Fw: 2012 Pacific Mountain West Conference AGM SEPT 18th
Jeremy Castro
I'm sending this to last years list because I can't forward to our current list, esp from my blackberry. Someone create a new google group/list somehow so it's easy to send emails to the team.
We need our club/team leaders to attend this meeting, it is extremely important.
Especially for the men's side because we might get our fall schedule handed to us... Which will have us play a 6 game season to determine who goes to NSCRO national championship in the Spring. Not something I am in favor of, but there may be no choice.
Off the top of my head...
Nix
Berto
Buckley
Barns
Leon
... And another future leader besides Barns need to be there. This is important for you all to see the behind the scenes stuff.
Ladies,
Mags
Lily
Candy (sorry don't have her email on my phone)
... And one or two other future leaders.
The season is coming along and as you can all tell, my time is much less available at the moment than last year. So it makes it even more important that you folks step up and lead the clubs, which has always been a true strength of our program... Great student leaders.
Word.
Castro
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) for the PMW Conference will be SUNDAY SEPT 18th LONG BEACH STATE 9:00 AM. It will coincide with the SCRFU AGM.
It is mandatory that you send a representative to this meeting. We will go over in detail the below and address any questions that participants on the PMW may have.
I will send an agenda shortly with more detail but wanted to get this date on your calendars.
I have also attached a contact list for each team. Please confirm I have the right contact person for your team (ONE PER TEAM) I also would like the phone number of the contact person so please provide that.
Jim Wilson
PMWC
From: Wilson, Jim
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 5:13 PM
To: Larry Docimo (doc...@gmail.com); 'dlusc...@aol.com'; Cobin Brown (cbro...@sandiego.edu); brenwi...@yahoo.com; 'gcr...@uci.edu'; 'shane...@aol.com' (shane...@aol.com); 'Robert Ahola'; Brian Kennedy (kenn...@gmail.com); Kyle Quinn (lbstat...@gmail.com); 'jeremy...@gmail.com'; 'coachb....@gmail.com'; 'kendall...@plnurugby.com'; 'bmus...@ucr.edu'; 'lvst...@hotmail.com'; 'fri...@westmont.edu'; 's_j_...@msn.com'; 'j.hon...@yahoo.com'; 'jhonn...@apu.edu'
Cc: Kevin T Battle (Kevin....@essr.ucsb.edu); Jeremy (jog...@cox.net); roche....@yahoo.com; vincent...@gmail.com; 'Lawrenc...@gmail.com'
Subject: 2012 Pacific Mountain West Conference DI, DII and DIII
Please read everything carefully and in its entirety. If you are not the representative for you club please forward to them and copy me so I have their contact information.
USA Rugby has determined that Men’s College Rugby will organize themselves into conferences and separate from Territorial and Local Unions. Although USA Rugby only mandated this for DI this year, it is planned for DII next year and because of this SCRFU has requested that we include all Men’s College Rugby Divisions immediately.
In light of the need for this to happen fast we took steps with the current SCRFU College Representatives (Jeremy Ognall, Kevin Battle, Jim Wilson and Roche Sanchez) to develop the below plan. Our goal is to stay as consistent with existing practices to make this a smooth a transition as possible.
Structure USA Rugby Mandated |
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Conference Name | Pacific Mountain West | |
Commissioner | Jim Wilson | |
Discipline Director | Kevin Battle | |
Referee Director | Roche Sanchez | |
Competitors Director | Jeremy Ognall | |
In coming years these positions will be voted on |
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For the 2012 we will be dividing our conference in the following competitive divisions.
Division | DI | DII | DIII |
Teams | Loyola UC Irvine USC USD Claremont UCSB SDSU
| CSU Fullerton Pepperdine UCSD Santa Barbara CC CSU Long Beach | Azusa Pacific Occidental Point Loma Westmont Whittier UC Riverside Cal Lutheran UNLV
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Division Representative | Jeremy Ognall Kevin Battle | Jim Wilson Lawrence Arriaga | Roche Sanchez Vince McLeod |
Dues Structure | $1,300 | $1,000 | $700 |
Minimum criteria for participation* | Must field two sides | Must field two sides | Only needs to field one side |
Criteria to qualify for nationals | Must have 7 teams in the league to receive 1 automatic berth. | No Minimum Number of teams but in 2013 teams that have NCAA DI Football program may not qualify for DII nationals.
| Must have < 3,000 full‐time undergraduate male students. |
Schedule, Play-off & Relegation/Promotion Match Structure
Schedule and Playoff Structure will be determined by each Divisional Representatives and must be approved by the Director of Competitions Jeremy Ognall. Your Division Representative will be on contact shortly to set up the 2012 season schedule.
Relegation/Promotion Matches will be built into all Divisional Schedules. The #1 finisher in a lower division will have the right to challenge the last place finisher in the higher division. This match will be scheduled by the division representative before the start of the season. The challenge match will be held at the home venue of the higher division team. The winner of the challenge match, provided the winning club meets the minimum division criteria* for promotion to the higher division, will compete in the higher division the following season.
Collegiate Scoring System & Seeding Structure for PMW
We will be using the “Bonus” scoring system; points shall be awarded as follows:
· Win: 4 points
· Tie: 2 points
· Loss by 7 or less points: 1 bonus point
· Loss by 8 or more points: 0 points
· 4 or more tries scored: 1 bonus point
· Win by forfeit: will count as 28-0 score for 4 points for the win and 1
· bonus point
Seeding
At the end of the competition, the team with the most points is seeded # 1, second most is seeded #2, and so forth.
Tie-Breaking Procedure: In the event two or more teams have identical point totals, the following procedures will be used to determine placing/seeding:
1. Most wins
2. Least losses
3. Head-to-head competition (wins/losses)
4. Net points in head-to-head competition
5. Net points in conference play (if applicable)
6. Net points in division play
7. If still tied, to be determined by PMW Executive Committee
Some reminders for this season:
1. Team CIPP and individual registration is a must for every team and every player. Please insure that you have all players and coaches properly registered prior to playing in any matches.
2. PMW player registration is also mandatory. We will continue to use the existing on line registration process that we used last year. Make sure that all players and coaches are registered on-line at www.scrfu.org well before league competition begins! Proper USAR CIPP and documentation, including player photos, will be required at your first scheduled league match! If you are unsure how to use this system please contact your PMW Division representative for guidance.
I can best be reached by email, but if necessary, I am available by phone at 619-379-8953.
Please email reply by August 11th to confirm that you've read and understand everything to avoid any unnecessary conflicts later in the season. Non-reply by the designated date will be considered as acceptance.
Jim Wilson
Pacific Mountain West Commissioner