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CONVENTION MINUTES
Closing meeting
Attending: President Glen Crevier called the meeting to order at 4:45 p.m. on Saturday, June 25, at the Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes Hotel. Crevier passed out projected budgets for 2005-06. Treasurer's report: Ed Storin said there were 155 paid registrants, although seven had to cancel mostly because of the NBA Finals. Storin wanted the room to reconsider the Tuesday through Friday convention idea, because of potentially better room rates in Las Vegas. Storin said he liked the awards brunch and said we need to remain open to change. Sports Journalism Institute: Sandy Bailey thanked the Orlando Sentinel for help in producing the bulletin. She said they'll continue working to figure out how to do the best boot camp and newsroom environment that fits the needs of students and the editors they'll be working for later. The possibility of an online product was briefly discussed, since it was pointed out that it's really expensive to set up a newsroom in a hotel location. The setup costs were in the $12,000 to $15,000 range. People who are interested in interns for next year should e-mail Bailey. Budget: A $1,000 raise was proposed for Herb Stutz. Crevier put $5,000 in the budget for regional meetings and encouraged regional officers to use it to bring in speakers. Crevier also said he wants to target some locations for drive-in workshops. The 2005-06 budget was unanimously approved. Baseball writers: Jack O'Connell said the BBWAA was first approached 10 years ago about putting a baseball awards show on TV. He said writers feel strongly about, and are protective of, the awards. Now, Dick Clark productions, which oversaw the turnaround of the Golden Globes, are proposing an awards show centered around the BBWAA's annual honors. O'Connell wanted APSE's thoughts on such a proposal but first detailed some hurdles: • 1. Money. If approved, the money would go to a charity or non-profit organization. O'Connell said the writers don't need $8 million, but they didn't want to undersell either. • 2. Conflict of interest. O'Connell wondered how such a show would be done. The writers would want or need the approval of the players' association, a body they cover. • 3. Timing. The Dick Clark people would want a prime time show, which O'Connell said could be a deadline issue, particularly for East Coast papers. O'Connell said that he doesn't think the system is broken, adding that the show would give away eight days' worth of stories in one night. He said some BBWAA members have interest, however, mostly the younger members. He said the last vote of the BBWAA was around 65-35 against the awards show, but that the 35 percent was pretty vocal. First vice president Jim Jenks asked if the issue could be tabled until February, when APSE returns to the Orlando area for judging. The Houston Chronicle's Fred Faour asked for an immediate vote and said he would vote no because of the potential conflicts of interest. If approved, Faour said his writers would not be voting on the awards anymore. Third vice president Greg Brownell said members shouldn't be voting, arguing that it's up to individual newspapers and sports editors. Jenks asked what would be the context of the vote? Ultimately, Jenks said, it's the BBWAA decision, so would APSE be voting for approval to consider? Past president Jerry Micco said he thought a vote should happen that day, based on previous discussions he had with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's T.R. Sullivan. Past president John Cherwa said he didn't see how anyone could vote until APSE has a proposal from the BBWAA. Crevier tabled the discussion until APSE has something more concrete, in proposal form, from the baseball writers. He added that it's possible an online vote by the membership could occur before February. Herb Stutz discussed the Marriott points program. It was discussed that other organizations, such as the college basketball writers, have joined in force. Stutz said we would have to join as an organization. The motion passed for APSE to join the program. Brownell said there was not unanimous support in small newspaper caucus to lower rates for small circulation papers. He said the organization will be pushing for membership growth. He asked if sponsorship of smaller papers by bigger sections was a possibility, but only a couple expressed interest. Cherwa suggested taking students in a graduate program to do a racial and diversity report card for APSE, similar to the Penn State survey. He said the report wouldn't single papers out. He said he had talked to other past presidents and they thought it was a good idea. Cherwa thought the appropriate time to roll out would be the Las Vegas convention. Micco also asked for numbers from newsrooms in general, since sports editors are hired by editors and managing editors. Winter judging is not in February because of Olympics. The dates are March 4-8. The convention committee will meet on Friday, March 3. The hotel is the World Gate, the same hotel as the 2004 winter judging. |
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