
MOTION: Adoption of Agenda as presented
Mark Diboll /Don Thomson
CARRIED

3.0 Review of the September 21 Meeting Minutes
MOTION: Accept September 21, 2005 Meeting Minutes
Tom Parker/Dale Ready
CARRIED

4.0 Business Arising from the September Meeting
4.1 Portage Collegiate classification
Propose a home and home series with all "AAAA" Winnipeg zones for the 2006-07 school year, except zone 2 because they have accepted Winkler into their zone..

MOTION: Beginning in 2006-07, place the new Portage "AAAA" school in a home and home series for varsity volleyball and varsity basketball with zones 1, 3 and 14.

Brian Plett/Don Thomson CARRIED

NOTE: With Portage moving into the "AAAA" category in 2006-07, we need to address the "AAA" Winnipeg competition rule.

4.2 Soccer - relationship with MSA
Morris has met with the MSA regarding them regarding the issue of cards. They are meeting tomorrow and we expect them to waive the card system for high schools. They have agreed to waive the cards. Details are still to be finalized.

5.0 Financial Report & Investment Summary
MOTION: To accept the financial report as circulated, as of September 30, 2005.
Cam Kelbert/Mark Miles
CARRIED

6.0 Delegation - St. James Collegiate
This population of St. James Collegiate has elevated them to a "AAAA" school. They are requesting that we review the process and reclassify St. James as a "AAA" school. Discussion took place.

7.0 Executive Director's Report
7.1 High School Sports Week - Free Press supplement
President Metcalfe received many compliments regarding the insert. The supplement was very educational and positive for high school athletics. It proved to be a great public relations and public awareness tool for the MHSAA. The cost is minimal, as Morris negotiated a reasonable deal with the Free Press and recruited sponsors to assist in the cost.
We did not receive much feedback regarding High School Sports week. Mark Diboll mentioned that he believes that there are a number of schools that did something within their school.

7.2 Human Rights Case
Morris reported that if no settlement could be reached, it will be forwarded to an adjudicator. To this point, our lawyer has not billed the association for his work, but will have to begin to.

There other issue was a request for a girl to play on a boys curling team, due to no girls curling team in their school. In the past, we have not allowed these kinds of requests we believe that a sport, such as Curling, requires a small number of participants and a school should be able to find enough participants in that gender to form a team. We have reversed this decision, based on the human rights feedback, but the zone has denied it. Morris has written the zone president to advise them that we have approved the schools request. It is now beyond the zone level and that girls may try out for a boys team if no girls team exists.

7.3 Sport Manitoba
Sport Manitoba task force would still like to pursue a relationship with us and discuss the idea of an improved delivery of sport sytsem with the coordination of the school system. The first meeting is scheduled for December.

7.4 Sponsorship Update
- We are finalizing a relationship with the Birchwood Automotive Group.
- Morris is still pursuing the Armed Forces to assist in provincials.
- Morris is looking for a relationship with Nike and Reebok, for clothing.
- Unfortunately FILA will be closing in December and will be run out of the USA.

7.5 CSSF Meeting - September 30 - October 4
President Metcalfe reported that he, Morris, Carey and Murray Brown attended the meetings in Moose Jaw. The North West Territories have become an official members of the CSSF. The three days of meetings are discussions and information sharing on topics that are concerns/highlights for many provinces. The various kinds of Court cases that many provinces are facing was discussed.

7.6 Staffing - Communications/stats person
Morris suggested the possibility of contracting a media person. This person would work on enhancing the relationship with the media and zone sports. The majority of this contract would be ensuring that the media received high school sport results of tournaments and leagues and as well as getting up to date scores on our website. There was a lot of healthy discussion regarding this issue. Morris is to take a look at this and propose an option to the board at the next meeting.

7.7 High School wrestling
Morris has received phone calls from schools that have wrestling programs and they have asked him to be a conduit towards furthering wrestling in the high school system.

7.8 Champions Cross Mentoring Workshop - September 30 - October 1.
Over 70 participants in the Champions program and the session was very successful. We receive our funding from the Sport Medicine Council of Manitoba and the continued existence of this program is based on this funding. We will be submitting an application for funding in December

8.0 Correspondence
none

9.0 AGM
9.1 2006 Location
The cost of going to Brandon is quite a bit more expensive. We are still deliberating whether we will be going to Portage or Brandon.

9.2 Future Format
We will be pursuing the idea of replacing the classification discussion groups with sport forums.

10.0 Other Business
10.1 Representation at Provincial Championships
Carey confirmed the list of representatives for championships
Curling on March 2-4 in Virden - Rhonda Young
"AA" Hockey on March 10-12 in Birtle - ??
"AAAA" Hockey on March 10-13 in Winnipeg - Mark Miles
JV basketball (Urban) on March 9-13 in Winnipeg - ??
JV basketball (Rural) on March 9 & 10 in Killarney - Ken Friesen
"A" basketball on March 16-18, girls in Carman - Don Hurton
boys in Rosenort -
"AA" basketball on March 16-18, girls in Elton - Ken Friesen
boys in MacGregor - ???
"AAA" basketball on March 16-18 in Brandon - Don Thomson
"AAAA" basketball on March 16-18 in Winnipeg - Ross Metcalfe

Badminton on May 5 & 6 in Thompson - J.J. Ross
Rural T & F on June 2 & 3 in Stonewall or Selkirk - R. Young or R. Metcalfe
Urban Soccer on June 2 & 3 in Brandon - Don Thomson
Baseball on June 9 & 10 in Stonewall - Ross Metcalfe and Mark Miles
Fastball on June 9 & 10 in Winkler - Dale Ready
Provincial T & F on June 9 & 10 in Winnipeg - Tom Parker

10.2 Ratification of new dates for Volleyball Provincials due to SAG
Varsity volleyball is to be scheduled for the first weekend of December and the JV championships on the weekend before SAG
Rhonda Young/Cam Kelbert
CARRIED

10.3 Game Plan
Additions to the game plan may include, reclassification, coaches appreciation apparel

10.4 Sport Legacy Trust
Our first priority will be the development of an online learning program, and the second priority is pursuing funding for a computer program, and equipment to enhance to the environment of a game/tournament. This includes music and video, as well as two way radios, etc.

11.0 New Business
11.1 Future meeting dates - February 23rd at 9:30 am and April 28 at 10:00 am
11.2 Review of classification numbers
Although, the MHSAA did a review of classification and made a number of changes in the "A" and "AA" categories, it may be time to revisit the classification of all the schools in our membership.

MOTION: To strike a investigative task force to review the Classification of schools
Don Thomson/ Mark Diboll
CARRIED

Committee to consist of some or all of the following:
Ken Friesen, Cam Kelbert, Rhonda Young, Don Thomson, Dale Ready

11.3 Deadline dates for transfers to be eligible to participate in specific sports.
There have been concerns that students have transferred schools, for good reasons, late in the season, with just a few weeks left in the season. These transfer may take the place of a student athlete who has been playing all season. The board has requested for the office to come up with guidelines, including recommendations to the administration to present at our next board meeting.

11.4 Legal defence fund
Morris suggested to the board that we have a separate budget item in our accounting to be earmarked for legal issues due to the Human Rights case.

MOTION: To allocate $50,000 for a legal defence fund.
Mark Diboll/Ken Friesen
CARRIED

11.5 Steinbach request
Steinbach Regional school requested that the rule allowing students who attend a regional school, but live more than 25km away, have the choice to play for the regional School or the "home" school, be eliminated. The board recommended that we solicit more information from the zones and discuss it further at the zone president's meeting.

11.6 Zone 1 & 3 tier II provincial entry request - as a result of the tiering in basketball between zones 1 & 3, it was decided to allow the winner of Tier II to be given a wildcard opportunity. (This will be for the 2005-06 only and to be re-evaluated)

12.0 Adjournment