GENERAL MEETING     Back to OGBCA

 3-25-05

CALL TO ORDER
MINUTES READ AND APPROVED
HALL OF FAME NOMINEES WERE GIVEN BY CHARLES HEATLY:
THESE COACHES WERE SELECTED:
1. TROY BOWLES
2. JOHN KEELY
3. GARY STIDHAM
4. DAVID WARD
5. DAVID SANDERS

THEY WILL BE HONORED AT THE ALL-STATE BANQUET ON JUNE 3, 2005, AT UCO –
EDMOND.

REPORT GIVEN BY CHARLES HEATLY CONCERNING THE OK/TEXAS GAME ON JULY 23 IN
NORMAN AT OU.  THE PLAYERS WILL REPORT ON JULY 22 AND THE GAME WILL BE
PLAYED AT THE LLOYD NOBLE CENTER.
COACHES SELECTED TO COACH THE GAME WERE:
BRETT SANDERS – ANADARKO
PAT ELDER – CUSHING

HONORARY COACH – JIM KEITH – OOLOGAH
U.V. WILLIAMSON AND KRIS GORE WILL SERVE AS SPONSORS FOR THE 12 MEMBER
OKLAHOMA TEAM.

FLOOR WAS OPENED TO SELECT JH COACHES
OF THE YEAR AND ASST. COACHES OF THE YEAR.
(LIST OF THESE WILL BE  ATTACHED)
FLOOR WAS OPENED TO SELECT THE ALL-STATE COACHES.
(LIST ATTACHED.)

DISCUSSION FOLLOWED WITH DETAILS GIVEN FOR THE ALL-STATE GAMES – JUNE 3
AND 4 IN EDMOND AT UCO.  THE HOST MOTEL WILL BE THE AMERISUITES AT QUAIL
SPRINGS THIS YEAR.  THE ATHLETES WILL ONLY BE THERE FOR FRIDAY AND SAT.
THIS YEAR.  THEY WILL REPORT AT 11:00A.M. ON FRIDAY.

GAME TIMES:  SMALL SCHOOLS – 1:00
                            MIDDLE SCHOOLS – 2:30
                            LARGE SCHOOLS – 4:00

DISCUSSION FOLLOWED BY U.V. WILLIAMSON VOICING HER CONCERN AND THE
CONCERNS OF THEIR DISTRICT MEETING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WITH COACHES AID F
ORUM PAGE AND THE WAY THAT CERTAIN KIDS AND COACHES CAN BE ATTACKED
VERBALLY ON THIS SITE, AS WELL AS, OTHERS.  SHE ASKED THAT THE ASSOCIATION
EITHER NOT SUPPORT THESE SITES OR TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM AND SEE HOW WE
CAN CONTROL AND CLEAN THIS UP.
KRIS GORE REPORTED THAT HAMMON HAD THIS PROBLEM AND WHEN THEY TALKED TO
COACHES AID ABOUT IT, THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL AND GAVE THEM ALL THE
INFORMATION THAT THEY  NEEDED TO PURSUE THIS AND TAKE ACTION AGAINST THESE
INDIVIDUALS.

SCOTT SWYDEN NOTED THE  POSITIVE THINGS THAT THIS SITE DOES AND ASKED THAT
THE ASSOCIATION CONTACT THEM AND WORK WITH THEM TO CONTROL AND CORRECT
THIS PROBLEM.

RICK WILSON MADE THE MOTION AND IT WAS 2ND FOR ROCKY CLARKE AND OTHER
OFFICIERS OF OUR ASSOC. TO CONTACT COACHES AID AND EXPRESS THESE CONCERNS
AND SEE WHAT THE SOLUTION IS TO THIS PROBLEM.

MOTION TO ADJOURN TO BOARD MEETING AND THEN TO MEETINGS TO SELECT THE
ALL-STATERS