1998-01-15 Recreation Committee Minutes

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Recreation Committee Minutes Thursday, January 15, 1998 The Recreation Committee meeting came to order on Thursday, January 15, 1998 at 7:30 PM in the Conference Room at Reading Town Hall. Committee members in attendance included Chris Campbell, Kate Kaminer, Claire Bolger, Dave Bryant and Dennis Lucyniak. Also in attendance was Associate Member Bernie Winne, Associate Member Mark Nelson, and Recreation Administrator Joe Connelly. Kaminer made a motion to approve the minutes of the Wednesday, December 10, 1997 meeting, Bryant seconded the motion, approved 5-0-0. Committee member Lorraine Salter entered the meeting at 7:45 PM. New Business: The Committee discussed the travel basketball participation and registration policy concerning opposite gender participation in single gender programs. Connelly reviewed the current policy. Connelly explained that no official policy is currently in place regarding this issue. The current unofficial policy is to allow girls to play on boys travel teams. The Committee discussed the equity of this unofficial policy. Connelly read the MIAA rule(s) regarding this issue. Rule 46.1- "a school may separate teams for males and females for interscholastic competition in a sport provided that teams comprised primarily or sole of persons of one gender shall be granted equal instruction, training, coaching, access to facilities, equipment, opportunities to practice and compete as teams engaged in a similar activity comprised or solely of persons of the opposite gender." Rule 46.2 - "a girl may play on a boys team if that sport is not offered in the school for the girl, a boy may play on a girls team if that sport is not offered in the school for the boy. When a sport is offered in two different seasons, each individual must participate on the team of his/her gender." The Committee discussed the MIAA policy.