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Meeting schedule, budget process set for new structure

The NCAA Administrative Committee recently approved the budgeting process and governance meeting schedule for the first two academic years of the restructured NCAA.

The budgeting processes are different because the budget for 1997-98 will be developed under the current structure but approved in the new one. The 1998-99 budget will be developed and approved under the new structure.

The plan for the restructured NCAA calls for each division's preliminary budget to be developed by each April, with approval of the Association-wide budget coming at the August meeting of the NCAA Executive Committee (in the new structure, 16 chief executive officers plus the chairs of each division management council plus the executive director).

Even though the final approval of the budget will occur annually at about the same time as it does now, the overall process will begin earlier each year, with committee recommendations with budget implications due by February 15. The period between February 15 and April 15 will be devoted to preliminary budget analysis by staff, the division championships committees/cabinets and the budget committees/ cabinets.

In late April each year, the Executive Committee will review the budget requests of each division and attempt to identify potential budgetary problem areas for the Association as a whole.

Between May and July, the proposed budgets will undergo a final analysis and review by staff, the division championships/cabinets and the budget committees/cabinets. The Management Councils and the division presidential governing bodies will meet in late July and early August, followed by the meeting of the Executive Committee.

Before the new schedule was approved by the Administrative Committee during its October 30 meeting, it also was reviewed and endorsed by the NCAA Presidents Commission, the NCAA Council, the Transition Oversight Committee and the restructuring transition teams in each division.

The championships and business/finance staffs both were involved with the governance staff in developing the proposed budget cycle and meeting schedule.

January 1997-January 1999 Meeting and Budget Schedule

January 10-11, 1997 -- Council (current) meeting

January 12, 1997 -- Presidents Commission (current) meeting

January 11-15, 1997 -- Convention

January 15, 1997 -- Council (current) post-Convention meeting

February 15, 1997 -- Deadline for submission of committee recommendations with budget implications

February 15 - April 15, 1997 -- Preliminary budget analysis by staff, division championships committees/cabinets and budget committees/cabinets

March 27-28, 1997 -- Presidents Commission (current)/presidential governing bodies (new structure) meetings

April 14-16, 1997 -- Council (current)/Management Councils (new structure) meetings

-- Preliminary budget recommendations to Divisions I, II and III

-- Management Councils

May 5-8, 1997 -- Executive Committee (current and new structure) meetings

-- Review preliminary budget requests--Divisions I, II, and III

-- Identify potential budgetary problem areas--Association-wide

May-July 1997 -- Detailed budget analysis and review by staff, division championships -- -- -- -- committees/cabinets and budget committees/cabinets

June 24-25, 1997 -- Presidents Commission (current)/presidential governing bodies (new structure) meetings

-- Review budget requests--Divisions I, II and III

July 28-29, 1997 -- Management Council meetings

-- Review legislation proposed by membership and commitee substructure

August 12-13, 1997 -- Divisions II and III Presidents Council/Division I Board of Directors meetings

-- Approve/ratify budget requests--Divisions I, II and III

August 14, 1997 -- Executive Committee meeting (new Executive Committee)

-- Approve/ratify--Association-wide budget for the 1997-98 academic year

October 20-21, 1997 -- Management Council meetings

October 28-29, 1997 -- Divisions II and III Presidents Council/Division I Board of Directors meetings

October 29, 1997 -- Executive Committee meeting (if necessary)

January 9-10, 1998 -- Management Council meetings

January 10-14, 1998 -- Convention

January 11, 1998 -- Divisions II and III Presidents Council meetings

January 13, 1998 -- Executive Committee meeting (if necessary)

January 13-14, 1998 -- Division I Board of Directors meeting

January 14, 1998 -- Post-Convention Divisions II and III Management Councils meetings

February 15, 1998 -- Deadline for submission of committee recommendations with budget implications

February 15-April 15, 1998 -- Preliminary budget analysis by staff, division championships committees/cabinets and budget committees/cabinets

April 14-15, 1998 -- Management Council meetings

-- Preliminary budget recommendations--Divisions I, II and III

April 21-22, 1998 -- Divisions II and III Presidents Council/Division I Board of Directors meetings

-- Approve/ratify budget requests--Divisions I, II and III

April 22, 1998 -- Executive Committee meeting

-- Review budget requests--Divisions I, II and III

-- Identify potential budgetary problem areas--Association-wide

May-July 1998 -- Detailed budget analysis and review by staff, division championships committees/cabinets and budget committees/cabinets

July 27-28, 1998 -- Management Council meetings

August 11-12, 1998 -- Divisions II and III Presidents Council/Division I Board of Directors meetings

August 13, 1998 -- Executive Committee meeting

-- Approve/ratify--Association-wide budget and division-specific budgets for the 1998-99 academic year

October 19-20, 1998 -- Management Council meetings

October 27-28, 1998 -- Divisions II and III Presidents Council/Division I Board of Directors meetings

October 28, 1998 -- Executive Committee meeting (if necessary)

January 1999 -- Management Council meetings

-- Divisions II and III Presidents Council/Division I Board of Directors meetings

-- Executive Committee meeting (if necessary)

-- Convention