On
November 14, 2013, Debbie Shellabarger, on behalf of the
Youth Committee, submitted via e-mail the following for
consideration by the ILR-SD Governing Board:
Youth
Committee Senior youth age amendment -
We realize that there was some concern about those senior
youth that would turn 20 during the year they are showing.
So in an attempt to try to help prevent that we could amend
the age division section to say:
Bottom of Page 92 and top of page 93 D. Youth Age Divisions
Current:
a)
Effective January 1, 2010, the youth age divisions shall be
as follows:
Jr Youth 7 thru 11 years
Intermediate youth 12 thru 15 years of age
Senior youth 16 thru 18 years of age
We would
change the effective date to January 1,
2014
and;
We would change the Senior Youth age to say:
Senior youth 16 thru 19 years of age.
Current:
c) The age division in which the youth will show will be
determined by their age on January 1st of that year,
however, if a youth reaches the age of 7 any time during the
year, they will be eligible to show as of their birth date.
We would change it to say:
c) The age division in which the youth will show will be
determined by their age on January 1st of that year,
however, if a youth reaches the age of 7 any time during the
year, they will be eligible to show as of their birth date
and when a senior youth reaches their 20th birthday they are
no longer eligible to show in the youth division at all.
All 6 members of the youth committee voted in favor of this
amendment and we need the Governing Board to approve it too
so that we can get this into the Guidelines.
The motion was approved by a
vote of 8 yes votes, 1 member abstained and 2 members did
not vote.
Respectfully submitted,
Bill Safreed, ILR Secretary