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Creating Appropriate By-Laws for a Changing Society Paul Angelico, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Creating Appropriate By-Laws for a Changing Society Paul Angelico, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Creating Appropriate By-Laws for a Changing Society Paul Angelico, Commissioner Colorado High School Activities Association Creating By-Laws in a Changing Society Creating By-Laws in a Changing Society Eligibility Rules Coaching
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Eligibility Rules
- 1940 – 1 Page of Rules
- 2012 – 20 Pages of Rules
Coaching Requirements
- 1940 – Certified
Employed Teachers
- 2012 - 8 Pages of Rules
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Safety of Participants
- 1940 – One
Statement (Schools must have a stretcher)
- 2012 – Whole
sections dedicated to safety (physicals, concussions, etc.) Citizenship
- 1940 – One Paragraph
- 2012 – One Paragraph
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- All rules must support the
vision and mission of the Association
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Creating By-Laws in a Changing Society
The Association must become:
- Visionary
- Forecaster of the Time
- Predictor of where society is headed in
- rder to stay in control of what we do
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Examples of Change Experienced by All
- Concussions
- Club Influences
- Television/Media
- Equity/Title IX
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Creating By-Laws in a Changing Society Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
- Will Rogers
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Julian Tackett, Commissioner Kentucky High School Athletic Association
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Liberal vs. Conservative Traditional vs. Cutting Edge Never Forget Mark Twain about Kentucky Our experiences much the same as CO’s in
terms of publications, etc.
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PNP, 501(c)3 Originally founded by Central KY Principals in
1917
Designated by State in 1978 (retirement) Placed under KRS Chapter 13B for appeals in
mid 1990s
Changes in rules require LOTS of hoops to be
jumped through
- Board-Schools-Board-KBE(2)-LRC(2)-Legis
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- O. J. Simpson becomes the first Heisman Trophy
winner elected to the Football Hall of Fame.
After 6 and 1/2 years, the television series The Dukes of Hazard goes off the air.
Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader.
New Coke, a marketing disaster is introduced. Three months later Coke reintroduces its original formula as CocaCola Classic.
Microsoft Corporation releases the first version of Windows, Windows 1.0.
Route 66 ceases to be an official highway.
Pete Rose gets his 4,192nd career base hit, breaking Ty Cobb's record which stood for over 60 years.
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The Titanic is rediscovered
The Super Mario Bros. video game is released by Nintendo.
Calvin and Hobbes, a comic strip by Bill Watterson, was first published.
Ford Taurus is First Produced
Michael Jordan Wins Rookie of the Year
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TURN LOOSE OF IT. IT’S GONE! IT ISN”T COMING BACK (NOR IS
1975, 1965, 1955), etc.
We absolutely have to stop utilizing the vast
majority of our resources fighting to preserve the rules and regulations and actions of the past.
We must honor it and celebrate, but we are
not required to be left behind trying to hold
- nto it.
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Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.
Change is the only constant. Hanging on is the only sin.
He who rejects change is the architect of
- decay. The only human institution which
rejects progress is the cemetery.
If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization.
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Be the “agent” of change, not the victim. Be
seen as someone/some group willing to try someone new
YES, you can be proactive. You must see into
the future by paying as much attention to the kid’s desires as you do the near-retirement folks desires
- Examples- Concussion legislation, Media and
TV/Sponsorships, Title IX Proactivity, Activities
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New Program Expansion. Our vision
statement should be simple, “Every Child, Participating”
Be open minded and review options. THE
KIDS WANT IT
Be the leader from the office. Position
yourself with your Board, your schools to the point that they view change as positive
Some will say “we can’t afford it”. I respond
frankly, we can’t afford not to do it.
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You will fail with some things you try, but as
Lincoln said, “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. ”
Holding too firmly to the past, I believe, we