NFAA Council Planning Meeting Yankton, South Dakota August 30, 2014
NFAA Council called to order 8:00 AM. Roll Call: President Bruce Cull Vice-President Brian Sheffler, Great Lakes Councilman Rocky Kline Mid-Atlantic Councilman Dave Hryn Midwest Councilman Ray Jones New England Councilman Ken Moore Southeast Councilman Tim Austin Southern Councilman Lee Gregory Executive Secretary Natalie Vollmer Not Present: Southwest Councilman Bob Borges Also present NFAAF Tournament Committee members and staff: Doug Joyce, Brittany Salonen, Chuck Cooley, Rachel Bryd. Motion by Midwest Councilman to approve the minutes of the last NFAA Council meeting. Motion seconded by Vice President. All in favor. Minutes approved. President Cull gave a review of the recent NFAA Youth Compound Academy. Discussed the NFAA approach to training compound shooters. There will be plans in the future for multiple camps every year. Doug Engh – Easton Foundation gave a presentation to the Council about a proposed Park Archery League. The idea is to have middle school participants shoot a summer league and join our state associations. States would need to agree to hold a state tournament for the Park Archery League in conjunction with the Parks and Recreation departments. Beyond the league program, it would be up to the NFAA to promote our programs and provide continued archery opportunities to the participants. Southeast Councilman made the motion to endorse the Park Archery League. Motion was seconded by New England Councilman. All in favor. Motion passed. Bruce explained where we are at with dissolving of WAF. The WAF Board will become the Tournament Executive Committee of the NFAA Foundation. The NFAA Bookkeeper – Donna Duncan has resigned because she has moved out of Yankton, but has agreed to help out on a part-time basis until she can be replaced. Interviews are taking place and the Council will be involved with the final hiring decisions. Discussed the makeup of the Council and Officers. Several agenda items will be developed to clean up language of the Constitution. Council discussed the need for an agenda item to no longer allow spectators at Sectional and National Field Championships. Criteria for the Guides for cub groups also need to be addressed. Motion by New England Councilman to nominate Bruce Cull for NFAA President and Brian Sheffler for NFAA VicePresident. Seconded by Southeast Councilman. All in favor. Motion passed. Motion by Southeast Councilman to bring back the Outdoor format vote from previous Council meeting for further discussion. Seconded by New England Councilman. Majority in favor. Motion brought back to the floor. Motion by New England Councilman to change Outdoor National format to Field-Hunter-Animal-Field-Hunter for Mechanicsburg in 2015 (does not include Pro Archers). Seconded by Mid-Atlantic Councilman. Those in favor were Southeast Councilman, New England Councilman and Mid-Atlantic Councilman. Those opposed were Southern
Councilman, Vice-President, Midwest Councilman, and Great Lakes Councilman. Northwest Councilman abstained. Motion failed. There was some discussion as to what targets can be used at NFAA sanctioned tournaments. It was agreed that those tournaments must use NFAA Maple Leaf targets in order to be sanctioned. Motion by Southern Councilman to have the Ft Lauderdale Archers host the 2015 NFAA Unmarked 3D Championship January 17-18, 2015. Seconded by New England Councilman. All in favor. Motion passed. Motion by Southeast Councilman to use 3D targets with Lower 12’s. Seconded by Vice-President. All in favor. Motion passed. Discussed whether or not the Tournament Chairman at Outdoor Nationals can be allowed to shoot. It was the general consensus of the Council that the Tournament Chairman may shoot the tournament if he chooses. Motion by New England Councilman to have the Everglades Archers host 2015 NAFAC December 11-13, 2015. Seconded by Mid-Atlantic Councilman. Those in favor were Vice-President, Mid-Atlantic Councilman, Great Lakes Councilman, Midwest Councilman, New England Councilman, Northwest Councilman, and Southeast Councilman. Opposed: Southern Councilman. Motion passed. The New England Councilman made a motion to make it our policy to recognize past NFAA Officers after their death in the Archery Magazine. Seconded by Midwest Councilman. All in favor. Motion passed. The National Indoor Championships began in 1980 in Oklahoma City. Former NFAA President Bennie Moore was th instrumental in starting that tournament. Midwest Councilman made a motion to dedicate the 35 National Indoor Championships in 2015 to Bennie Moore. Seconded by the Vice-President. All in favor. Motion passed. Motion by Southeast Councilman to change the Shoot-Off rules for Indoor Nationals by eliminating the two regular scoring ends. All Championship ties for first, second and third will be determined by shoot-off. The shoot-off will consist of one practice end and then end by end sudden death in which only the X counts as a 5 scored inside-out. New England Councilman seconds the motion. All in favor. Motion passed. Motion by Midwest Councilman to request the August Pro Meeting minutes and statements from the Pro Committee members in regards to actions taken at that meeting. Minutes and statements will be reported to the Council. Southeast Councilman seconded the motion. All in favor. Motion passed. The President asked everyone but the Council to leave the meeting in order to discuss an issue within the Pro Division. An internal investigation will take place and the Council will be informed of the findings of that investigation. Motion by Great Lakes Councilman to require the Councilman to submit sectional tournament information to Headquarters earlier in the year. Sectional Indoor tournament information is due to Headquarters by October 15. Sectional Outdoor tournament information is due to Headquarters by January 15. Motion seconded by Vice-President. All in favor. Motion passed. Motion by the Vice-President to adjourn NFAA Council Planning Meeting. Seconded by New England Councilman. All in favor. Meeting adjourned.
NFAA Foundation Tournament Executive Committee Yankton, South Dakota Saturday, August 30, 2015 Roll Call: President Bruce Cull, Vice-President Brian Sheffler, Rocky Kline, Dave Hryn, Ray Jones, Ken Moore, Dan Kolb, Tim Austin, Lee Gregory, Doug Joyce, Chuck Cooley, Natalie Vollmer, Brittany Salonen, and guest Rachel Bryd. Not present: Bob Borges. President Cull gave an overview of his recent visit to South Point to see the new arenas and to begin planning for Vegas 2015. Changes will be made in regards to when and where practice will be held. Plans are also underway for a Friday night World Archery Gala. Motion by Ray Jones to eliminate all Freestyle Limited styles in the Junior Divisions at the 2015 Vegas Shoot. (Cub Male FSL, Cub Female FSL, Youth Male FSL, Youth Female FSL, Young Adult Male FSL, Young Adult Female FSL) Seconded by Tim Austin. All in favor. Motion passed. Motion by Ken Moore to leave Flights Divisions the same at the 2015 Vegas Shoot. Seconded by Doug Joyce. All in favor. Motion passed. Motion by Dave Hryn to add another Championship Senior Division at age 60. Seconded by Tim Austin. In favor: Dave Hryn, Ken Moore. Opposed: Brian Sheffler, Rocky Kline, Ray Jones, Dan Kolb, Tim Austin, Lee Gregory, Doug Joyce, and Chuck Cooley. Motion failed. Motion by Ken Moore to leave Championship Division the same at the 2015 Vegas Shoot. Seconded by Rocky Kline. All in favor. Motion passed. Discussed the history of the Vegas Shoot. The first year of the 3-Star Tour was 2000. After conducting some research in the Museum, Ken Moore made the motion to recognize the start of an annual Vegas Shoot as 1966. Seconded by Doug Joyce. All in favor. Motion passed. Motion by Ray Jones to add a Championship Young Adult Freestyle division to the Vegas Shoot. Seconded by Tim Austin. All in favor. Motion passed. Motion by Ken Moore to add a Championship Young Adult Freestyle Limited Recurve division to the 2015 Vegas Shoot. Seconded by Doug Joyce. All in favor. Motion passed. Motion by Ken Moore to charge a $200 Entry fee for both Championship Young Adult Divisions. Seconded by Doug Joyce. All in favor. Motion passed. Motion by Tim Austin to have the following payouts for both Championship Young Adults divisions: st 1 - $2500 nd 2 - $1000 rd 3 - $500 th 4 - $300 th 5 - $200 Seconded by Dave Hryn. All in favor. Motion passed. Discussed the need for a Tournament Oversight Committee to be designated before the tournament to handle decisions about flighting, payout adjustments, and schedules. In 2015 the committee will be Bruce Cull, Brian Sheffler, and Doug Joyce. Motion by Tim Austin to change the Shoot-off format for Vegas by eliminating the first two regular scoring ends. They would have one round of practice and then go directly in to sudden death ends where the 10 is only the X. Seconded by Doug Joyce. All in favor. Motion passed. Motion by Tim Austin to make all the divisions and styles for the Classic the same as the Vegas Shoot. Second by Ken Moore. All in favor. Motion passed.
Motion by Ken Moore to have the following Classic Payout Guarantees: CUM $2500 CUF $1500 RLM $1000 RLF $1000 SCU $2000 YAFS $1000 YAFSR $1000 Seconded by Doug Joyce. All in favor. Motion passed. Motion by Brian Sheffler to continue the Million $ Shoot and the Car Shoot-off in 2015. Seconded by Chuck Cooley. All in favor. Motion passed. Motion to Adjourn by Doug Joyce. Seconded by Chuck Cooley. All in favor. Meeting adjourned.