Attendance: D.Swanson, T. Searcy, L. Pethick, L.Symenuk, T. Smith, N.Andreoni, C. Lapointe, S. Pearce, B. Moser, M.Kukurudza, L. Ziefflie, B. Buettner, B. Lee, R. Verge, M. Holzer, B.Symenuk, D.Roney, S.Hutchinson, L. Segall, C. Sjoberg, B. Hennenfendt. L. Behrns

Adoption of November Minutes: Motion (Martin) 2nd (Todd) - Carried.

Business Arising From The Minutes:
- Bob S. would like a report from the b'ball camp that R. Burgess ran last month
- Trevor will remind Rhett that a report needs to be submitted
- b'ball programs are now out, please make sure they are available for all games
- Dave R. will send b'ball season tickets to all Board members

Commissioner's Reports:
Volleyball:
- not all bills are in so a financial report is not possible at this time
- P.A. St. Mary's has been awarded the 5A provincial v'ball championships next year
- Larry S. thought the coverage for v'ball was weak this season and reminds coaches to get media reports to the paper and radio
- Brad H. addressed his concerns for the number of teams competing at the 4A and 5A classification

Basketball:
- thanks to the Times Herald for the wonderful b'ball coverage at the start of the year!
- Dave R. would like to see this coverage extended to other sports
- Brad M. reminds coaches to check the changes to the b'ball schedule
- Martin is requesting that first and last names be put on the score sheet and to correctly fill in the appropriate categories
- if anyone is looking for a tournament, they should check the SHSAA message board
- Larry S. is wondering how officials are selected for Hoopla? Also, should the Directorate have a say in who represents Moose Jaw?
- Martin reported that the association puts forth 5 names and comments on their ability. From there the SHSAA decides
- Brad H. wonders if the coaches should not have a say in who is selected.
- after discussion of b'ball officials selection, Brad H. would like to see coaches have an input as to who is selected
- Larry S. asked Martin if he could bring forward the names of the 5 officials to the directorate meeting
- Martin said this is not possible because even those selected are unaware that they have been selected
- Larry S. would like to ensure that we are sending our highest quality officials to Hoopla
- Jr. Tournament (Renee) - Caronport will be seeded as a home team. Minor officials duties will be assigned to Caronport. RVCI girls will not be in the Moose Jaw tourney this year.
- Classic (Ned) - a few teams have pulled out leaving Ned looking for 2 replacements

Football:
- Larry S. - on Jan 10 Norm Fong will be down to check equipment. He will start at CCI @ 9:00 then proceed to PCI And VCI around lunch time and will end off at RVCI
- thanks to Dave Green for organizing the equipment check
- Motion: (Larry) 2nd (Martin) to accept the football report as circulated - Carried
- thanks Larry for all of your hard work with football

New Business:
- Dave R. handed out a report from the Presidents' meeting and encouraged everyone to read through it
- Dave also displayed a sample of the poster Saskatoon uses to promote high school sport
- The following are highlighted points from the meeting:
-is there a need for an official's commissioner from this district?
-Martin feels there is not a need because we are already well represented at these meetings
-there is a lot of frustration from around the province about lack of in school coaches
-SHSAA is still looking at changing the districts - possibly 8 instead of 13
-currently there is a committee looking into this which Larry S. sits on
-Larry S. feels this will become a reality in a few years
- Blake is wondering if the Newfoundland students are able to attend athletic functions for free - everyone agreed
- Bob S. would like to receive some information as to who is involved in the club v'ball activities and where these activities are being held?
- could the people involved in these club programs please report on what their club is doing so that the Directorate can ensure that our beliefs and policies are being followed?
- Brad H. believes that this is a good idea but should be done for all sports not just v'ball
- there seems to be a lot of questions surrounding club v'ball: 1) who is coaching? 2) how much are players paying? 3) why are there 3 club teams instead of 1? 4) who can play? 5) etc.
- Bob S. would like answers to these questions so that he could report back to the Directorate at the next meeting

Adjournment: Clayton

I would like to express my sincere thanks to Renee for taking the minutes at the December meeting and for her amusing unrelated comments!!!

Next Meeting: Jan. 15/04