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April 2010 — Volume 2 Issue #3

Dear NAIGC members and friends,

Nationals is just around the corner - more updates from the Board of Directors is in this newsletter. See you in San Marcos!!

Contents

Words from our President
Nationals Updates
** Must read statement for all Facebook/myspace members **
Upcoming Gymnastics on TV
Just For Fun: Word Search

Words from our President - Ben Johnson

As the NAIGC Board of Directors completes our 4th year of existence, we are on track to make this go-around another successful one. Each of the past several years has been marked by steady progress in our organization's development, alongside a barrage of new challenges. This year has been no different; the NAIGC is continuing to expand our resources and service contributions, while challenges on various fronts have not slowed down. We got a lot done this year in terms of software developments and improvements in communication; yet we also got a bit of a late start settling on a nationals location, resulting in some hotel challenges, transportation challenges, communication challenges, and many irons in the fire at the same time. But this is how it goes; we are moving things along and going to make it all work.

Nationals 2010 will once again be the largest NAIGC Nationals ever held. We are on track to reach nearly 700 individual competitors for the meet, representing more than 110 teams from more than 57 different clubs. We will have more equipment this year with an extra floor, and we have an additional session for the men. Combined-gender sessions should run smoothly this year with the additional floor space. To meet transportation needs and to alleviate concerns with driving and renting vehicles, we have been organizing our event's own private transportation system using charter buses. We are also in the last stages of negotiation for a host of other items. I'll spare you these details, but they are moving along too.

I also wanted to briefly highlight some of the new technical developments that we either implemented this year, or are going to roll out at nationals. First off, thanks in large part to our chief programmer, director Vincent Riot, we now have a fully automated online payment system for nationals and membership. In its first year the payment system has already been quite popular, as we have received an overwhelming majority of registration and membership payments online. We also made available, new for this competition season, a web-based registration and scoring system for hosts of local meets. Many of you used our online system at meets throughout this season, and through your feedback the software is continuing to improve. Thank you. At the upcoming nationals, we will be using, for the first time, our own scoring system entirely, including our own score display system, and our own electronic score entry system for judges. This project is in its final stages. With a little luck we'll make it across the finish line with enough time to have a sandwich before preliminary session 1 begins. Expect to enjoy it when you get here.

And with that I bid you all ado, until we see each other in San Marcos.

Benjamin Johnson
NAIGC Board of Directors, President

Nationals 2010 Information

Nationals 2010 will be hosted by the NAIGC and Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, Thursday, April 8 through Saturday, April 10. The event will be held at the Texas State University Student Recreation Center. The host hotel is the Embassy Suites.

A tentative schedule and session assignments are list online.

We will be offereing bus transportation between Austin and San Antonio ariports, five area hotels (Embassy Suites, Holiday Inn Express, Country Inn and Suites, Comfort Suites, Hampton Inn) and the competition venue. Additionally, there will be trips to downtown Austin Thursday and Friday evenings. Clubs need to enter travel schedules and transportation information, and pay prior to the event online at the transportation page.

Team reps can login to the meet registration page online to check current status of their registration - amounts in red indicate additional payment is due. Clubs will not be able to compete until all fees are payed and waivers are received. Waivers must be postmarked by April 1 in order for Beth to receive prior to traveling to Texas. There can be 8 gymnasts maximum per team per event. Please check that t-shirt numbers and banquet tickets are correct.

The banquet will be held at the Embassy Suites hotel on Saturday evening.

Payment Information:
You can pay your nationals fees online or you can mail a check. Please make all checks payable to "NAIGC". Checks need to be accompanied by a check submission form.
Send all checks, forms, and waivers (in alphabetical order by last name) to the following address:

Beth Doughty
517 A Street
Davis, CA 95616

For payment questions contact NAIGC's treasurer, Beth Doughty (doughty.beth@gmail.com).

Facebook Content

Did you know we are on Facebook? There is an NAIGC Gymnastics group and an NAIGC Gymnastics Alumni group. This is a good place to check for information on upcoming events. Check us out!

A Word of Caution to All Members

These days one can find anything on the Internet. In light of the growing popularity of programs like Facebook and MySpace, we ask that you remove any type of questionable material from correlation with the NAIGC. Please avoid using the name NAIGC or your specific school team/club name in any photo albums that may include drinking alcohol or dubious activity. You may also want to change privacy settings. Please avoid using foul language or referencing said activities when posting comments on the message board of the NAIGC official website, walls or messages of Facebook or MySpace groups, events, etc. Please help us by actively monitoring the message boards and websites that you visit and alert us to any problems you encounter. If you currently have or know of content, including picture albums, wall comments, event listings, etc., that may not portray the NAIGC in a positive manner, please rectify the situation. This request is in the best interest of you and your specific club and the entire NAIGC. This is the responsibility of all NAIGC members.

Upcoming Gymnastics on TV

Big Ten Women's Championships, March 27: 2pm - Big Ten Network (live)
Pacific Rim Championships, April 29-May 2: TBD - TBD
Cover Girl Classic, July 24: 7-9pm - Universal Sports (live)
Visa Championship (women), August 14: 8-10pm - NBC Sports (live)
Visa Championship (men), August 22: 1:30-3pm - NBC Sports

Just for Fun: Word Puzzle
Please click here to see the answers.
Thanks to Ashley Spiro for providing this puzzle.

1. If gymnastics were easy, it would be called
2. School that will be hosting Nationals this year
3. What you do on a trampoline
4. Round off entry vault
5. Men's event
6. Women's event
7. Needed to make it through a floor routine
8. Benjamin Johnson's position on the board of directors
9. Men's 2009 NCAA Championship team
10. Accesories used for bars or rings
11. School that hosted Nationals last year
12. Name of Shawn Johnson's coach
13. The hardest part of every workout
14. Top medal to win

Mystery word: A skill almost always in a tumbling sequence

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Stay in touch through our Facebook groups! NAIGC Gymnastics and NAIGC Gymnastics Alumni

A great way to collaborate and ask questions of the board and other NAIGC members and clubs is through the NAIGC message board. Go to the message board to stay up to date with what others are discussing.

Editor: Karen Heilman, NAIGC Vice President

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