President's Committee on Sportsmanship
July 26, 2001, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Meeting Notes

Committee chair Charles Wellford reported the following activity since the last meeting.

He met with the editor, the sports editor and a reporter from the Diamondback, and will continue to meet with them to keep the campus informed of committee activities.

He received several telephone calls expressing opinions about the committee's work.

He has invited Mike Norris, who will be accompanied by several other students, to make a presentation to the committee at the August 21st meeting.

George Cathcart, Director of University Communications, has joined the committee as an ex-officio member, to assist with press inquiries.

It was pointed out that the terrapintimes.com chat room had misinformation about the appointment of the Sportsmanship Committee. George Cathcart was asked to respond.

Members of the committee then spent some time describing and discussing the events that prompted the appointment of the committee.

At the conclusion of the meeting, Charles Wellford indicated that since Dr. Mote gave the Committee the task of developing a statement about sportsmanship and a set of principles that go with that definition, he began doing some research. He found that sportsmanship is generally defined in the negative. And it is at the high school level where the issue receives the most attention. He asked for volunteers to help him begin drafting a statement defining sportsmanship. Ellie Weingaertner, Jackson Bryer and Dick Conti agreed to assist.

NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2001, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon, Room 2111, Stamp Student Union Building.