RG Technical Commission Agenda Date: June 16, 2014 5pm Perth /6.30pm Adelaide / 7pm Sydney & Melbourne Attended: Virginia Elliott, Teresa Evans, Krasi Yurukova, Stephanie Schahinger Apologies: Emily Rennes ITEM ACTION 1. Talent identification and pathways workshop 2. Judging courses feedback 3. New assessment tool WHO  All commission members and two identified high performance coaches were asked to provide input to the Talent Identification and Pathways workshop for RG.  There are now two dedicated full time staff members in GA who are looking at the development of a skills curriculum, and a talent identification process for rhythmic athletes.  The workshop was the beginning of a longer term project which will include Team Future camps for athletes aged 10-13. The first camp Team Future is flagged for October - November this year. Pro formas will be developed to assist coaches in identifying young athletes who meet this criteria.  Tasks: - skills curriculum Krasi to work with Alexis - video library Virginia to work with Dani - testing protocols Alexis to work with Edith ; the program will build towards the development of an iPhone app work with Alexis on this  The beginner and intermediate courses have now been run in several states. They have been highly successful and feedback will continue to refine the resources and education materials.  Tamara and Adi met with VE and SS to consider needs re new COP. Urgent need to develop as assessment tool for these courses   More work needs to be done on this, however the commission agrees that the range outside the base score will now be 0.5 either way, not as current 0.3. So, a raw practical score will have a range of 1.00, not the previous 0.6 of the current assessment tool. The assessment tool will be structured around the following principles - a 75% pass mark on each of three components: theory, practical difficulty and practical execution - a pass on each element will produce a pass overall - any of the three elements which do not reach the 75% pass mark to indicate that it is a resit - resit needs to be defined and communicated to ITA team so clear instructions are given to Education officers and participants about how to proceed to improve the result. JR/AL KY/AL VE/DL AL/EP VE SS VE SS 4. Website update  Stephanie will work with Elizabeth Bennett and/or Emily Rennes to establish - the current status if the GA website shell - how we can archive materials that are no longer relevant - removing any unwanted or incorrect materials - putting up commission minutes as a regular activity SS/ER 5. 2014 Camp  The commission will develop plans for a camp in December this year. Tentative dates December 5, 6, 7 and 8 for levels coaches and athletes, and crossover December 8, 9 and 10 for elite athletes and coaches, introducing changes to the FIG CoP. Stephanie to oversee this process, working with Virginia to look at possible sites Rooty Hill, Adelaide and AIS as first thoughts; we need to have information out to states as soon as possible. ALL  6. Scoring Program  Stephanie will investigate the possibility of an electronic way to assess Difficulty. SS 7. Feedback for 2014 Nationals  Virginia will develop a template to collate our thoughts around Competition Venue / Warm Up area / Competition Structures / Scoring setup / Judging Setup / Meeting structures / Training Hall / Volunteers VE 8. Response to emails received  Q scores review Needs to be reviewed - held over to next meeting and possible impact of new code of points. quality of athletes and medals for non qualifiers The commission agrees that in medals represent the top three athletes and will be presented regardless of Q score.  9. Further meeting times and dates   3rd Monday of the month July 21 - August 18 - Sept 15 - Oct 20 - Nov 17 - Dec 15