Parties present:
\nPresident Dr. Russell Ahn (representing UC Berkeley as well)
\nSecretary General Vincent Lo
\nVP Alex Antipa (representing UC Davis as well)
\nVP Dan Chuang (representing MIT as well)<\/p>\n
Other school present:
\nMr. Rex Hatfield (representing Princeton University)<\/p>\n
Mr. Hatfield: Historically there have not been many divisions in
\nsparring with over 8 competitors, and so for our team trials we should
\nstart double elimination at semifinals instead of quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
President Ahn: We need to look into the pricing of different poomsae
\nscoring systems.
\nSG Lo: I think we should have a single individual looking into a
\ncombined pricing structure from each vendor that provides poomsae and
\nsparring scoring systems as well as sells gear and other items, so as
\nto get the best bid for our purpose.
\nVP Antipa will look into Daedo’s poomsae system, and SG Lo will look
\ninto PoomsaePro, which was turned down last time due to costs.
\niPoomsae is, of course, virtually free, as long as we ask our referees
\nto let us use their iPads.<\/p>\n
President Ahn: We need to form an organizing committee that will
\ndecide on various important items including the final schedule. The
\ntentative members are as follows: Alex Antipa, Linda Buell, Sophia
\nChung, Rex Hatfield, and Michael Shea. We will provide room and board
\nfor these members but not airfare (unless they qualify otherwise like
\nMr. Hatfield). \u00a0We will not invite Ms. Audrey Yap because of costs.
\nVP Antipa said he would ask if Ms. Melannie Lavarias would be
\ninterested in generously helping out again. \u00a0VP Chuang mentioned
\nbringing someone experienced to the tournament (i.e., not organizing)
\ncommittee.<\/p>\n
President Ahn suggests splitting the black belt sport poomsae division
\ninto say two to have more medals available for that division in the
\ninterest of encouraging more black belts to compete; team trials can
\nbe held the same weekend to determine those who will qualify for the
\nUSAT Nationals.<\/p>\n
SG Lo will ask Ms. Jeanna Mendoza, the new USAT director of events,
\nabout the logistics of how our Collegiates can qualify our Free Style
\npoomsae medalists for the USAT Nationals. \u00a0If this is not possible,
\nperhaps we can make this a demo event at our Collegiates. \u00a0There is
\nthe similar question of how our High School Championships medalists
\ncould qualify for the USAT Nationals.<\/p>\n
We need to move forward with the promotion efforts for our individual
\nand club memberships.<\/p>\n
Future fundraising events like tournament management seminars are feasible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Parties present: President Dr. Russell Ahn (representing UC Berkeley as well) Secretary General Vincent Lo VP Alex Antipa (representing UC Davis as well) VP Dan Chuang (representing MIT as well) Other school present: Mr. Rex Hatfield (representing Princeton University) Mr. Hatfield: Historically there have not been many divisions in sparring with over 8 competitors, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","count-0","even alt","author-webmaster","last"],"yoast_head":"\n