All SEISA member schools, Does your school have a hurricane closing/evacuation policy? particularly a policy that would affect sports teams hosting and/or travelling to compete?
Please reply to me, Blake, and Karl. And if you would attach or provide links to any documents that would be appreciated. Thank you, Brady Mears SEISA Graduate Director --- jim terkelsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "jim terkelsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Hurricanes/Evacs & ICSA > Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 01:04:17 +0000 > > SAISA Leaders, SEISA Leaders and selected Coaches, > > This week Eckerd College announced a more stringent > policy regarding > hurricanes and evacuations from the school, a policy > which could affect > competition by our school in such events as > Conference Championships, should > a hurricane arrive at the same time as a Conference > Championship. I > wondered what would happen should the 2 coincide, > what would ICSA do, how > are these situations handled? We know, having had > it happen last year, that > needing to withdraw from an Intersectional is dealt > with by a case by case > basis, but as I have outlined in my email to Mitch, > what policy covers when > an Conference Championship is held, but not all > schools are able to attend > due to a school closing. > > It seems that the 2 Conferences that are potentially > most affected are SEISA > and SAISA, but what if something happened on the > West Coast....ie mudslides, > wildfires, earthquake. > > Please read the email I sent to Mitch and his > response at the bottom. He > would like our 2 Conferences to talk about this and > make this an agenda > item, should we feel this needs addressing. > > I ask that you talk with people in your Conference > to get their input and > you can certainly forward my email to Mitch as a way > to get conversation > started. > > Thanks, > Jim > > Jim Terkelsen > Eckerd College Sailing Coach > > Eckerd College Waterfront Program > 4200 54th Avenue South > St. Petersburg, FL. 33711 > 727-864-8559 (Office) > 508-564-0704 (Cell) > 727-864-8161 (Fax) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.eckerd.edu/waterfront/sailing > > Mitch, > > I just want to start some dialogue on this prior to > the ICSA meeting in > Charleston and to bring to light some issues that > ICSA could potentially > face in the coming months or years regarding the > times when a college > closes it's doors due to an evacuation for either a > Hurricane or other > weather/strange event...ie..an earthquake. I am not > proposing anything, > but, this is certainly something which could be > talked about by coaches > either via email or in Charleston this spring. I > know this sounds weird, > but > read on. > > Our school Administration announced today a stronger > and more stringent > policy regarding evacuation due to a Hurricane and > how it relates to > athletic teams. They have expanded the scope of how > the existing policy > covers such matters. > > Under the new policy, if we are within the 5 day > cone, the school will > close it's doors and evacuate campus. Any team that > has a scheduled > competition, will not be able to compete and will > either reschedule for a > later date or > forgo that competition date. Any team that is on > the road, will immediately > be recalled to home, to allow students and coaches > to gather their stuff, > attend to family and get off campus. If a team is > unable to return home, > then the coach is on their discretion to make the > best possible decision > for the team. > > I bring this up in relation not to just the > withdrawal deadline to an > event, of which I think ICSA has been able to > accomodate schools (Eckerd > last > year when Wilma took aim), but more so in the matter > of Conference > Championships or qualifying ladder events. I think > ICSA's policy and > intention in cases > where a team needs to withdraw from an > Intersectional either prior to or > on an emergency basis at an event, is covered...as > demonstrated during last > years Hurricane season. > > At the moment, the scenario I speak of primarily > affects SAISA and SEISA > depending on when Conference Championship events > take place. For example, > next fall, the SAISA Women's Championship, which > qualifies 2 teams for the > ACC's, takes place in early October. This time > frame is certainly within > the timeline of when a Hurricane could take aim at > Florida, the Gulf Coast > or the East Coast. How would ICSA handle a > situation where the event > might be held, but not all schools are able to > compete due the schools order > to > evacuate? Would the event be moved to a later date > to allow all schools > to compete? Would ICSA grant a berth to ACC's for a > team? Is it neccessary > for ICSA to have a more concrete policy regarding > these types of scenarios? > > I realize that not all situations can be covered and > there is always room > for the "case by case" basis, but really, what > happens when schools differ > in evacuation policy and those decisions may affect > a teams ability to > compete and the event roles on? > > As I said, this is meant for dialogue and > discussion, food for thought. > As we all know the Atlantic Hurricane season has and > will continue to be > active, can we think ahead to anticipate situations > such as these? > > Any input or direction from you or the Executive > Committee is always > welcome. > > > Mitch's Response > > Jim, > > I think you have some good ideas, and the 'what-ifs' > are a real concern. > Before the meeting you should try to formulate a > proposal from both SAISA > and SEISA. Make sure you send Eric Wallischecke the > topic as an agenda > item. Maybe run it through the championship > committee too. > -Mitch > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _________________________________________________ seisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=seisa
