July Development Minutes

USJF Development Committee
Meeting Agenda and Minutes
Friday 25 July 2003
Boca Raton, FL

1. Call to Order

   The meeting was called to order at 1:05 pm by David Matsumoto.
   In attendance were the following individuals:

   David Matsumoto, Co-Chair
   Vaughn Imada, Co-Chair
   Eiko Shepherd, Member
   Dean Markovics, Member
   Bryan Matsuoka, Member
   Chris Mitsuoka, Member
   Joon Chi, Member
   Ed Shiosaki, Observer
   Bob Suyehira, Observer

2. Approval of the Minutes of the Last Meeting

   It was MSP to approve the minutes of the last meeting as drafted.

3. Reports
   1. Chair
      1. Mitsuboshi Sponsorship for Jr. Nationals
      2. Adidas Sponsorship
      3. Sonics Invitation junior high school team
         competition in Japan
   2. Co-Chair
   3. Subcommittee reports and progress on duties and responsibilities
      1. Jr. Development (Mitsuoka). No report. (Mitsuoka
         was delayed in Finance Committee.)
      2. Sr. Development (Takemori). No report.
      3. Teacher’s Institute (Matsuoka).
      4. Technical Research (Matsumoto).
      5. Referee Development and Certification (Chi).
         No report.
      6. Kata Development and Certification (Shepherd/Glaze).
         
      7. Women (Mackey)
      8. Coach Development and Certification (Markovics)
      9. Approval of all reports. It was MSP to approve
         all reports. All subcommittee chairs
         are reminded to submit minutes of their meetings
         to be appended to this report.

4. Unfinished Business
   1. Monthly reports for USJF Newsletter from subcommittees
   2. Monthly reports for USJF Newsletter from funded yudanshakais
   3. Reports of funded activities (necessary for future
      funding)
      1. All subcommittees and yudanshakais are reminded
         that no funding will be approved if their
         two reports as specified by the budgeting
         procedures for previous activities are delinquent.
         
   4. Follow up to board actions from April 2002.
      1. Procedures and guidelines for grandfathering
         coaches. Markovics reported that this will
         be done by the October meeting.
      2. Procedures and guidelines for grandfathering
         teachers. Matsuoka reported that this will
         be done by the October meeting.
   5. 2003 USJF Judo Conference review
      1. Discussion occurred to review the 2003 USJF
         Judo Conference.

5. New Business
   1. Discussion of 2004 USJF Judo Conference site and
      date
      1. It was MSP to pursue the 2004 Judo Conference
         in Hawaii with Referee Seminar Thursday and
         Friday, and Kata, Teachers, and Athlete Camp
         Monday and Tuesday.
   2. Recommendation for 2006 USJF Jr. Nationals bid award
      
      1. It was MSP to recommend the 2006 USJF Jr.
         Nationals bid to Florida YDK with a statement
         of a concern about the level of membership
         and strong encouragement to increase the membership
         because of the 2003 USJF Jr. Nationals
   3. Approval of 2002 Dojo of the Year Award
      1. It was MSP to approve Venice JC as the 2002
         Dojo of the Year.
   4. It was MSP to approve Dr. Mi-Sook Kim as non-compensated
      volunteer consultant to the USJF.
   5. It was MSP to reaffirm the procedures to approve
      and print Teacher’s Institute Manuals as drafted by
      memo dated 16 October 2002 (see attached).
   6. 2002-2003 Budget allocations
      1. It was MSP to approve funding for the world,
         world university, and PJU Kata teams for eligible
         USJF members according to the following amounts:

         world team funding	$500 per athlete and $250 per coach	$1,750.00
         PJU kata funding	$50 per athlete	$300.00
         world university team	$100 per athlete	$400.00

   7. 2003-2004 Budget
      1. Revised Yudanshakai RFPs
         1. It was MSP to not fund any resubmitted
            YDK proposals because they did not
            follow the procedures for proper submission,
            to not allocate the remainder of the
            YDK allocations, and to encourage
            resubmission for the October meeting.
         2. It was MSP to give first priority
            for reallocation to the RDCS for any
            unallocated funds from the Yudanshakai
            allocation at the October meeting.
            
      2. Approval of 2003-2004 budget
         1. It was MSP to approve the budget
            as drafted and approved in April.

6. Adjournment

   The meeting was adjourned at 3:25 pm.