Junior Advisory Board Meeting: January 10, 1-5 pm, Westerville South HS

The OVR Board of Directors has decided to bring back the Junior Advisory Board. The JAB has existed in the past and at the Club Directors' Meeting in July there was discussion that the JAB could be useful again and should be resurrected so with support of the BOD I am leading this effort.

The JAB will be just that: advisory, used as a resource to help the BOD and Girls' and Boys' Program Directors as they continue to assist with issues facing club directors, tournament directors, coaches, and players.

• forum to discuss issues related to juniors in a focused setting from folks who are involved at all levels. This will be a great networking resource.
• discussions will be face to face, web-based, conference calls, or utilize the internet as needed to contact all club directors, tournament directors, coaches and possibly players.
• JAB will help gather viewpoints from the grassroots regarding a variety of issues that face the BOD as well as the Girls' and Boys' Program Directors and will be a great resource for issues.

I would like to convene the first meeting to organize the JAB on Sunday, January 10 in Columbus, Ohio, at Westerville South HS in the Commons Area (please enter the building and park in the back lot) from 1-5 pm to discuss the following:

1. How the JAB will be set up
   I envision the JAB will have representation from the following categories and be comprised of nine members:
   One chair, appointed by the BOD or elected by the membership. Chair will ask for volunteers from the OVR to serve on the JAB. Chair would choose from the volunteer pool making sure all geographic areas are represented as well as all types of clubs: girls', boys', large, small, National, Regional, American, facility owner, such as Large Club Director, Small Club Director, Facility Owner/Club Director, Boys' Club Director, National Club Director, Regional Club Director, American Club Director, West Virginia/Pennsylvania Club Director, others as needed.

2. Recruiting policies, rules, and penalties: it is time to review and update. Is the no contact rule effective?

3. Tryout policies, rules, and penalties
   Is the 10-day rule working? Open gyms: are they legal? Options?

4. How the American division will impact competition.

I hope you will be able to attend the meeting. Your input is very valuable and important! If you have any questions please let me know. Please reply if you are able to attend the Junior Advisory Board Meeting on January 10 from 1-5 pm in Columbus.

Thanks,
Gretchen Niebling
gretchen@lineshotvolleyballclub.net