The PA USAG State Board meeting was called to order at 4:00pm in Allentown, Pennsylvania by State Chairman Donna Guenther. PA USAG board members present: Donna Guenther, Karen Clark, Jill Morris, Lynn Ross, Kara Jane Blumenshein, Gene Speer, Tammy Nulph, Jane Caruso, Terry McGirk, Barb Cutillo, Rich Fiorintino, Mike Vanim, and Kevin Pope. PA USAG board members absent: Steve Heasley 1. There was discussion about not having a PA athlete clinic this fall. The vote was 10 for and 2 for no clinic. There will be no athlete clinic this fall. 2. Region 7 Xcel representative Jane Caruso spoke about this new USAG program. 3. It was discussed and voted on to have the Gold, Platinum, and Diamond divisions of the Xcel program participate in the State Championship. The vote was 10-2 to have those levels at the Xcel state meet. 4. It was voted that the Xcel State Championship must be judged by a panel of two optional rated judges. Vote: unanimous 5. It was voted that any Xcel meet that is being used to qualify for the PA state meet must be judged by a two judge panel and at least one of those judges must have an optional rating. Vote: unanimous 6. The board reviewed and discussed the current admission and entry fee policies for state meets. The current admission admission fee is $7.00 at an outside competition facility and $5.00 for an in gym meet. The entry fee is currently $70.00 for compulsory state meets and $85.00 for optional state meets. It was voted that all of these fees will remain the same for the 2013-2014 season. Vote: unanimous 7. The Xcel entry fee for the state competition will be $70.00. Vote: unanimous 8. There was discussion concerning the current policy of the state providing (at a cost) t-shirts to the state meet hosts. It was decided that this process will remain in place. 9. The deadline for the submission of both the clubs state roster and the Individual Event Specialist (IES) declaration date will both be January 15th. Vote: 11-1 10. A four judge panel will continue to be used at 8/9/ & 10 states. 11. Discussion was held concerning whether to have a four judge panel at level 7 states. Vote: 5-7 against a four judge panel. 12. A PA board subcommittee consisting of board members; Jill Morris, Gene Speer, Tammy Nulph, Jane Caruso, Terry McGirk, Barb Cutillo and Kevin Pope meet to review meet bids and decide on the meet sites for the 2013-2014 state competitions. These board members were selected based on the fact that none of them were bidding on a state meet. Sites for the 2013-2014 State Champions competitions will be hosted by the following organizations: Level 3 State: Gym Dandys Level 4 States: Berks East Level 5 States: Metzler's Level 6 States: Rainbow Level 7 States: Exquisite (former Xcell Gymnastics) Level 8 States: Somerton Level 9/10 States: Parkettes Xcel States: Hershey 13. Meet Directors are now required to submit competition results via email. These results must be submitted to the PA state chairman and the PA state record keeper. Competition results must be sorted by level and all around score. 14. State competition qualifying scores were discussed and voted on. Level 3&4: 34.00aa Vote 10-1 with one abstention. Level 5: 32.00aa Vote 10-1 with one abstention. level 6: 33.00aa Vote 12-0 Level 7: 33.00aa Vote 12-0 Level 8/9/10: 32.00aa Vote 12-0 Xcel: Gold/ Platinum/ Diamond: 33.00 Vote 12-0 Respectfully submitted, Kevin M Pope Record Keeper, PA USAG Meeting was adjourned at 7:00pm