The NCAA News - News and Features

June 22, 1998

Division I Board, Management Council nominations sought

A memorandum has been mailed to all Division I conferences represented in the governance structure regarding vacancies on the Division I Board of Directors and Management Council that will occur in January 1999.

Per the NCAA Constitution, conferences in each subdivision shall review together within the subdivision the open positions.

Conferences with representatives who are eligible for reselection or conferences gaining a seat on the Management Council or Board must notify the national office of the selections. The terms of current conference representatives expire following the January 1999 meetings. A new selectee may attend the appropriate January 1999 meeting as a nonvoting observer.

For the Board of Directors, the following conferences have representatives who are eligible for reselection, based upon confirmation from the conference: Big East Conference; Pacific-10 Conference; and Big West Conference/Mid-American Conference.

The Ivy Group and Midwestern Collegiate Conference will select new representatives.

For the Management Council, the following conferences have representatives who are eligible for reselection, based upon confirmation from the conference: Atlantic Coast Conference; Big East Conference; Big Ten Conference; Big 12 Conference; Southwestern Athletic Conference; Sun Belt Conference; Big West Conference/Mid-American Conference; and Division I-AAA at-large.

The Big South and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conferences will select new representatives.

The processes for Board of Directors and Management Council selections are included in NCAA Constitution 4.2.3.1.1 and 4.5.3.1.1. Conferences are asked to respond to Julie M. Quickel, NCAA committee coordinator, by August 3.