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NEW INFORMATION 2008 National Future Stars and Coaches Workshop - November 6 - 9th, 2008 at the USOTC. Information to be posted on the USAG Web Site on September 1st, 2008. ============================= 2008 Region IX Coaches Clinic Information is on the Meet Information Page - Updated. ============================= 2008 Level 6 & 7 and Level 8 Team Camp Information is on the Meet Information Page. ============================= Tyson Fitness Challenge is available on the USAG Web Site. ============================= *** USOC Honors Bart Conner and Nadia Comaneci at the USOTC Visitors Center on June 23rd at 5:00 pm. ============================= 2008 Future Stars Update #1 The latest information regarding the 2008 Future Stars Season is now posted online at www.usa-gymnastics.org under the following link: http://www.usagymnastics.org/Story.aspxtype=MemberUpdates&subtype=07+Men's+Future+Stars+Updates&tabid=123&ArticleID=2193 ============================= 2008 Region IX Championship Results are posted on the Meet Results Page. ============================= The Qualifying procedures to the 2008 J.O. National Championship in Battle Creek have been posted to the USAG Web Site at the following link: http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/men/2008/08JONC_qualification.pdf ============================= 2008-2012 Age Group Workshops - posted on the USA Gymnastics website: http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/men/2008/m-AgeGroupWorkshops08.html This year, there will be three locations to choose from – Battle Creek (May 11-12), Houston (May 23-24), and Los Angeles (June 7-8). Register for these events on-line at USA Gymnastics. ============================= The qualification procedures for Junior Men to this year's Visa Championships is now posted to the USAG web site in the Men's and the Junior Olympic area. Below is a direct link to this document. http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/men/2008/m-JrQual-VisaChamps08.pdf ============================= USA Gymnastics Professional Memberships & Background Checks An email was sent in December regarding Professional memberships and the new required background check for USA Gymnastics Professional Members. We have begun the 2008 competitive season and as we approach such national events as the Men’s National Qualifier, JO Nationals, and the Visa Championships, we would like to reiterate that information in an effort to eliminate any potential issues for coaches and judges. We would like to ask everyone to be mindful of the expiration date of your safety certification and, more importantly, your Professional membership. It is taking anywhere from 10 to 30 business days (even longer in a few, more complicated instances) to get a return response on a background check. Therefore, if your membership expires in April, you need to begin your renewal process by initiating your background check at the end of February or beginning of March. You will not be allowed on the competition floor at any USAG sanctioned event unless you are a Professional Member, and you cannot get or renew your Professional membership without completing the background check. The notification of the status of your background check will come via email from USA Gymnastics. The days of waiting until the last minute to renew your membership have passed. Everyone needs to be proactive and address the process for getting your background check completed early so that there are no issues with your Professional membership renewal. The need for background checks in our industry is evident. We need to address this issue in a positive manner stressing that we, as professionals, want to assure athletes, parents and the public that the well-being of our athletes is our highest priority. On this note, please be proactive in communicating the background check topic to the coaches and judges in your area so that no one has any membership issues this season. Foreign Athlete Policy We would like to remind all of the policy regarding permission for foreign athletes living in the United States to compete in our junior program. To comply with FIG statutes, we have placed a standard form letter on our website so that the parents/coach of a foreign athlete will be able to download it, fill in the required information, and send it to the respective federation. A link to the FIG federation directory is also provided. Visit http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/men/ for these documents. This letter, along with any federation response will need to be kept on file in the event a meet director of any USA Gymnastics sanctioned event requests it. The permission letter and the federation response may be requested at anytime by USA Gymnastics. 2008 Academic All-American The Academic All-American application is posted on the Men’s page of the USA Gymnastics website. An athlete does not have to attend JO National to receive this honor. The deadline for submission of all materials is April 1. Please let athletes and coaches know that this is available so that they do not run into conflicts between spring break and obtaining signatures and support letters. The link is http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/men/2007/m-2008AcadAllAmer.pdf. 2008 JO Program Workshops The 2009-12 Junior Olympic Program will be presented at the 2008 Men’s JO Nationals in Battle Creek, Michigan May 11-12. Further details regarding this event will come in the near future. However, please communicate this event to the coaches and judges in your area so that they can plan accordingly. On this note, we are also looking at hosting two other regionally based workshops not long after the Battle Creek presentation. We will keep you posted . . . 2010 Junior Olympic National Championships Bids for the 2010 Men’s Junior Olympic National Championships should be submitted for review by this year’s JO Nationals. Please pass this information on to any prospective meet hosts that you might be aware of. For information and/or a bid packet, contact Lisa Cooper or Dennis McIntyre. ============================= JO Update #12 - 12/20/07: http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/men/2007/JOupdate12.pdf There has been a slight change in the verbiage of the "Deliberate Dismount" statement on page 2 of J.O. Rules Update #12. This change is the only difference between Rules Update #12 and #12a. ============================= To: USA Gymnastics Members From: Member Services As of late, we have had many comments, questions, and concerns about the USA Gymnastics background check process and NCSI, the company facilitating the process. As with many new programs, there will be challenges and glitches. At this time, we are asking members who have concerns to please email his/her name, professional number and specific concern to Kathy Feldmann, Vice President, Member Services at kfeldmann@usa-gymnastics.org. She will then forward these to our contact at NCSI. An example of such a concern would be if someone was charged for a second address and have lived there for 13 years or charged for 2 name changes when she has been married for 14 years – both examples being more than the 10 year time period. It is not productive to call Member Services or the respective program as Kathy needs the info via email so that she can send the issues to NCSI. Regarding the charge from the state of New York, it is an unavoidable charge as this is not a charge from NCSI, but from the state of New York. However, this issue will be looked into as well, but for now the charge of $52 stands. Finally, it is our understanding that first time background checks should be the most expensive since the time line is within the last 10 years; however, future background checks should be closer to the $ 20 - $ 25 range since the check will only be going back 2 years. ============================= As you prepare to book your hotel and airline reservations for our upcoming J.O. Nationals in Battle Creek, be sure to remember that we will be having our first Coaches Workshop for the new 2009-2012 Junior Olympic Program. The tentative schedule for this workshop is as follows: Sunday, May 11th 2008 (after Individual Event Finals) 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Workshop Session I Monday, May 12th 2008 9:00 am - Noon - Workshop Session II 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Workshop Session III 3:00 pm - Workshop Ends I hope that this preliminary information will help you to plan accordingly for the upcoming 2008 J.O. Nationals Week in Battle Creek. We are also planning to host two additional workshops to deliver the new program. These will be geographically and otherwise logistically situated so as to give our men's program members the most reasonable opportunity to get the information on the new program first-hand. Locations and dates for these additional workshops are still yet to be determined. I will forward more information as it develops. Jeff Robinson,USA Gymnastics, Junior Olympic Program Coordinator ============================= The 2008 Academic All-American Recognition Application is now posted on the USAG website. http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/men/ ============================= USA Gymnastics will be announcing Background Screening information on the USAG Web Site on November 5th. USAG will inform you on the reason, requirements and process for Background Screening. The Site will be opened on November 12 for Background Screening. ============================= 2007 Region IX Future Stars Information is posted on the Meet Results Page - 2007/10/14 ============================= For the 2007 - 2008 Season, Level 8, 9 & 10 Routines will utilize the newly adopted Open Scoring rules. The official rules will be posted on the USAG Web site shortly. Posted 9/22/07 ============================= Region IX Level 6 & 7 Team Camp Information on the Meet Information Page New Colorado State Web Site: www.cousagmen.net ============================= 2007 Future Star Routine Changes and 2007 Region IX Future Stars Information is on Meet Information Page.
============================= The 2007 Region IX Scores are posted on the "Meet Results" Page. ============================= Age Group Competition Program JO Update # 10 has now been posted on the USA Gymnastics web site http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/men/2007/JOupdate10.pdf ============================= FIG Code December 2006 is available on the FIG Web Site http://www.fedintgym.com/rules/ ============================= The new MTC Newsletter, dated November 2006 has been posted on the FIG website http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/index2.jsp?menu=dismag newsletters are on the bottom right for the page. ============================= USA Interpretations # 6 is available on the NGJA Web Site. ============================= Area Meet Page is a New Page on the Meet Information Page. Regional area competition information will be posted on this page. If you have information you would like to post, please send information to the following email address: floorx123@hotmail.com Send the following information.
============================= 2006 Region IX Future Stars Results and Pictures are on the Meet Results Page and the Pictures Page. Congratulations to all the athletes who participated and Good Luck to the athletes that qualified to the National Future Stars. ============================= 2006 Region IX Future Stars Information on the Meet Information Page. Rotation and Judges Sheet is also available. ============================= 2006 JO National Pictures of Region IX Pictures from Kevin Watson. 05/17/2006 http://members.interfold.com/nightowl/RegionIX/index.html ============================ Coaches in your state/region with foreign athletes in their program, they must contact USAG so that the USAG Office can send a letter to the appropriate federation asking permission for their athlete to participate in our junior program. This must be done prior to each competitive season. This is in our Rules and Policies: Section V.III.A. Please let them know that they can email me and give me the following information: Athlete Name, Country he is from, Place of birth, Date of birth, How long he has been in the U.S., Coach Name Coach email address or fax number, Club, Club address, Club phone Lisa Cooper, Men's Program Assistant, 317/829-5664 - Direct, 317/237-5069 - Fax ============================ Replacement Pages for Chapter 1 and 2 are available on the USA Gymnastics Web Site. See the General Web Site page for links. 11/23/2005========================== |
