FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 24, 2003
Board approves action plan for commissioner search process
GAINESVILLE – The Florida High School Athletic Association Board of Directors today approved an action plan for the hiring of its next commissioner. Current Commissioner Robert W. Hughes is slated to retire Jan. 15, 2005.
The Board will finalize the job advertisement at its Jan. 26, 2004 meeting, thereby opening the application period with a deadline of Friday, Mar. 12, 2004. The commissioner search committee will finalize the screening process and recommend a list of finalists for the Board's approval at its Mar. 29th meeting, with interviews and a final vote scheduled for the June 10th Board meeting at the Wyndham Westshore Hotel in Tampa. The commissioner-elect would then have a few months to work with Hughes in facilitating a smooth transition.
"The committee has worked hard on putting together a comprehensive plan for finding the next commissioner," said Hughes. "I'm confident this process will help leave this Association in good hands."
The commissioner search committee will next meet at 9 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 25 at the FHSAA heaquarters in Gainesville, with the goal of finalizing the job advertisement and creating a matrix with which to filter applicants.
In other action during a light meeting, the Board of Directors accepted the annual independent audit report for the 2002-03 fiscal year. The Board also heard presentations on: the improvements and progress made relative to iFHSAA, the Association's interactive database system; the development of the new fhsaa.sports.org component of the FHSAA web site; and the efforts to improve the presence of the FHSAA brand at the Association's state championship sites.
The Florida High School Athletic Association is the governing body for interscholastic athletic competition in Florida. It has a membership of 700 middle, junior and senior high schools.
The FHSAA Board of Directors is the executive authority of the Association, establishing guidelines, regulations, policies and procedures within the framework of the Association’s bylaws. The Board of Directors also has the sole authority over all terms and conditions of participation and competition in the FHSAA state championship series. The Board of Directors meets five times annually. Its next meeting is Jan. 25-26, 2004 at the FHSAA headquarters in Gainesville.
Contact:
Jack Watford
Director of Communications, FHSAA
(352) 372-9551 ext. 170
jwatford@fhsaa.org
