| Change to Championship Seeding Formula - 1 | Submitted by: Board of Directors |
| Proposal: For the purposes of Championship seeding, when a Unit is promoted from RA to SA sheets 8 points will be subtracted from the each raw score the unit earned while performing in RA class. This is necessary to adjust the score earned in RA class to the comparable score in SA class. An eight point comparison is the number used by the classification committee for promotion. (If a unit is moved from SA to RA, 8 points would be added to each raw score) | |
| Rationale: When a unit is judged on RA sheets the criteria is such that if the unit is performing at a promotion level they will achieve scores that are on the high end of the RA sheet, and is not the same criteria as the SA sheets. When those high scores are transferred with the unit as it moves to SA class, it allows for an inflated score to be figured into the average, throwing off the correct seeding. | |
| Financial Impacts to SFWGA: none | Financial Impacts to Units: none |
| Change to Championship Seeding Formula - 2 | Submitted by: Board of Directors |
| Proposal: Change
the formula for determining Championship seed order, from a unit's total
accumulated score/placement points divided by the number of contests it
participated in (average), to a unit's total accumulated score points
divided by the total number of contests offered during the season. For example, if 8 contests are offered in a season, a unit attends 6 contests and accrues 390 total score points. Current seeding method: 390 points divided by 6 contests attended = 65 (seeding value) Proposed method: 390 points divided by 8 contests offered = 48.75 (seeding value) |
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| Rationale: Encourages attendance at local contests and increases the success of the contest for the Host. Each contest a unit participates in will increase its score/point total. | |
| Financial Impacts to SFWGA: none | Financial Impacts to Units: Admission ticket and concession sales for the Contest Hosts would be greater |
| "Buy-Out" of Required Performances | Submitted by: Board of Directors |
| Proposal: Add a provision for SFWGA Member units who are unable to compete in the minimum number of contests to be eligible for Championships. The provision would permit the unit to pay a "buy out" fee to the SFWGA and the Contest Host, excusing them from the contest but retaining their eligibility for Championships. | |
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Rationale: The SFWGA currently sets
a minimum number of required contests a unit must participate in to
be eligible to compete in Championships. This minimum is necessary to
ensure Member Units financially support the Contest Hosts through admission
and concession sales, as well as the SFWGA through Host Fees. There
are occasional hardship situations where a member unit needs to drop
out of a contest causing it to fall below the minimum, thus jeopardizing
its eligibility for Championships. This proposal creates a provision
by which the affected unit may exercise an option to "buy out" of the
contest by paying the contest host the expected revenue its performers
and spectators would have generated, and paying to the SFWGA the revenue
its participation would have generated through the Host Fee. |
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| Financial Impacts to SFWGA: none | Financial Impacts to Units: Units that choose to excercise this option will pay an additional drop fee, but will retain their eligibility for Championships. |
| Revision Process for Policy & Procedure | Submitted by: Board of Directors |
| Proposal: Revise Article
11:B as follows: Proposals must be submitted in writing two weeks prior
to the date of the Summer Caucus. Proposals will be discussed and voted
on at the Summer Caucus. Each person in attendance at the Caucus will
have one vote. Proposals that are approved at the Caucus will be forwarded
to the voting Membership at the September/October General Membership meeting
for final approval. Each Member Unit in good standing and in attendance
at the September/October General Membership Meeting will have one vote. Amend Article 11:C to replace October 1st with "two weeks prior to the date of the Summer Caucus" Amend Article 11:D to replace October 1st with "two weeks prior to the date of the Summer Caucus" |
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| Rationale: Revise the written Policy and Procedure amendment process to align with the Summer Caucus process currently in use. | |
| Financial Impacts to SFWGA: none | Financial Impacts to Units: none |
| Revision Process for Bylaws | Submitted by: Board of Directors |
| Proposal: Revise Article
6:B and 6:D as follows: Proposals must be submitted in writing two weeks
prior to the date of the Summer Caucus. Proposals will be discussed and
voted on at the Summer Caucus. Each person in attendance at the Caucus
will have one vote. Proposals that are approved at the Caucus will be
forwarded to the voting Membership at the September/October General Membership
meeting for final approval. Each Member Unit in good standing and in attendance
at the September/October General Membership Meeting will have one vote. |
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| Rationale: Revise the written Policy and Procedure amendment process to align with the Summer Caucus process currently in use. | |
| Financial Impacts to SFWGA: none | Financial Impacts to Units: none |
| Safety and Legal Compliance | Submitted by: Board of Directors |
| Proposal: The SFWGA Directors/Officers (President, Vice Presidents, Secretary) shall act as final authority in matters of safety and legal compliance. | |
| Rationale: The Directors/Officers are on file with the Florida Secretary of State as personally accountable for all actions of the Association. As such, these elected Officers must have the final authority in all matters that directly involve safety, liability of the Association, and compliance with laws. | |
| Financial Impacts to SFWGA: none | Financial Impacts to Units: none |
